Referring to a regulatory environment that is “still evolving”, Amundi, Europe’s largest asset management company, said it has taken a “conservative” step and reclassified almost all of its most sustainable investment funds, worth around 45 billion euro, …

This week’s Top 5 by Morningstar looks at the performance of funds that invest in Chinese A-shares in the year to date. A-shares are shares of mainland China-based companies that trade on the two Chinese stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Since …

BOS Wealth Management SA, the Luxembourg-based European wealth management arm of Bank of Singapore, has been handed a 210,000 euro fine by Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF for non-compliance with laws designed to fight money laundering and terrorist …

Developments in Luxembourg legislation have enabled the European Investment Bank, the EIB, to issue for the first time a digital bond under Luxembourg law. In a project codenamed Project Venus, the EIB this week raised 100 million euro by issuing a …

Europe’s asset management industry finds itself under a public magnifying glass after a team of international investigative journalists discovered that the most sustainable funds are still investing in polluting companies. Earlier warnings on possible …

Colruyt scion Piet Colruyt (photo) is firmly convinced that impact investing will take off in the coming years. “By 2030, impact investing should reach a 10 per cent market share. It will not remain a niche market,” said Colruyt. Today - 30 November - …

The most predicted recession ever is not coming at all. At least, not in Europe. According to DWS, the record-negative figures do not correspond to the actual state of the economy. “We expect growth, not contraction.” In Germany, the difference between …

EY Luxembourg, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms, has moved a step closer to splitting its business into separate entities for audit services and for management consultancy. The firm announced on Tuesday that its 65 partners in the grand …

Infrastructure investing has looked like a very good business in recent years. Initially, interest in infrastructure was due to its role as a long-term, inflation-resistant vehicle for institutional investors. But the crying need for building, repairing …

Public registers in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria as well as other EU countries set up under EU laws to fight money-laundering and tax evasion remain temporarily closed as legal specialists agreed that the ruling effectively shut down a key aspect …

Amundi reclassifies ‘almost all’ Article 9 funds to Article 8

Morningstar Top 5: Robeco leads China A-shares funds

CSSF hits Bank of Singapore unit with €210,000 AML fine

EIB issues blockchain-backed bond under Luxembourg law

Without clear game rules, fund houses will never get it right

‘Impact investing won’t remain a niche market’

‘There won’t be a recession in Europe,’ says DWS

Project Everest: EY set to split audit from consultancy services

Infrastructure funds adapt to changing circumstances

EU court ruling leaves future of UBO registers undecided