More than one hundred scientists are calling on the United Nations to ditch the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. According to the signatories of a joint letter, the world's problems cannot be solved with the same ideology that created them. The …

Emerging countries often appeal to investors' imagination. Fast-growing economies, demographic attractiveness and a wide variety of investment opportunities make them attractive. In this week's Top 5, we look at the best equity funds for emerging Europe. …

Fund administrators active in Luxembourg will be required to produce an annual report on their governance and internal organisation from next year onwards as part of a long-awaited effort by financial supervisor CSSF to modernise a 30-year old supervisory …

The US national debt recently passed the 30,000 billion dollar mark. Since March 2020, the US national debt has increased by 7,000 billion dollars. All those "Treasuries" are ultimately part of one's portfolio. Certainly now that some major buyers have …

Investment funds that invest in health and wellness already existed, but DNCA Finance is now launching a thematic equity fund that invests in the sports sector. DNCA managers Boris Radondy and Simon de Franssu spoke to Investment Officer Belgium. "There …

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 …

'Systemic greenwash', scientists ask to ditch SDGs

Top 5: Emerging Europe Equity Funds

CSSF modernises regime for fund administrators

The fragile financing of the United States

Thematic sports fund knocks DNCA Finance into shape

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?