After two rounds of voting three candidates remained in the race on Monday night for the position of director-general of the European Stability Mechanism. Eurogroup finance ministers now plan to make their final decision during their 16 June meeting in …

The European Central Bank now is convinced that it will raise its benchmark eurozone interest rate at its 21 July monetary policy meeting and said it expects that its interest rates will no longer be negative by September. Its latest statement also …

As yields increase, several fund houses have recently bought European government bonds, following the 'huge sell-off' in this market. In the meantime, commodities should ease the pain of high inflation. Both BlackRock and Van Lanschot Kempen announced …

Spreads on both corporate and high yield bonds have increased significantly in recent weeks. Nevertheless, especially the spreads on high yield bonds remain too low. Let’s get under the bonnet to explain why this is the case. As the chart below indicates, …

The collapse in the value of two cryptocurrencies linked to South Korea’s Terra blockchain has sent the crypto world aflutter. The resultant crash wiped out over USD 15 billion in cryptocurrency value, raising questions about the level of stability …

Accompanying Luxembourg’s finance minister Yuriko Backes on her official visit to Stockholm, Luxembourg’s financial community this week sought to strengthen its financial ties with Sweden, considered a “natural partner” for the Grand Duchy. Backes also …

The neutral mixed fund portfolio consisting of 50 percent equities and 50 percent bonds remains popular despite year-to-date losses. The Morningstar EUR Moderate Allocation - Global category lost 6.8 percent over the first four months of this year, while …

Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands have all put forward candidates to succeed Klaus Regling as the head of the European Stability Mechanism, the 500-billion-euro eurozone bailout fund known as ESM. On Monday, the Eurozone finance ministers …

Europe’s asset management industry on Wednesday threw its backing behind a legislative proposal to give asset managers a bigger say in the application of liquidity management tools, or LMTs, at times of market stress. The managers, not the supervisors, …

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is aware that the asset management industry is under pressure to meet green investing rules and is preparing to present detailed guidance shortly. It understands that the rules are complex, often …

Eurogroup to decide on ESM chief at Luxembourg meeting

ECB flags July hike, hedges medium-term policy bets

As yields rise, interest in Euro government bonds picks up

Chart of the week: why are high yield spreads so low?

Cryptocurrency crash to bring regulation – but how much?

Finance minister Backes: visit to Sweden ‘very productive’

Top 5: Ruffer leads Global Neutral Allocation Mix Funds

As ESM's Regling steps down, Gramegna holds good cards

‘Asset managers need bigger say in applying crisis tools’

Esma promises guidance on ‘astonishing’ ESG complexity