Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF has concluded that investment fund managers are increasingly aware of the risks associated with the financing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s), yet many of their internal safeguards remain underdeveloped. The …

Fund passports were built on the same vision that shaped the Schengen Zone: shared trust and borderless movement. Luxembourg remains at the center of that idea. If you stand in the village of Schengen, where Luxembourg meets France and Germany, it is hard …

It was a master plan. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation was supposed to send massive private capital flows into green investments, finance the Green Deal, and allow Europe to set an example for the rest of the world. Not a nonbinding …

AI is going to change the world, but which companies will benefit most from that trend? Investors who put money into trends and themes such as AI look for a solid benchmark to determine the purity of their investments. The goal is high purity. That does …

Financial markets are under pressure. Not only stocks but also other asset classes are mostly moving lower. Are we dealing with unique factors, or is there a single overarching culprit? If you invest in bitcoin, you are asked constantly what exactly …

Dan Ariely has devoted his career to understanding irrational behavior. According to the Duke University professor of psychology and behavioral economics, ESG investors are the perfect test group. They focus, he says, on what is easy to measure rather …

One in five global dividend funds now integrates ESG criteria. Where sustainable funds in other segments have struggled to maintain their growth momentum, sustainable global dividend funds have seen strong inflows in recent years. Over the past five …

It was in May 2018 that the European Commission launched its highly ambitious European Sustainable Finance package. Seven years later, the political winds in Europe have shifted significantly, and sustainability ambitions are being scaled back step by …

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled sweeping changes to Europe’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, replacing today’s Article 8 and Article 9 designations with a new set of product categories built around strict minimum investment …

The United States’ pullback from COP30 raised fears of stalled momentum in climate finance. Instead, the summit in Belém, Brazil, this week signaled a shift in how governments and financial institutions approach nature as a core pillar of climate policy. …

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