By successfully closing its acquisition of European Fund Administration, Universal Investment has pushed its assets under administration by more than a fifth to above 900 billion euro in more than 7000 funds, the firm has announced. Financial details were …

Outlines of reform proposals for European long-term investment funds (Eltif), agreed by EU policy-makers last month, have been hailed as major positive step forward by some in the industry. More quietly, though, others suggest the fundamental …

Although inflation has made its comeback in Western economies after decades of oblivion (the great moderation), in public discourse on the housing market, the impact of current inflation levels is quite often ignored. In particular, people talk about the …

The construction industry and real estate are about to change, and so investing in property tech (or proptech) start-ups now is a good investment strategy. That's the idea behind Rise PropTech Fund. The Liège-based investment company thus got the backing …

No this column is not about sustainability, climate targets or Co2 emissions. But about the fable that energy companies are a reason why broad market profits need not fall. Energy profits Earnings-per-share of US energy companies included in the S&P 500 …

It has been a dire and highly volatile stock market year so far. The opportunity for active investors to make a difference and outsmart the market. Fine words notwithstanding, more than three quarters of active managers have failed again this year. “The …

LuxFlag, the Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency, raised awareness to market challenges faced in the impact investing space at a side event held on Monday at the EIB Benelux Pavillion at COP27 which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The event …

While the upgrade of SFDR funds is still in full swing, light green funds did not escape this year's market violence. Article 6 and Article 8 funds saw a hefty outflow of assets. The greenest funds did manage to attract new assets. Article 8 funds saw net …

Luxembourg’s government is proposing to simplify the corporate income tax process for investment funds which have overseas investors or subsidiaries by reducing their risk of being subjected to full Luxembourg anti-tax avoidance corporation tax. The …

Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF today announced that it had found “satisfactory” both market participants’ understanding of the risks of AML/CFT activities and the related mitigation measures that they had put into place, in a recent thematic review …

With EFA, UI pushes assets administrated above €900 bln

Amid high hopes, key Eltif issues remain to be resolved

The housing market crisis is in full swing in some places

Rise PropTech aims to benefit from property disruption

Graph of the week: energy label

Active managers lose out again against passive

At COP27, LuxFlag hosts debate on impact investing

SFDR Article 6 and 8 funds see substantial outflows in Q3

Funds to escape Luxembourg tax avoidance rule ‘overkill’

AML: CSSF finds weaknesses amid ‘satisfactory’ understanding