Washington is rewinding the clock on investor protection. Under chair Paul Atkins, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rolled back a series of rules, scaled back enforcement and curtailed shareholder rights. Former senior counsel Benjamin …

Over the 12 months to February 2026, the US dollar weakened by 12.6 percent against the euro, a move mirrored across several emerging-markets currencies, including the Brazilian real, South African rand, Mexican peso and Malaysian ringgit. This currency …

On the eve of the recent meeting of EU leaders on how to make the European economy more innovative, more competitive, and less dependent on foreign countries, participants were sent a note from the European Central Bank (ECB). In it, the bank outlined …

As real estate returns to favor as an asset class, sourcing investment opportunities is not necessarily the biggest challenge that wealthy families face. The real hurdle is conducting thorough due diligence—but this can be tackled by joining forces with …

Artificial intelligence has unsettled software stocks for months. Now it is testing European credit markets and exposing fault lines in parts of private credit that were sold to investors as stable and uncorrelated. “If the software issue remains …

Utmost, a London-headquartered provider of insurance-based wealth solutions, has appointed Nicoletta Basso as branch manager of its Luxembourg branch. She previously served for more than 6 years at Utmost as tax and legal counsel for Italy, advising high …

Candriam is lowering the ESG bar for two major funds. This is intended to make investments in “selected defense companies” possible. The move concerns the investment company Candriam Business Equities, the successor to Dexia Business Equities, which …

Prime Minister Takaichi’s clear reflation policy is making Japan attractive to investors once more, even though the policy rate, at 0.75 percent, stands at its highest level in thirty years. The panic surrounding the unwinding of the yen carry trade, …

Private market fund managers are entering 2026 with record fundraising confidence, and much of that expansion is being engineered out of Luxembourg, according to Carne Group. The Grand Duchy has become the operational nerve centre for European private …

The S&P500 is virtually unchanged this year, but beneath the surface the US equity market is moving more than it has in years. More than one fifth of all stocks in the index have already risen or fallen by more than 20 percent this year. The gainers are …

Washington is rewinding the clock on investor protection

Morningstar: Blackrock vs Pimco in global diversified bond strategies

The biggest threat to the euro is the ECB

To navigate private assets, wealthy families are investing together

Software selloff drives repricing in Europe’s loan markets

Transfers: Utmost, JP Morgan, Jupiter, Bain, HQ Trust, Colliers

Candriam lowers ESG standards to allow defense companies

Clarity around ‘Sanaenomics’ makes Japan investable again

Private markets boom faces hardening investor scrutiny

The great rotation