The Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency (commonly-known as LuxFLAG) has announced the launch of its Sustainable Insurance Product Label certification product. This certification will be awarded to “eligible insurance products that assist with the transition …

"The equity market is moving towards a bubble", said Jeroen Blokland said during the annual Fondsnieuws Investment Outlook, organised by Investment Officer Luxembourg ’s Dutch sister publication. High valuations and exaggerated growth expectations make …

Goodbye to the UCITS KIID and hello to the PRIIPs KID for UCITS and retail AIFs. The European Parliament approved on Tuesday the legislation introducing the Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance-based Products Key Information Document (PRIIPs KID). …

Rising house prices, records in the stock markets, extremely expensive bond markets and a new high for bitcoin have caused the total assets of American households to rise by an unprecedented 20 percent in one year. That is more than the total GDP of the …

There is still no uniform European investor protection as envisaged by MiFID II, according to research conducted by Ronald Janssen of Ortec Finance and Tom Loonen of the Free University of Amsterdam in a survey of 25 European private banks. Their research …

European financial centres are competing to benefit from rapid growth in SPAC investment vehicles on this side of the Atlantic after they came under regulatory fire in the United States. The Netherland’s Euronext leads in numbers, but Luxembourg attracts …

One of the least invested topics of the world goals set by the United Nations is “life in the water”. With the ocean responsible for every second breath we take and more commitment from the European Commission on this SDG in the offing, things might be …

When investing in unlisted real estate, funds that focus on a single country or on a separate sector within a country outperform funds that diversify across countries and/or sectors, according to a Cambridge University study. By contrast, real estate …

It is not a question of whether the tech bubble will burst, but when, Amundi CIO Pascal Blanqué warned again. According to him, the bubble will burst as soon as interest rates rise. Blanqué spoke about this during the outlook for 2022 that he, deputy CIO …

“The world needs to be prepared for a debt crisis in emerging markets. Rising interest rates will draw capital away from vulnerable countries”, warned Kristalina Georgieva, director of the IMF. For the time being, not everyone feels moved by this warning, …

LuxFLAG launches sustainable insurance product certificate

Investment Outlook: bickering over corrections

Green light for PRIIPs KID

Economist's view: what lies behind the curve

Which bank you invest with matters

Luxembourg, Netherlands reap SPAC benefit after US downturn

Ocean life a growing investment area

Research: country-based real estate funds outperform

Interest rate hike will burst tech bubble

EM debt a paradise for active investors