Despite ominous forecasts, the German stock market is also participating unhindered in the rally that most markets saw in October. The DAX index rose 8.4 per cent last month. This is striking, as virtually all indicators point to a very bleak outlook for …

In order to merge two Italian telecom firms, Luxembourg-based infrastructure investor Marguerite said on Thursday that it has restructured its holdings in Italian fibre and data activities through an agreement with Asterion Industrial Partners, an …

The head of Luxembourg’s new private sector cyber-risk protection agency has defended the grand duchy’s approach against suggestions that it’s too fragmented and that it’s difficult to know who’s in charge. On the contrary, Luxembourg’s decentralised …

After two consecutive red quarters, global high-yield bond funds closed the third quarter with handsome gains. Yet it is premature to speak of a trend reversal. High yield bonds outperformed long duration assets this year. On the one hand, interest rate …

The European Central Bank as expected announced a 75-basis-point interest rate hike on Thursday. It is the third consecutive increase this year. The move came as no surprise to markets. The central bank updated its wording of the forward guidance, …

In an earlier column here I defended Liz Truss andI expressed support not so much for the content of her policies as for their intention. Truss wanted to promote the growth capacity of the UK economy and ensure that working would pay more. My support for …

The EU’s top category of sustainable investment funds - impact funds as defined under SFDR Article 9 - saw inflows double in the third quarter compared to the second, while funds that are considered mostly sustainable - Article 8 ESG funds - continued to …

Promising to crack down on greenwashing, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority on Wednesday presented its long-awaited proposal for sustainable investment rules, going a step further than similar rules in the EU and US by suggesting three different …

Dutch investment bank Kempen Capital Management has reclassified three of its sustainability funds to “light green” from “dark green/most sustainable” ahead of increasingly stringent requirements that will take effect from 2023 under the EU’s Sustainable …

By agreeing a format that aims to channel more funds towards small and medium-sized companies, the European Union has reached a political agreement that brings the relaunch of European long-term investment funds, a type of investment vehicle known as …

Is the German economic model faltering?

Marguerite, Asterion merge Italian fibre and data firms

‘Decentralised cybersecurity approach is made by design’

Top-5 Global High Yield: outperformance in Q3

ECB raises rates by 75 basis points in ‘dovish pivot’

Enough to drive you crazy

Inflows for Impact funds in Q3 as ESG funds bleed 28.7 bln euro

FCA proposes three labels for ESG funds, 90% threshold

Kempen cuts classification of three sustainability funds

EU agrees political deal on Eltifs