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Laws and Regulations
June 8, 2022

EU regulators add details to sustainable finance rules

As the financial industry continues to call for more clarity and guidance to handle what even…
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Manuela Sperandeo, Head of Sustainable Indexing for EMEA at BlackRock
Sector
June 8, 2022

BlackRock’s clients ask for portfolios in line with SDGs

The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform, known as SDI AOP, offers the…
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News
June 8, 2022

World Bank warns of 1970s-style stagflation

The World Bank on Tuesday warned that the global economy is facing a 1970s-style stagflation with a…
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Laws and Regulations
June 7, 2022

Yuriko Backes: EU & Brexit translator

Luxembourg Finance Minister Yuriko Backes is visiting London this week, at a time when advocates of…
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Technology
June 7, 2022

Tokenisation can bridge funding gap for infrastructure

An American early-stage fintech named Pontoro recently pitched in Luxembourg its development of an…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
June 7, 2022

Chart of the week: this valuation gets in the way

When it comes to equity valuations, most investors are concerned with the price/earnings ratio. And…
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June 3, 2022

Esma reminds funds of duties on stranded Russia assets

European financial market regulator Esma has reminded fund managers of their fiduciary duties to…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
June 3, 2022

In Flux: Fifty shades of green

Sustainable finance poses a compliance risk you can no longer afford to ignore, no matter whether…
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Asset Allocation
June 3, 2022

Top 5: Chinese bond funds: HSBC GIF RMB in the lead

Chinese bonds have defied the general negative trend in bond and credit markets this year until…
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Asset Managers
June 3, 2022

PWC: Alternatives add dynamism to ManCo market

Unregulated alternative investments continued to be dynamic and successful in Luxembourg last year…
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