Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

Rick Lacaille, executive vice president and global head of ESG at State Street.
Asset Managers
July 29, 2022

‘Green shorting’ emerges as new phenomenon in State Street study

A recent study conducted by Boston-based State Street has found evidence of “green shorting”, a…
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Amanda Young, Chief Sustainability Officer at abrdn. Photo: abrdn.
Asset Managers
July 28, 2022

‘EU sustainability reporting rules need global alignment’

Global asset managers are concerned that the European Union’s regime for corporate sustainability…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde speaking at Thursday's monetary policy press conference. Photo: ECB.
News
July 21, 2022

ECB commits to more assertive defence of eurozone cohesion

While closing the door on a seven-year era of negative interest rates with a larger than anticipated…
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Andrew Grimditch, CFO at Arrow Global. Photo: Arrow Global.
Asset Servicing
July 21, 2022

UK debt collector Arrow opens Luxembourg office 

Manchester-based distressed debt trader Arrow Global Limited has announced it is opening an office…
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Bitcoin. Image via Coincu CC-BY-2.0
Laws and Regulations
July 20, 2022

Apex: EU crypto crack-down ‘not a threat’ to Luxembourg

A recent European Union agreement to crack down on the “wild west” in international crypto markets…
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At the ECB Forum in Sintra, Portugal, ECB President Christine Lagarde committed herself to backing a rate hike of 25 basis points on 21 July, Photo: ECB
Investing
July 20, 2022

ECB seen doubling up with 50bp rate hike on Thursday

Pressed by persistently high inflation in the eurozone, the European Central Bank on Thursday may…
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Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash
News
July 19, 2022

Modern pension funds embrace ESG as ‘good ancestors’

Social responsibility, sustainability, ESG and SRI are more than buzzwords for the world’s leading…
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Helen Dean, CEO of the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) in the United Kingdom. Photo: Nest.
Asset Managers
July 19, 2022

‘Steward’ Nest seeks high standards in UK pensions

In the United Kingdom, the National Employment Savings Trust, known as Nest, is the country’s…
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The Zizkov television tower in Prague. Photo: Robert Eklund via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0
Asset Allocation
July 14, 2022

European pension funds slow to recognise infra benefits

While Canadian and Australian pension funds are set to increase their investments in infrastructure…
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Agnes Cai, Chief Executive Officer at Foord Asset Management Singapore. Photo: Foord.
Products
July 12, 2022

South Africa’s Foord targets Australia via Luxembourg

Foord Asset Management, a firm with South African roots and a Luxembourg presence since 2013, is…
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Patrick de Cambourg, chair of the EU Taskforce on Sustainability Reporting Standards. Photo: Mazars.
Laws and Regulations
July 11, 2022

EU places ESG reporting on par with financial data

A new EU law from 2025 will require companies in Europe to accept a future in which their reporting…
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World Pensions Council panel in Paris, with Gert Dijkstra, senior managing director at APG.
Asset Managers
July 7, 2022

APG says EU regime for impact funds creates greenwashing risk

The increasingly stringent EU regime for green finance was discussed in Paris on Wednesday at the…
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A BMW manufacturing plant in Leipzig, Germany. Photo: BMW CC BY-SA 2.0 de
News
July 5, 2022

First German trade deficit in 31 years shows EU’s vulnerability

Germany has unexpectedly reported its first trade deficit since 1991. The reversal of the trade…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
July 1, 2022

In Flux: Industry 4.0 as the ‘new Ucits’

In Luxembourg’s financial sector, ‘the new Ucits’ is an informal but widely recognised label that…
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