Investment Officer Luxembourg

The suggestion that the Federal Reserve will maintain elevated interest rates is wavering after Tuesday’s unexpected declines in U.S. inflation figures, much to the delight of stock and bond markets.

Banks are making some progress when it comes to KYC processes by bridging  regulatory expectations and client cooperation challenges.

Adler Group SA,  a Luxembourg-based real estate company active in Germany with a listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has been fined 30,000 euro by Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF because it has not deposited an audited annual financial report for 2022.

Adler, as a Luxembourg firm, is subject to the country’s transparency law, CSSF said in a statement issued on Monday. Adler did not respond to a request for comment.

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF has stopped using X, formerly known as Twitter, as one of its communications channels on social media, referring to the increasing circulation of false information on the platform.

European regulators, especially those in Paris and Luxembourg, are at odds over the regulatory and technical standards for the updated European Long Term Investment Funds scheme, known as Eltif 2.0, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Italian government bonds face a downgrade to “junk status”. Nevertheless, after years, the interest of foreign investors in this “ticking time bomb” is increasing.

The prolonged exodus of foreign investors from Italian government bonds has halted this year. According to research by Amundi Investment Institute, the asset class saw positive inflows of 35 billion euros in the first seven months, driven by foreign interest.

Dutch pension funds are striving to address concerns about the high performance fees they pay to private equity funds by increasing accountability and explaining the dilemmas and choices surrounding these investments.