Luxembourg financial supervisor CSSF on Thursday announced a more flexible deadline for filing reports on marketing materials in relation to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, or SFDR. Instead of a firm 15 June deadline, CSSF said it …

The European Central Bank on Thursday began to slow down its pace of rate hikes, announcing an increase of 25 basis points following seven back-to-back increases of 50 basis points. The ECB said that underlying price pressures in the 20 Eurozone countries …

The launch of the amended Eltif regulation – version 2.0 – fits a narrative in some quarters that the version of Eltif already on the books is some kind of failure. Data nevertheless shows that investment in even the “limited” version of the investment …

Once upon a time in 2013, Luxembourg launched the conversion of the EU directive on alternative investment fund managers (AIFMD) into its national law. It ultimately culminates, alongside the conversion of other European countries of the AIFMD, into the …

Banque Havilland, a Luxembourg private bank owned by British property developer David John Rowland, has sold its depository and custody business for an undisclosed amount to Spain’s Banco Inversis as part of a new strategy in which it fully focuses on …

A fresh flash estimate for inflation in the 20 eurozone countries and the latest ECB bank lending data shows that higher interest rates are slowing down economic growth in Europe, fuelling expectations among fixed income analysts and economists of a …

The Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, one of the world’s largest property investment funds, in April accepted 29 per cent of 4.5 billion dollars worth in redemption requests. The fund told investors on Monday that it decided to fulfil 1.3 billion, less …

Luxembourg is set to modernise its legislation for investment funds under a proposal that will first be discussed later this week in the grand duchy’s parliament. The bill seeks to improve the various structuring options for investment funds. The …

A recession is what usually concerns many investors, and economists. But exactly how they estimate the probability of a recession is often unclear to me. And sometimes not much of the "approach" is correct either. Given the significant potential impact on …

First-quarter net income at Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, fell 7.5 percent to 300 million euro when compared to the same period last year, “in line with the unfavourable evolution of the market,” the company said on Friday. The firm nevertheless …

CSSF adopts flexible deadline for SFDR data collection

‘Inflation outlook continues to be too high for too long’

Selling Eltifs to the masses requires distribution adjustments

Mastering Luxembourg’s toolbox for alternative investment funds

Banque Havilland sells custody unit in private banking refocus

ECB seen hiking 25 bp as policy impact becomes clear

Blackstone fund accepts 29% of April redemption requests

Luxembourg to modernise fund laws under Bill 8183

Chart of the week: a recession looming?

‘Unfavourable evolution’ in markets hurts income at Amundi