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BlackRock’s strategic 3.2 billion dollar acquisition of U.K. data firm Preqin opens the door towards indexing private markets and can be seen as a defensive move against the threat of private equity.

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 companies and citizens. Integrating them into existing business models also requires a cultural change among those who use them.

Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF plans to make public an online register of European long-term investment funds (Eltifs) later in in July. The register will be updated every month with new registrations.

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 Sustain Paris Aligned Fund.

Data-dependent, that was perhaps the word we heard most often from the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) in recent months.

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.

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?

With the United States facing another daunting budget deficit of seven percent of GDP this year, such alarming depictions of debt are proliferating.

The spread on French government bonds has peaked again, showing that financial markets are on edge ahead of Sunday’s elections. Until they conclude later in July, many investors are favouring other European government bonds. “Any reminder of the European debt crisis is a red flag for international investors,” one analyst remarked.

Despite the rightward tilt of the recent European parliamentary elections, Quintet Private Bank’s chief investment officer is talking up what seems like unexpected good news for Europe.