The warning that climate-related damage will be more difficult to insure is growing. A challenging time is coming for real estate investors, as their investment horizon becomes riskier. It was painfully obvious this summer, with the deadly floods in …

Riccardo Lamanna has recently become the Luxembourg Country Head for State Street. He entered the position after spending more than 30 years in the business, having worked in Milan, London and Paris at various institutions, including JP Morgan, Paribas, …

Global asset managers appreciate the framework provided by the green investing taxonomy and SFDR, even if more needs to be done to flesh these out. There is also awareness that Asia is central if global environmental and social concerns are to be …

Despite much debate in the market about the hows and whys of ESG integration, impact investing is steadily making its way into the financial mainstream. In 2021, the first year in two decades in which extreme poverty once again rose, with lasting …

There is a mismatch between asset managers and institutional investors when it comes to ESG, according to PwC Luxembourg’s annual report on the Luxembourg banking sector, which this year places extra emphasis on developments surrounding ESG. The report …

The US stock market is always more expensive than other markets. However, America's premium over Europe is now so high that betting on Europe may be a better option for investors, according to Joost van Leenders, who explained Van Lanschot Kempen’s …

Following the integration of private banking into its banking activities in 2019, Triodos is now focusing on the next step: the introduction of an accessible service model for the different groups of investors. “Market conditions are tightening, you have …

Chinese President Xi Jinping, leader of the world's largest CO2 emitter, is conspicuous by his absence at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Critics consider the ‘unclear’ Chinese climate policy the nail in the coffin of the Paris Agreement. For many …

A number of investors choose to sell investments in fossil fuel producers. This reduces the CO2 emissions of the investment portfolio but only partially protects the investors against the risks of the climate transition. The climate transition is more …

Does the green investing taxonomy leave the financial service industry open to charges of greenwashing? Are the rules so strict and complex that not only do few investments qualify, with the reasons for this being hard to explain to investors? The …

Challenging times ahead for real estate investors

State Street names new Luxembourg country head

Asia, data, greenwashing, labelling: the ESG challenge

Impact investing taking over from ESG

Fund houses ignore ESG investors

European equities preferred to US equities

Triodos introduces asset group- specific model

Chinese climate plan: "Clear and realistic"

WTW: climate transition is more than CO2 reduction

Calls for greater taxonomy sophistication