SFDR overhaul sets strict new rules for sustainable fund labels
The European Commission on Thursday unveiled sweeping changes to Europe’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
EU promises big, hoping Trump doesn’t read the fine print
On Sunday, Brussels bowed to demands from across the Atlantic. Some call it a strategic blunder. Others say it’s a clever bluff.
Luxembourg raises red flag over EU plan for single supervisor
Luxembourg, which hosts more than a quarter of all assets held in European investment funds, has raised a red flag over fresh European Commission plans to create a single supervisor for financial services.
Frieden calls for ‘smarter’ regulation, not deregulation
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Luc Frieden has urged European leaders to cut regulatory complexity and mobilize private capital to address the continent’s economic and security challenges, arguing that excessive bureaucracy is stifling investment.
EU’s big talk on investments union still raises many questions
The European Commission has set out yet another grand vision for Europe’s capital markets. Behind the lofty rhetoric, the plan leaves a familiar set of unresolved questions.
The European Central… What exactly? A ‘bank’ in name only
The ECB drifts from its core mission, embracing politics over monetary policy—what does this mean for Europe’s future? Edin Mujagić breaks it down.
2025: The year that EU financial reforms face their real test
The European Union is preparing its next wave of financial sector reforms, and 2025 could mark a turning point.
As Eltif 2.0 is cleared, focus shifts to operational challenges
With the European Commission confirming on Tuesday that the Level 2 Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for the revised European Long-Term Investment Funds (Eltifs) regime are on track, the alternatives industry is shifting its focus towards overcoming operation challenges such as on co-investments, liquidity management and handling different tax regimes across the EU market.
Another 40 Eltif funds in the pipeline, say experts
Some 40 new Eltif funds, enabling European retail investors to put their money in private markets, are understood to be in the pipeline, due to enter the market in the coming months.
Brussels launches crackdown on costs of investment funds
When the long wait for the retail investment strategy finally ended on Wednesday at a European Commission press conference in Brussels, Commissioner Mairead McGuinness gave the financial industry three years to hit her targets for transparency, costs and retail investor participation, or an outright ban on kickbacks will be back on the table.