Spreads on European government bonds are at their lowest level since 2008. Peripheral countries are benefiting from structural growth and European subsidies, while core countries such as France and Germany are weakening. Investors are wondering how much …

Eschborn, Germany-based Eurex Clearing AG has appointed Laura Bayley as chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2026. She will join the executive board of the central counterparty and will lead the clearing business within Deutsche Börse Group. Bayley …

Esma and the European Commission have clarified how Eltif managers must apply the “look-through” principle when investing via intermediary vehicles, settling cross-border divergences and endorsing Luxembourg’s supervisory approach. The clarification …

EU financial regulation in 2026 will mean tougher scrutiny from supervisors and fewer new rules. With major frameworks on fund regulation, anti-money laundering, sustainability and market structure largely in place, the focus is shifting from lawmaking to …

Belgium was long known as a late adopter of ETFs. But over the past three years, adoption has clearly accelerated, at 13 percent per year. This has brought the market closer to the European average. This became clear on Tuesday morning during a roundtable …

Robo advisory platforms have quietly moved from novelty to infrastructure. What began as simple ETF portfolios is evolving into something far more powerful: discreet, algorithm-driven portfolios built at the individual investor level, often embedded …

ASML shares took a hit last week, after the company had risen in January to become Europe’s largest listed company. That has once again fuelled the question of whether the Dutch chip-equipment maker has become too big, too loved and too expensive. But how …

America has the most crypto-friendly president ever. Donald Trump has created a bitcoin reserve for the government. He has released crypto criminals. Americans can now include crypto in their pensions. And he halted Biden’s strict crypto policy. If …

In the new multipolar world order, globalization is a thing of the past. Yet Charu Chanana, chief investment strategist at Saxo, still advises investors to allocate capital across continents. She recently flew in from Singapore for a European roadshow …

Sustainable funds recorded their first full year of net outflows in 2025, after investors withdrew 84 billion dollars from ESG strategies worldwide, according to Morningstar data. While the headline figure suggests a sharp break with previous years, …

Convergence in European government bonds is nearing its limits

Transfers: Eurex, PGIM, Franklin Templeton, Janus Henderson, Fidelity, Metzler

Interpreting the ‘look-through’ for intermediary entities for Eltifs

For EU regulation, 2026 is the year of supervisory friction

Belgian ETF adoption: from laggard to acceleration

Are robo advisors becoming Skynet?

As ASML tops Europe, questions about the ‘Winner’s Curse’ return

The great bitcoin illusion

Saxo strategist: ‘Even in a fragmenting world, it is best to invest with regional diversification’

Record outflows from ESG funds, but that’s not the full story