While those European investors still in doubt about the importance of ESG are becoming increasingly bogged down in a rearguard action, U.S. states are increasingly passing anti-ESG laws. “If this becomes federal policy, I would underweight the U.S. in the …

The latest edition of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows that fund managers are still overweight equities while their expectations of future economic growth have come down considerably. Indeed, the chart below shows that fund managers …

Technical standards with which sustainability information must comply are becoming clearer as far as the European supervisory authorities are concerned. They published a comprehensive consultation paper with a high level of detail and many calculation …

Fund firms face the prospect of EU rules setting standards of “value for money” for their investment products under the Retail Investment Strategy due to be unveiled on 24 May. This could include disincentives, for example, to charging active management …

Europe’s top regulator for securities and financial markets on Wednesday said it believes there is a need for EU-level legislation to make sure investors do not bear costs that are considered excessive, unnecessary, or unreasonable when they put their …

It’s the middle of May and the full-year results are in. For publicly listed companies it would be yesterday’s news. Tax filings have been made and many firms even reported their first quarter. But in private equity, with its long-term perspectives, the …

In 1908, there were 16,000 Luxembourgish immigrants living in Chicago. They were extremely poor and needed to emigrate to survive. Today, people emigrate to Luxembourg for different reasons. It’s more about thriving rather than surviving. Without …

The top representative of the City of London Corporation on Tuesday began a two-day visit to Luxembourg that includes meetings with Luxembourg for Finance, financial regulator CSSF, the finance ministry and representatives of the grand duchy’s banking …

Some long awaited regulatory clarity on ESG and sustainability requirements for fund and asset managers appears to have reduced the state of confusion that had led to a downgrade of approximately 270 billion euro in assets under management last year. Yet, …

European Fund Administration, the Luxembourg-based asset services unit of Frankfurt-headquartered management company Universal Investment, on Monday said it is rebranding to "efa", as part of its integration journey into Universal Investment. Since its …

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City of London chief aims for new relationship with Luxembourg

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UI’s European Fund Administration rebrands as ‘efa’