Raymond Frenken

International financial regulators, considering lessons learned from defusing systemic risks in the banking sector, have set their sights on similar risk tools to reduce the systemic risks associated with open-ended bond funds. An industry representative claims that such macroprudential tools won’t work as regulators don’t fully understand how fund management works. The markets, meanwhile, have little faith that regulators can effectively resolve this daunting conundrum.

European wealth reached unprecedented levels last year and is increasingly concentrated among families whose capital returns continue to outpace flagging economic growth during the pandemic, said a new report by a Zurich-based think tank. Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium emerged as countries with the highest density of millionaires in the EU.