No this column is not about sustainability, climate targets or Co2 emissions. But about the fable that energy companies are a reason why broad market profits need not fall. Energy profits Earnings-per-share of US energy companies included in the S&P 500 …

It has been a dire and highly volatile stock market year so far. The opportunity for active investors to make a difference and outsmart the market. Fine words notwithstanding, more than three quarters of active managers have failed again this year. “The …

LuxFlag, the Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency, raised awareness to market challenges faced in the impact investing space at a side event held on Monday at the EIB Benelux Pavillion at COP27 which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The event …

While the upgrade of SFDR funds is still in full swing, light green funds did not escape this year's market violence. Article 6 and Article 8 funds saw a hefty outflow of assets. The greenest funds did manage to attract new assets. Article 8 funds saw net …

Luxembourg’s government is proposing to simplify the corporate income tax process for investment funds which have overseas investors or subsidiaries by reducing their risk of being subjected to full Luxembourg anti-tax avoidance corporation tax. The …

Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF today announced that it had found “satisfactory” both market participants’ understanding of the risks of AML/CFT activities and the related mitigation measures that they had put into place, in a recent thematic review …

Even clients with the most defensive risk profile stand to lose more than -12 per cent at Dutch asset managers this year. “Defensive clients have 2008 experience in their portfolios. And according to many, we are not even at the exit yet.” As of this …

Companies cannot economise on cyber security: the dangers have become far too great today. Yet the entire sector fell on the stock market as much as the overall tech market. Erik Swords, manager of the Allianz Cyber Security fund since October 2021, …

As might be expected, the US 10-year - 3-month yield curve has also turned negative. This inversion means that the two traditional yield curves with the longest and most reliable track record as recession predictors are now negative. By itself that's is …

Europe should not count on a traditional economic recovery. Due to second-round effects, inflation will widen further by 2023. And, ING chief economist Carsten Brzeski says, don't count on gas prices coming down either. Nay, on the contrary, the real …

Graph of the week: energy label

Active managers lose out again against passive

At COP27, LuxFlag hosts debate on impact investing

SFDR Article 6 and 8 funds see substantial outflows in Q3

Funds to escape Luxembourg tax avoidance rule ‘overkill’

AML: CSSF finds weaknesses amid ‘satisfactory’ understanding

Fire breaks out in defensive profiles

Allianz GI: cybersecurity will continue to grow strongly

Graph of the week: Inverted yield curve? Don't panic

‘Europe should not count on a traditional recovery’