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Luxembourg by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images.
Technology
July 21, 2022

Luxembourg banks reluctant to embrace cloud services

Luxembourg’s banking association ABBL is encouraging its members to overcome their reluctance and…
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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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data analysis
News
July 19, 2022

‘Analysts overly upbeat on corporate profits’

Barely seven of the first 35 companies in the US S&P 500 index to release their second-quarter…
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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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Vianden castle in Luxembourg. Photo via Unsplash.
News
July 18, 2022

Fitch affirms AAA rating for Luxembourg

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed its assessment of Luxembourg’s government debt with a ‘AAA…
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Wheat fields. Photo by Cattan2011 via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Products
July 18, 2022

'Agri commodities expensive for a long time to come'

The fact that agricultural commodity prices have risen very sharply in recent months does not mean…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 18, 2022

Chart of the week: Negative surprises limit upside potential

Negative surprises put a cap on the upside potential, especially for equities. As a rule, investors…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, pictured at a 2015 IMF meeting. Photo: IMF.
News
July 18, 2022

Crisis in Italy brings back fears of eurozone crisis

The eurozone looks increasingly weak. The euro slipped to parity with the dollar last week and a…
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