New rules, new details and a new terminology regarding financial sector outsourcing are being introduced by Luxembourg's financial regulator CSSF with the presentation of its widely discussed 'circular 22/806'. These changes, with significant consequences …

The global economy is cooling significantly and a large number of countries are at risk of recession. Equity valuations have fallen sharply in recent months, but do not yet reflect a drop in profits. And that is exactly what is in store. CEOs also see the …

Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s ten largest asset managers, this week outlined its views on investing at a time that inflation threatens to undermine economic growth. Investors who haven’t already done so need to adapt their portfolios to take …

With investors' appetite for risk diminishing, equity markets are having a tough time this year. Despite a war raging on Europe's external borders, European shares are holding up relatively well. However, this mainly applies to so-called large-caps, …

In the autumn of 1997, both in Europe and the United States, the ten-year interest rate fell towards 5 per cent. This was caused by the Asia crisis, which caused prices to fall worldwide. Falling interest rates and falling share prices were an unusual …

Net assets of worldwide investment funds decreased by 2.5 percent in the first quarter as the decline in the United States and Europe was only partly offset by net inflows in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the latest International Statistical …

The US central bank on Wednesday evening announced t that it would raise the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to cushion rising inflation. Earlier this week, the Fed already indicated to markets that it would do so. Economists and analysts last …

It’s not difficult to compare today’s era to the 1970s. An energy crisis, a hot war, a cold war, persistent inflation, soaring interest rates, rising house prices. Even Abba, with its flared trousers, is performing again, albeit as a hologram. For …

Following an emergency meeting of its governing council, the European Central Bank on Wednesday said it will bring forward its plans to create a new instrument that will prevent fragmentation between the 19 economies in the eurozone. The ECB said that the …

Alarmed efforts by European green and microfinance fund providers, led by Dutch firms Triodos and ASN, to get the European Commission to rectify what looks like an omission in its proposed investment fund legislation risk being dismissed as "small beer" …

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Franklin Templeton sees more balanced policy risks

Top 5 European Mid Cap Shares: DWS in the lead

A brave new world for investors

China bucks trend with money market inflows during Q1

Federal Reserve attacks inflation with 75bp rate hike

A rerun of the 1970s requires a profound rethink

'Defending eurozone spreads clears path for rate hikes'

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