Our preceding article on Investment Officer addressed how Luxembourg's CSSF is helping asset managers prepare for the introduction of the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (Dora) and highlighted that the Dutch supervisory authority, the AFM, would …

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has announced its acquisition of private equity data provider Preqin for 3.2 billion dollars. This strategic move aims to "bring the principles of indexing to private markets," according to BlackRock CEO Larry …

The EU has set out its objectives for the digitalisation of its economy. New technologies have the potential to support the integration of capital markets, improve the provision of financial services and make them more efficient for the benefit of …

Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF plans to make public an online register of European long-term investment funds (Eltifs) on 31 July. The register will be updated every month with new registrations. Luxembourg’s financial centre stands to do very well …

Investors seeking to achieve real change through their impact investment will find that the passive approach isn’t as effective as an active one, explained John William Olsen (photo), fund manager of the M&G (Lux) Positive Impact fund and the Global …

Data-dependent, that was perhaps the word we heard most often from the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) in recent months. The term describes the ECB's modus operandi: the bank would decide what to do with interest rates on a meeting-by-meeting …

China's rapid emergence as a market leader in electric vehicles (EVs) has sparked significant concerns throughout the European Union. Are the expansions of Chinese automakers into Europe a modern-day Trojan horse? And what exactly is driving this …

The Wall Street Journal recently featured a striking graphic headlined "Will Debt Sink the American Empire?" With the United States facing another daunting budget deficit of seven percent of GDP this year, such alarming depictions of debt are …

Luxembourg's banking sector, once heralded for its stability and strong governance, is now grappling with substantial hurdles in adhering to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, a new consultancy report reveals. The industry is struggling to recruit …

European high-yield bond spreads narrowed in May, driven by strong corporate earnings and investor demand, reflecting robust market confidence and providing a favorable backdrop for corporate refinancing and new issues. This edition of the Morningstar …

Becoming Dora compliant still is a challenge

With Preqin, BlackRock brings indexing to private markets

Open finance: an ambitious but tortuous journey

Luxembourg to publish new Eltifs monthly

‘Passively Paris-aligning a portfolio doesn’t make sense’

Inimitable ECB

China’s sudden electric car boom stirs strategic concerns

Will debt sink the American empire?

Luxembourg banks struggling with compliance, AML

Fund Radar: Investor appetite fuels Euro high-yield bonds