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“When a middle-class individual is denied a mortgage, renting remains their primary option. As a result, the strong demand for rental properties has led to rising rents,” stated Rudolphe Aben, founder and managing director at Nextimmo.lu, explaining the continued increase in rental prices in the grand duchy during an interview with Delano. Photo: Rudolphe Aben
MARKETS

House prices down 30% compared to 2021 peak: Rudolphe Aben

Skyrocketing construction costs, soaring land prices and stringent lending conditions have plunged Luxembourg’s residential real estate property values by up to 30% from their 2021 peak, fostering a buyer’s market, according to Rudolphe Aben, CEO of Nextimmo.lu. Part 1 of 2 instalments.

Kangkan Halder • 14.11.2023
Delano sat down with Didier Borowski, head of macro policy research at the Amundi Investment Institute, to discuss the firm’s economic and market outlook, on 8 November 2023. Photo: Magali Delporte
MARKETS

Amundi: Fed to cut rates by 150bps in 2024

Sylvain Barrette • 14.11.2023
The CSSF has fined Adler Group SA €30,000 for not publishing its 2022 audited financial report, violating the Transparency Law. Photo: Romain Gamba / Maison Moderne
MARKETS

CSSF fines Adler Group €30,000 for audit report lapse

Kangkan Halder • 14.11.2023
“The economic data for the eurozone remains disappointing and is well below estimates,” said Michael Blümke, senior portfolio manager at Ethenea, on Monday. Photo: Ethenea
MARKETS

Eurozone struggling, US thriving and China reviving: Michael Blümke on global economy

Kangkan Halder • 14.11.2023
Inflation is accelerating, but liquidity is more important than interest rates, Crossborder Capital, an investment company, has argued in a recent research note. Photo: Shutterstock
MARKETS

“Major monetary inflation is coming,” says Crossborder Capital

Kangkan Halder • 13.11.2023
The European regulator Esma has revealed that cyber risk and digital resilience are now the primary focus of its Strategic Supervisory Priorities. Photo: European Securities and Markets Authority
MARKETS

Esma pins cyber risk to top strategic priorities ahead of Dora

Kangkan Halder • 10.11.2023
“Investor behaviour was unequivocally risk averse in October,” said Michael Metcalfe, head of Macro Strategy at State Street Global Markets. “We observed risk reducing flows across equity, bond, FX and commodities in each week of the month.” Photos: Provided by State Street (left); Shutterstock (right). Montage Maison Moderne
MARKETS

“Investor behaviour was unequivocally risk averse in October”: State Street

Lydia Linna • 08.11.2023
Delano attended the “At the heart of the financial markets” presentation by David Kruk, head of trading desk, and Pierre Puybasset, spokesman for the portfolio management team, at La Financière de L’Echiquier (LFDE) on 25 October 2023 in Luxembourg. Photos: La Financière de L’Echiquier/ Montage Maison Moderne
MARKETS

4Q2023: a repeat of 4Q2022 for equities?

Sylvain Barrette • 07.11.2023
In October, Luxembourg households upgraded their expectations regarding the country’s general economic situation, said the Central Bank of Luxembourg. Archive photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne
ECONOMY

Consumer confidence indicator stabilises in October 2023

Lydia Linna • 06.11.2023
European Central Bank senior economists Johannes Gareis (left) and Niccolò Battistini (right) stated, “Higher interest rates make it less attractive to hold cash and bank deposits. Instead, households bought higher-yielding financial assets, borrowed less or repaid loans,” indicating a reluctance in euro area household spending. Photos: European Central Bank; Montage: Maison Moderne
ECONOMY

Euro area households reluctant on spending €1trn in excess pandemic savings: ECB

Kangkan Halder • 06.11.2023
Luxembourg’s Financial Intelligence Unit (Cellule de renseignement financier, CRF) received a total of 50,197 reports in 2021: 49,876 reports related to money laundering and 321 reports related to countering the financing of terrorism. Archive photo: Christophe Lemaire/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Financial intelligence unit: 50,197 AML/CFT reports received in 2021

Lydia Linna • 04.11.2023
"For the transition of the financial sector towards net zero, it is necessary to understand where the sector stands today and where it needs to go by gathering data, measuring and reporting,” said Nicolette Centofanti, general manager of the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative. Photos: Provided by the LSFI (left); Shutterstock (right). Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

“Gathering data, measuring and reporting” key to achieving net zero

Lydia Linna • 03.11.2023
“Tax avoidance is always a reprehensible practice, but even more so when it takes place in the midst of a social crisis and state support towards the private sector does not seem reciprocal,” said Colin Pratte, researcher at Iris, denouncing multinationals’ aggressive tax strategies. Photos: Iris, Shutterstock; Montage: Maison Moderne
INSTITUTIONS

Canadian firms exploit Luxembourg tax loophole, shifting €81bn in a decade: Iris

Kangkan Halder • 03.11.2023
Flavio Carpenzano, investment director at Capital Group, one of the world’s largest asset managers, which has 11 Luxembourg-domiciled fixed income funds. Photo: Capital Group
MARKETS

The argument in favour of investment-grade bonds

Flavio Carpenzano, guest contributor • 27.10.2023
Only 15 points, out of a possible 1,000, separate Luxembourg from London in the Global Green Finance Index released on 26 October 2023. Photo: David Dibert/Unsplash
MARKETS

Luxembourg top EU green finance hub; gaining on London: Y/Zen

Aaron Grunwald • 27.10.2023
Terrorist groups may try to obscure their fundraising efforts behind the smokescreen of humanitarian relief, the CSSF has stated, relaying a message from Israeli authorities. Library photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

CSSF calls for increased vigilance in preventing Middle East terrorist financing

Aaron Grunwald • 26.10.2023
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