Sustainable finance poses a compliance risk you can no longer afford to ignore, no matter whether you are green or brown. Offering green investment products without actually doing so can get you into serious trouble. Asoka Woehrmann, the chief executive …

Chinese bonds have defied the general negative trend in bond and credit markets this year until recently, but ended May with heavy losses. Three Chinese bond markets The universe of Chinese fixed income securities essentially consists of three markets. …

Unregulated alternative investments continued to be dynamic and successful in Luxembourg last year thanks to the modernisation in recent years of the Grand Duchy’s regulatory regime for private markets, consultancy firm PWC Luxembourg noted when releasing …

European financial market regulator Esma has reminded fund managers of their fiduciary duties to correctly account for the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on investment funds. Esma recently published a note to in which it “recognises first and …

Nowadays, when the term stagflation is mentioned, everyone thinks back to the 1970s. Anyone who suggests a stagflation scenario as a real scenario for the future is immediately reminded of the many differences between then and now. The vast majority of …

Amid lingering fears of stagflation and a possible recession, investors are hard pressed to find opportunities in today’s markets, if any. Market experts at JP Morgan Asset Management believe that those willing to look at fundamental factors underpinning …

Slowly but surely, investment services powerhouse State Street, the biggest of its kind in Luxembourg, is undergoing a transformation. The upcoming integration of Brown Brothers Harriman, data management, ESG requirements, digital asset management and the …

Less than a day after the “green-washing raids” by German authorities on the Frankfurt offices of Deutsche Bank and its asset management arm DWS, the bank said Asoka Wöhrmann will resign as chief executive officer at DWS. Stefan Hoops, a long-time …

Frankfurt investigators on Tuesday raided Deutsche Bank and the nearby offices of asset management arm DWS. The suspicion is that DWS is guilty of so-called "greenwashing". It is alleged that the asset manager systematically exaggerated the sustainable …

Fund managers looking for sustainable investments can find themselves with incomplete non-financial data needed to make their decisions. At BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments, Annick Drui, manager of the 75 million euro BL Sustainable Horizon fund, …

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Esma reminds funds of duties on stranded Russia assets

Back to the 1970s

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State Street transforms to a client-facing organisation

DWS CEO Wöhrmann resigns after 'green-washing raids'

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided for suspected greenwashing

Managing impact funds is a balancing act, says BLI’s Drui