you are currently viewing::Sustainability rules are not a block on EU defence financing, but reputational fears areMarch 17, 2025--To mobilise private capital for weapons, the European Commission should clarify the status of defence investing in its sustainable finance framework
But without clarification on the acceptability of and need for defence investment within the EU sustainable finance framework, the private sector is unlikely to meet these expectations. Regulatory constraints are flexible The EU's sustainable finance rules do not place overarching restrictions on defence investment, but there are restrictions on financing companies involved in the production of 'controversial weapons'-which are defined as "those referred to in international treaties and conventions, United Nations principles and, where applicable, national legislation" (Regulation (EU) 2020/1818). Source: bruegel.org |
March 24, 2025--MarketVector Indexes™ ("MarketVector"), a leading provider of digital asset and multi-asset index solutions, today introduced the MarketVectorTM Crypto-Balanced Multi-Asset Index (TOPMDL). This benchmark helps investors navigate fiscal dominance and market volatility with enhanced diversification by modernizing the traditional 60/40 portfolio, integrating a 5% allocation to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
March 24, 2025-21Shares AG ("21Shares"), one of the world's largest issuers of crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs), today announced the listing of three of its leading ETPs on Nasdaq Stockholm, further expanding the firm's European footprint.
March 17, 2025--iM Global Partner (iMGP) has announced it will enter the European Active UCITS ETF market with the launch of a European Managed Futures UCITS ETF, the only one available on the market, the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Fund R USD ETF.
March 12, 2025--Today, Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that HANetf has listed their first Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) on Nasdaq Stockholm.
The ETNs have leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs as underlying assets and will be traded in Swedish Krona (SEK).
March 12, 2025--A new crypto ETN issued by 21Shares has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.
The 21Shares Bitcoin Ethereum Core ETP offers investors easy and efficient access to the performance of a crypto basket consisting of the two cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
March 10, 2025--Quick Summary:
Luxembourg has only approved semi-transparency for actively managed funds, with passive, index-tracking funds not deemed in need of such protection, but she believed some passive funds would also benefit from shielding their portfolio from the market.
March 5, 2025-Outflows are in contrast to the US where flows to US equity ETFs represented nearly half of the total accrued
European investors pulled money from US equity exchange traded funds in February for the first time since May 2023 in a sign of an abrupt change in sentiment on the continent towards US equities and in contrast to their US peers.
March 4, 2025-Industry figures have welcomed ambitious plans by Euronext, the stock exchange group, to consolidate the thousands of exchange traded product listings scattered across its seven bourses on to one venue.