Banks are keen to invest more in biodiversity but experience difficulties in finding suitable products. The concept of biodiversity is stretched and providers do not make sufficiently clear what goals they are pursuing and how these are measured. …

Europe’s long-awaited Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation is finally coming up for a vote this coming Thursday at the European Parliament’s meeting in Strasbourg. Players in the crypto industry around the world, from cryptocurrency to NFT providers are …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen can no longer ignore the fact that the dollar is used as a weapon to quash unwanted behaviour by rivals. It comes with risks of national interest. Imposing financial sanctions linked to the dollar's role could eventually …

A total of 30 new Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, or Raifs, were added to the Luxembourg Business Register during March 2023, according to public records updated as recently as Monday. The latest statistics bring the total number of new Raifs …

Bermuda-headquartered financial services firm Apex Group, one of the largest management companies in Luxembourg, has agreed to acquire MJ Hudson PLC, a troubled London-listed provider of management company services in Ireland and Luxembourg, for about 40 …

The workings of financial markets never cease to amaze from time to time. Especially when they decide to systematically deny the elephant in the room. Equity investors are often blamed for this behaviour, but high-yield investors can also have some of it …

The Luxembourg government clarified its application of the reverse hybrid rule in the EU’s second anti-tax avoidance directive (ATAD-2) last November, in 2022. It made clear that tax-exempt investors are exempt from the application of the reverse hybrid …

As inflation has started to normalise, many market observers have started to find bond markets attractive again. Yields have risen to their highest levels in over a decade. Corporate debt has recovered, making bond investors comfortable after years of bad …

A recent European Central Bank study calling for a regulatory framework to address instability in the market for Real Estate Investment Funds, known as Reifs, has been downplayed by a growing number of real estate specialists contacted by Investment …

As many as 70% of the ETFs touted as the most sustainable in their class by the fund companies that offered them have been downgraded in one year. Rather than aiming for sustainable investment, passive funds were found to incorporate only one ESG factor. …

Banks struggle in their search for biodiversity funds

EU crypto-asset regulation coming up for vote

Yellen: sanctions can undermine dollar dominance

Raif registrations down 15% in Q1 vs yr-ago

Apex snaps up troubled MJ Hudson in £40 mln firesale

Chart of the week: looking past the elephant in the room

Reverse hybrid rules playing major role in funds

M&G Investments: Bonds are back after years in the dark

No policy needed on Reifs: market experts respond to ECB proposal

Drastic reduction of sustainability labels for passive investment funds