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August 31, 2022
Opinion

The ECB fails since 1999!

“In accordance with Article 105(1) of the Treaty, the primary objective of the ESCB shall be to maintain price stability.” “Without prejudice to the objective of price stability, the ESCB shall support the general economic policies in the Community with a …
August 31, 2022
News,Investing

Luxempart acquires stake in hospital software firm Nexus

Luxempart, a Luxembourg-based investment and private equity company, on Wednesday said it has acquired a 8.4 percent stake in Nexus AG, a German-based publicly listed hospital software provider in Europe through a capital increase of 72.5 million euro. …
August 31, 2022
News

Dividend payouts surge to record 545 billion in Q2

Dividends worldwide rose by 11.3 percent in nominal terms in the second quarter of 2022 to a historic quarterly record of 544.8 billion dollars, the latest Global Dividend Index report by Janus Henderson shows.  If the strong US dollar and other …
August 31, 2022
Investing

Luxempart posts €55.4 mln loss in ‘extremely choppy’ H1

Luxempart, a Luxembourg-listed investment and private equity company, has posted a consolidated net loss of 55.4 million euro for the first half as its investment income was hit by “extremely choppy” conditions in financial markets and the economy. The …
August 30, 2022
News

‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’

The European Central Bank needs to review its special programmes that make available cheap money to banks in Europe in order to become more effective in fighting inflation, Banque de France governor François Villeroy de Galhau told central bankers at …
August 30, 2022
Sector

Swiss central bank is proud of its narrow mandate

Central banks worldwide will need to face the fact that pressure on prices will remain high for the coming years and that inflation dynamics will continue to be clouded by uncertainty, Switzerland’s central bank chief has told his colleagues in Jackson …
August 29, 2022

Klein joins Deutsche Börse as Chief Compliance Officer

Marc Peter Klein will join Deutsche Börse as Managing Director Group Compliance on 1 January 2023.  He is joining from Deutsche Bank after seven years as Head Business Line AFC Corporate and Investment Bank Germany & EMEA and several years in senior …
August 29, 2022
News

Jackson Hole shows the narrow path is narrowing

“Walking the narrow path” is an expression among central bankers about striking a fragile balance between reining in inflation and not plunging the economy into the ravine. Friday showed how difficult that task has become.  Investors who had expected a …
August 29, 2022
Investing,Opinion

Chart of the week: German inflation nearing 10%

It was a huge shock. The 37.2 percent increase in German producer prices, or PPI, for July that the Statistisches Bundesamt announced last week. Not only was this the biggest price increase ever, it was also more than five percentage points higher than …
August 26, 2022
Investing

Cube Infrastructure takes over MVV’s Czech energy business

Cube Infrastructure Managers, a Luxembourg-based infrastructure investor, has agreed to take over the Czech activities of Germany energy firm MVV Energie AG for an undisclosed amount. The transaction would  be done through Cube IM’s “Cube Infrastructure …