It’s been nearly a decade since the European Commission set out its ambitious plans for a Capital Markets Union (CMU), diversifying sources of funding in Europe’s economy. Progress so far has been slow and Brussels now has conceded it needs help to …

The World Bank on Tuesday warned that the global economy is facing a 1970s-style stagflation with a protracted period of feeble growth and elevated inflation. “For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid,” World Bank President David Malpass said …

The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform, known as SDI AOP, offers the opportunity to standardise SDG impact measurement and develop a broad benchmark for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “The platform can become a global …

As the financial industry continues to call for more clarity and guidance to handle what even supervisors see as the "astonishing" complexity of the emerging EU framework for sustainable finance, impact investments and ESG, European regulators have added …

Luxembourg has frozen some 4.3 billion euro in Russian assets, mostly held in shares, bonds and bank accounts, as part of the international sanctions against Russia, the finance ministry said. The Luxembourg Business Register, at the request of the …

Luxembourg’s SES SA, which likes to describe itself as the world’s only multi-orbit satellite player, has announced the successful launch of senior unsecured fixed rates due 2029 for a total amount of 750 billion euro. The seven-year notes bear a coupon …

European central bank policy makers will meet in Amsterdam on Thursday for their annual out-of-Frankfurt meeting at the invitation of Klaas Knot, the Dutch central bank governor who is known for his hawkish approach to interest rates and his support of a …

When it comes to equity valuations, most investors are concerned with the price/earnings ratio. And while that P/E ratio has fallen to just below the average of the past decade, the picture painted by another valuation measure is much less attractive. The …

Financing expensive new infrastructure projects is a challenge for countries around the world. An American early-stage fintech named Pontoro recently pitched in Luxembourg its development of an innovative new digital assets platform that makes these …

Luxembourg Finance Minister Yuriko Backes is visiting London this week, at a time when advocates of maintaining strong UK-EU financial services relationships are struggling to have their voices heard. The Luxembourg government has sought to take the heat …

The EU’s Capital Markets Union: ready for the next push

World Bank warns of 1970s-style stagflation

BlackRock's clients ask for portfolios in line with SDGs

EU regulators add details to sustainable finance rules

Luxembourg freezes 4.3 billion euro in Russian assets

SES launches 750 mln euro in unsecured notes

In Amsterdam, ECB council faces eurozone conundrum

Chart of the week: this valuation gets in the way

Tokenisation can bridge funding gap for infrastructure

Yuriko Backes: EU & Brexit translator