Despite a wider uptake of alternative energy, fossil fuels like natural gas, oil and coal are here to stay for the next decades and the MSCI Global Energy Composite index will outperform both renewable energy stocks and the broad equity market over the …

Mortgage rates and home prices are skyrocketing worldwide. That is not good news for housing affordability. The graph below shows the relationship between the one-year change in US 30-year mortgage rates and the one-year change in the 'Housing …

A case study of how EU and UK financial sector regulations will diverge is in the shifting rules around the Key Investor Document (KID), part of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) regulation. There will be no big-bang …

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange on Friday said it has stepped up its efforts to advance gender equality in finance by cooperating with UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women. The cooperation was announced during …

The management board of Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam has put forward Sabine Caudron as head of private banking and member of its executive committee. She is due to replace former CEO Bruno Colmant, whose mandate expires after seven years. …

Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam, which has a significant presence in Luxembourg, has warned of ongoing uncertainty in financial markets as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which it said “undermines financial markets”. The bank has announced …

Luxembourg loves the new new thing, especially when it comes to financial legislation. The big question is: what should be next? The Grand Duchy may have found the answer already. In the late 1980s, the Grand Duchy successfully tapped into global …

Investing in weapons and the military industry is controversial for many investors. For example, since 2011, investing in companies that produce, sell or distribute cluster munitions or crucial components thereof has been prohibited by law in 110 …

A Brussels-based group standing up for European users of financial services has warned that European savers and investors in long-term savings and pension products face a particularly sharp erosion of purchasing power as a result of rising prices. …

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its main policy rate by 50 basis points, the largest increase since 2000. The steep hike reflects the current state of the US economy, where inflation surged to 8.5 percent in March with unemployment relatively low …

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LuxSE, UN Women join forces to advance gender finance

Sabine Caudron to succeed Colmant at Degroof Petercam

After solid 2021, Degroof sees Russia 'undermine markets'

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