Luxembourg’s CSSF financial regulator on 20 February announced that in late 2023, it had imposed a nearly half-million euro administrative fine on Mizuho Trust & Banking (Luxembourg) S.A. The 17 November 2023 fine of 444,400 euros was imposed for …

Interest in investing in private markets, private credit in particular, may have surged, but that growth is just the beginning. “We see a structural shift towards private credit,” says Joan Solotar, global head of Private Wealth Solutions at Blackstone. …

To become content, one must liberate themselves from emotions. Amsterdam-based asset manager Stoic embodies ancient Greek stoicism, aiming to shield clients from emotional investing. "We are behavioural psychologists rather than asset managers." The past …

On 19 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority, Esma, published its final report on the draft regulatory technical standards (Eltif 2.0 RTS) under Regulation 2023/606 (Eltif 2.0). Since Esma published its Consultation Paper, these have …

A proposal to enhance European defence collaboration by raising €100 billion through the issuance of Eurobonds in financial markets is gaining momentum among EU finance ministers. Vincent Van Peteghem (photo), the Finance Minister of Belgium, presently …

Carbon prices have tumbled by more than a third since the beginning of the year and have reached fresh lows in recent days. Meanwhile a significant buildup is reported in short positions in the European carbon emissions market. Although fundamentals …

Belgium's Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) market finds itself navigating through a tax system inconsistency that favours unregistered products, according to Sébastien Lippens, the founding partner at Privafin. In a market where ETFs are highly sought after …

More than half of family offices want to add even more private investments to portfolios by 2024. The most popular category is private credit. Cash, public equities and high-yield lose out. Just over half (52 percent) of family offices worldwide plan to …

The recent inflation bombshell must have rattled Powell and his cohorts, throwing a wrench into their plans for imminent rate cuts in pursuit of a smooth economic descent. Equities, too, find themselves on shakier ground. ‘High’ is an understatement …

Private banks are navigating challenges in discerning customers' sustainability preferences, hindered by a lack of common definitions and necessary data. The struggle persists as new legislation under Mifid 2, effective since August 2022, mandates …

CSSF fines Mizuho nearly half a million euro for breaches

Blackstone’s Solotar foresees structural shift to private credit

‘We are behavioural psychologists rather than asset managers’

Eltif 2 Matchmaking: New opportunities for secondary markets

Belgium sees growing support for ‘common defence bonds’

As carbon prices plunge, market seen vulnerable to short squeeze

Belgian ETFs grapple with tax inconsistencies

45% of family offices want more private credit in portfolios

Powell’s Predicament

Private banks grapple with sustainability preferences