The European Parliament this week approved new regulations that will provide investors with more transparency on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings. The rules mandate clear disclosures on E, S, and G factors and place EU-based rating …

Artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks rallied late Wednesday during after-hours trading after Nvidia wowed Wall Street with its Q4 earnings. Investors seem to bet on more demand for “picks-and-shovels” in today’s AI-gold rush, echoing dot-com …

Imagine a groundbreaking European savings and investment product, open to all 450 million individuals across the European Union, supported by a harmonised tax incentive endorsed by every EU member state. Wishful thinking? Probably so, but maybe not. In …

This week’s Luxembourg overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other people news includes updates from Vistra, the Luxembourg Capital Markets Association, Intesa Sanpaolo Servitia and Kaufhold & Reveillaud. Abdel Hmitti Abdel Hmitti (photo) …

This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of the euro, but the festivities are notably absent. In times gone by, the Dutch guilder stood as a robust currency, challenging even the Swiss franc. However, those golden days are now but a memory. …

Luxembourg’s CSSF financial regulator on 20 February announced that in late 2023, it had imposed a nearly half-million euro administrative fine on Mizuho Trust & Banking (Luxembourg) S.A. The 17 November 2023 fine of 444,400 euros was imposed for …

Interest in investing in private markets, private credit in particular, may have surged, but that growth is just the beginning. “We see a structural shift towards private credit,” says Joan Solotar, global head of Private Wealth Solutions at Blackstone. …

To become content, one must liberate themselves from emotions. Amsterdam-based asset manager Stoic embodies ancient Greek stoicism, aiming to shield clients from emotional investing. "We are behavioural psychologists rather than asset managers." The past …

On 19 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority, Esma, published its final report on the draft regulatory technical standards (Eltif 2.0 RTS) under Regulation 2023/606 (Eltif 2.0). Since Esma published its Consultation Paper, these have …

A proposal to enhance European defence collaboration by raising €100 billion through the issuance of Eurobonds in financial markets is gaining momentum among EU finance ministers. Vincent Van Peteghem (photo), the Finance Minister of Belgium, presently …

ESG rating providers now subject to Esma supervision

Picks-and-shovels strategies alive as Nvidia fuels AI gold rush

Unified investment product would be bold move for EU

Transfer Thursday: Vistra, LuxCMA, Servitia, Kaufhold

A new eurocrisis

CSSF fines Mizuho nearly half a million euro for breaches

Blackstone’s Solotar foresees structural shift to private credit

‘We are behavioural psychologists rather than asset managers’

Eltif 2 Matchmaking: New opportunities for secondary markets

Belgium sees growing support for ‘common defence bonds’