Supervisory practices in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands “appeared insufficient” during the years that Brexit pushed financial services away from the United Kingdom to EU member states, a peer review among European financial supervisors has found. …

After completing a similar transition last year for the supervision of investment fund managers, Luxembourg’s financial supervisors, in close cooperation with bank sector representatives, now have adopted a major modernisation of its banking supervision …

Francois Mousel has been elected as managing partner at PwC Luxembourg to succeed John Parkhouse from next July, the firm announced on Monday. Parkhouse’s second four-year mandate will come to an end next year. During his tenure, the firm’s turnover rose …

An investment fund owned by Luxembourg-based Cube Infrastructure Managers has recently announced a first-phase investment of 50 million euros into a wholesale fiber-to-the-home/ fiber-to-the-office project in southern Italy. When completed, this network …

German judges handed down an important verdict this week: EU treaties are no obstacle to shared debt in the union. The ruling comes shortly after the European Commission called for new joint injections into the economy. “As an investor I would carefully …

European investors this year found safety in short-term US debt and the dollar. Interest rate policy forecasts are an international sport among economists and investors. The Fed raised its policy rate by 75 basis points four times but is preparing to …

Vanguard, the world’s second-largest investment fund manager after BlackRock, is finding itself in a political tug of war in the US that now has led to its decision to withdraw a top international alliance of asset managers that seeks to promote …

Fintech firms see a role for themselves in assisting and enabling the Luxembourg financial centre’s strong move towards sustainable investing, but call for collaboration and support from the financial industry and the Luxembourg government to make this …

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Wednesday said its annual online survey relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing will start on 15 February next year. The survey aims to collect standardised key information …

British activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners is aiming its guns at BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, and its CEO Larry Fink, criticising the firm for its ‘hypocrisy’ over its ESG and sustainability practices. In a letter to Fink that …

Post-Brexit supervision by CSSF, AFM ‘insufficient’, Esma says

After funds, Luxembourg modernises banking supervision

Mousel to succeed Parkhouse as lead partner at PwC Luxembourg

Cube Infrastructure invests €50 mln in Italian fiber

German court paves the road for more debt in Europe

Morningstar Top 5: US government bond funds

Vanguard exits net zero alliance, bows to Republican pressure

Fintechs seek increased role in sustainable investing

CSSF to survey money laundering risks in February/March

Activist Bluebell takes on BlackRock over ESG ‘hypocrisy’