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February 8, 2022

Luxembourg home to nearly half of Europe’s ESG assets

Luxembourg retained its lead as the biggest global hub for sustainable investment funds last year, accounting for nearly half of ESG assets managed in Europe while global interest in the Luxembourg Green Exchange increased sharply, Luxembourg For Finance …
February 7, 2022

Making most of it while you sleep

After its famous ARK vs. Berkshire Hathaway chart, the Financial Times recently published another strong chart. It shows that the overnight return, the return between the closing and opening of the stock exchange, is many times higher than the return …
February 7, 2022
Asset Managers,Investing,Laws and Regulations

Citing inflation, Máxima wants action on financial literacy

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has called on European financial supervisors to review financial services for their health impact and urged the banking, payments and investment industries to do more to make sure that their clients make well-informed …
February 4, 2022

'No, inflation is not temporary'

The effects of the inflation wave crashing over the Eurozone and especially in the US are not temporary. As high energy prices persist and second-round effects  still have to find their way into the economy, analysts question the ECB's reluctance to …
February 4, 2022
Sector

Bitcoin's footprint challenged

As digital assets are in focus for investors, there is a less visible, less shiny side to at least the Bitcoin story. While the total potential number of Bitcoins is fixed at 21 million, they haven’t all been created yet. New Bitcoins can be 'mined' …
February 4, 2022
Laws and Regulations

Brexit: little change so far

There has been scant divergence from EU financial sector rules in the two years since the UK left the EU. Nor are there many clear future policy proposals. Hence little has changed for Luxembourg players marketing into the UK. Could 2022 be the year when …
February 3, 2022

ECB changes its tone on inflation

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday declined to rule out a hike in interest rates this year as costs of living in the eurozone are rising faster than expected. Lagarde said the March and June meetings of the ECB's governing …
February 3, 2022
Asset Managers

Listening to stakeholders brings best shareholder value

It is a well-known fact: supertankers do not change their course easily. But once the decision is made on the bridge, the change of course is pushed with significant force and mass. Take BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager. It lagged behind in …
February 3, 2022
Laws and Regulations

A surging virtual assets market awaits regulation

Luxembourg companies from small to large are taking strides in the realm of virtual assets. This market is still under construction and regulatory and infrastructural elements are still pending. Several companies were represented at the recent Luxembourg …
February 2, 2022

Luxembourg, Austria set to challenge EU on gas, nuclear

The European Commission on Wednesday set a four-month legal clock ticking by presenting its widely discussed plans to recognise natural gas and nuclear power as sustainable fuels during the coming decades. Luxembourg and Austria fiercely oppose the plan …