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July 19, 2022

‘Analysts overly upbeat on corporate profits’

Barely seven of the first 35 companies in the US S&P 500 index to release their second-quarter…
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News
July 19, 2022

Modern pension funds embrace ESG as ‘good ancestors’

Social responsibility, sustainability, ESG and SRI are more than buzzwords for the world’s leading…
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Helen Dean, CEO of the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) in the United Kingdom. Photo: Nest.
Asset Managers
July 19, 2022

‘Steward’ Nest seeks high standards in UK pensions

In the United Kingdom, the National Employment Savings Trust, known as Nest, is the country’s…
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News
July 18, 2022

Fitch affirms AAA rating for Luxembourg

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed its assessment of Luxembourg’s government debt with a ‘AAA…
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Products
July 18, 2022

'Agri commodities expensive for a long time to come'

The fact that agricultural commodity prices have risen very sharply in recent months does not mean…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 18, 2022

Chart of the week: Negative surprises limit upside potential

Negative surprises put a cap on the upside potential, especially for equities. As a rule, investors…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, pictured at a 2015 IMF meeting. Photo: IMF.
News
July 18, 2022

Crisis in Italy brings back fears of eurozone crisis

The eurozone looks increasingly weak. The euro slipped to parity with the dollar last week and a…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Sector
July 15, 2022

Luxembourg banks post 20% jump in interest income

Rising interest rates and growing balance sheets have led to a rise of 20.1 percent in interest…
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Jurgen Vluijmans, editorial manager of Investment Officer Belgium.
Opinion
July 15, 2022

What can Europe offer investors?

Problems with energy supplies, a perfect storm of geopolitical uncertainty and, in the autumn…
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Nicolas Chaput, CEO of Oddo BHF Asset Management. Photo: Oddo BHF.
Asset Managers
July 15, 2022

Oddo BHF AM seeks growth in Luxembourg, Belgium

Germany and France are Oddo BHF Asset Management’s core markets, but the asset manager now wants to…
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