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Etienne de Callataÿ, co-founder of Orcadia Asset Management, points out that the main risk for the equity markets remains the rise in interest rates. Photo: Samir Jahjah

Stock markets caught between inflation and Ukraine

For the past month, equity markets have been swaying in the wind due to various political statements and unspoken words on the international scene. In a rational approach, Etienne de Callataÿ, co-founder of Orcadia Asset Management, invites the markets to put the impact of the Ukrainian tensions into perspective and not to hide the risk of inflation.

Benoît Theunissen • 18.02.2022

Luxembourg received the largest inward foreign direct investment of any of the 152 small cities reviewed Photo: Shutterstock

Luxembourg among top cities for foreign investment

Cordula Schnuer • 17.02.2022

ESMA publishes strategy to combat greenwashing. Photo: Shutterstock

European financial regulator targets greenwashing

Benoît Theunissen • 14.02.2022

View over to Kirchberg, the financial district of Luxembourg. Copyright (c) 2018 Fotos1501gpr/Shutterstock. No use without permission.

New Luxembourg CLO law brings PE and private debt opportunities

Josephine Shillito • 10.02.2022

Only three of the Luxembourg financial sector actors analysed by ASTM mention human rights in their governance documents and even then, their focus is on voluntary action which the NGO qualifies as insufficient. Photo: ASTM

Finance sector lacks human rights commitment, says NGO

Teodor Georgiev • 09.02.2022

Gérard Moulin has managed the Amplegest Pricing Power fund for 17 years. He says the theme of pricing power is in line with history. Photo: Amplegest

The discreet charm of pricing power

Marc Fassone • 08.02.2022

The EU’s clampdown on letterbox companies could spell trouble for Luxembourg’s Soparfi vehicles. Photo: Shutterstock

EU’s “unshell” plan will have substantial impact, says Backes

Delano.lu • 01.02.2022

Governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg (BCL) Gaston Reinesch calls on Luxembourg to take responsibility. Photo credit: Banque Centrale de Luxembourg. Illustration: Maison Moderne

Luxembourg residential real estate warrants concern: Gaston Reinesch

Josephine Shillito & Marc Fassone • 01.02.2022

The CSSF also published on 24 January a white paper on “distributed ledger technology” (DLT) and blockchain. This is a non-binding document “aimed at guiding interested professionals in conducting their due diligence process related to DLT. (Photo: Shutterstock)

First admission in blockchain at LuxSE

Marc Fassone • 31.01.2022

Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Laetitia Hamon sets out to convince then to act. Picture: Luxembourg Stock Exchange; Illustration: Maison Moderne

Sustainability goals can be 80% change management

Josephine Shillito • 18.01.2022

Luxembourg could become the jurisdiction of choice for actively managed CLOs Romain Gamba / Maison Moderne

Luxembourg to open to active-managed CLOs

Josephine Shillito • 17.01.2022

Refinitiv Lipper’s Detlef Glow expects to see more fund repurposing in 2022 Refinitiv Lipper

Funds to become ESG after mergers

Josephine Shillito • 16.01.2022

Yves Maas, CEO of the Luxembourg Bankers Association, calls for fiscal incentives BLITZ AGENCY

Luxembourg needs fiscal incentives for interbank collaboration

Josephine Shillito • 12.01.2022

New OECD tax rules impose a minimum tax of 15% on multinationals with a turnover of more than €750m, to avoid tax avoidance. Yuriko Backes (DP), Luxembourg’s freshly appointed finance minister, addressed the international rules during a conference on 11 January 2021. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

Yuriko Backes calls for balanced international taxation

Aurélie Boob • 12.01.2022

Analysts are cautious about the Omicron variant. Photo: Shutterstock

The markets and omicron

Marc Fassone • 11.01.2022

While food prices have increased over a year, the downward trend in fossil fuel costs at the end of 2021 brought the entire annual inflation rate down. Photo: Sara Kurfeß/Unsplash

Annual inflation rate down by 0.4%

Tracy Heindrichs • 05.01.2022