In the medium term, the green transition may further fuel inflationary risks, according to ECB board member Isabel Schnabel in an interview with the Financial Times last weekend. Rising energy prices, she said, may require the ECB to do more to hold back …

Representatives of Luxembourg business think the OECD’s Inclusive Framework Pillar One and Two tax proposals contain risks of excessive complexity, could put state tax authorities under pressure, increase the likelihood of litigation and could put …

International financial regulators, considering lessons learned from defusing systemic risks in the banking sector, have set their sights on similar risk tools to reduce the systemic risks associated with open-ended bond funds. An industry representative …

Fund selectors are by no means in pause mode around the introduction of the next level of sustainability regulation, now that SFDR level 2 has been postponed by six months. They are busy collecting data, against a background of seemingly increasing …

Investors are increasingly turning to alternative instruments for diversification, risk mitigation and to future-proof their returns, especially given today’s market conditions. This has resulted in surging interest in alternative investments from a wider …

The two oil crises of the 1970s are notorious. In 1973, the oil price went from $3 a barrel to $12 a barrel in two weeks, and in 1979 the oil price rose from $12 a barrel to $33 a barrel. OPEC's power was great in the 1970s. OPEC's market share is now …

So goes January, so goes the year, it is sometimes said. If so, Mr Market has decided that the Covid-19 pandemic is behind us. This has investment implications: the long duration narrative will fade into the background, and "real economy" stocks will …

“Never waste a good crisis” is an English expression that you can safely leave to the French and Italians. In the political “no man's land of Christmas”, and moreover shortly after Angela Merkel stepped down as Chancellor and on the eve of the French …

European wealth reached unprecedented levels last year and is increasingly concentrated among families whose capital returns continue to outpace flagging economic growth during the pandemic, said a new report by a Zurich-based think tank. Luxembourg, the …

Luxembourg is ranked third in the eurozone for securitisation business, and this is set for a boost when a long-awaited reform of the law is passed, hopefully in the first half of this year. Although largely technical in nature, industry players are …

Green transition leads to higher inflation

Luxembourg and new OECD tax rules

Systemic fund risks daunting challenge for regulators, industry

Despite SFDR postponement, providers hard at work

ALFI: Alternative asset servicing deals with fast growth

Economist's view: the oil crisis of 2022

Mr Market: the pandemic is over

Opinion: French-Italian cocktail of cunning for EU

European wealth hits record high, Benelux tops EU millionaires list

Step toward securitisation law reform