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Julie Becker, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, pictured here alongside, amongst others, Papa Toby Gaye, managing director of Senelec (first on the left of the bell). (Photo: Luxembourg Stock Exchange)

Luxembourg Stock Exchange lists Senegal’s €164m green bond

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange is listing sustainability-linked bonds issued by Senelec, Senegal’s state-owned electricity company. The €164m issue marks a first in Africa for this type of financing.

Ioanna Schimizzi • 13.07.2026

Healthcare and consumer cyclicals contain the largest concentration of Morningstar's 4- and 5-star stocks, which trade below analysts' estimates of fair value, says Michael Field (right), chief market strategist EMEA at Morningstar, here, alongside Nicholas Owens, an equities analyst at Morningstar. Photo: Morningstar

The search for value in an expensive market

Sylvain Barrette • 13.07.2026

Philippe Ledent is senior economist at ING Belgium. (Photo: Paperjam/archive)

Excessive optimism in the oil market

Philippe Ledent (ING Belgium) • 12.07.2026

This technology-driven inflation is expected to lift US consumer prices by between 0.2 and 0.6% in 2026, impacting everything from iPhones to electric cars, said Gilles Moëc, chief economist at Axa Investment Manager in a webcast presentation on 9 July 2026. Photo: Will Edgecombe

Geopolitics and AI inflation redraw the global economic map

Sylvain Barrette • 10.07.2026

Sustainability is becoming embedded in mainstream lending decisions, argued the Loan Market Association in its latest report, “2040: The Future for Emea Loan Market”. Photos: Shutterstock, LMA; layout: Paperjam

How Emea loan markets will power the next growth cycle

Sylvain Barrette • 10.07.2026

According to the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF), next-generation AI models could significantly accelerate the pace of attacks. (Photo: Romain Gamba/archive)

Cybersecurity: the CSSF makes it a governance issue

Souada Kermani • 09.07.2026

In an interview on 8 July 2026, Paul Jackson, global head of asset allocation research at Invesco, estimated the Fed’s neutral rate at 3.5–4%, higher than the Fed’s 3% view, suggesting policy is loose. For the ECB, he sees neutral near 3%. While recent hikes moved rates toward neutral, he cautions that further increases could move into policy error territory. Photo: Invesco and Shutterstock. Montage Paperjam.

Geopolitics puts investors on notice as oil volatility returns

Sylvain Barrette • 08.07.2026

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) have celebrated on 3 July 2026 the 20th anniversary of its first vaccine bond issuance and listing on the Exchange. (Photo: Luxembourg Stock Exchange)

From bond markets to vaccines: Luxembourg’s impact finance legacy

Anissa Maamri • 07.07.2026

Without fiscal credibility, financial markets—not governments—will determine borrowing capacity, a dynamic that proved "inherently unstable" during previous crises, warned Rolf Strauch, chief economist at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), during a press conference on 6 July. Photo: Blitz Agency 2026

ESM’s Strauch: “What happens if things go wrong?”

Sylvain Barrette • 06.07.2026

Manuel Maleki is deputy head of economic research at Edmond de Rothschild. (Photo: Edmond de Rothschild)

Cocoa: the market is shifting gears

Manuel Maleki (Edmond de Rothschild) • 05.07.2026

The AI narrative has transitioned from simple large language model (LLM) queries to “agentic” AI, which involves “actual workflow process management capable of handling entire days of work for different roles,” said Niamh Brodie-Machura (second from the left), CIO, equities, during an investor webcast on 2 July 2026. Photo: Screenshot from the wecast

Fidelity warns investors to prepare for a new inflation regime

Sylvain Barrette • 03.07.2026

Investment strategies are pivoting toward the energy value chain, specifically electricity providers and renewable energy storage, which offer the most rapidly deployable and cost-effective solutions for the growing power demands of AI and robotics, explained Christopher Dembik, senior investment advisor at Pictet Asset Management, in a webinar on 1 July 2026. Photo: Alexandra Bonnefoy

The next AI winner may not build chips

Sylvain Barrette • 01.07.2026

Maximilian Ullrich and Aiona Gambucci. (Photos: fournies par Goldbridge Investment Club; montage: Paperjam)

AI, investing, and the rise of the young investor

Goldbridge Investment Club • 30.06.2026

“AI bubbles” have reclaimed the top spot among investment concerns, noted the latest Bank of America’s Credit Investor Survey published on 29 June 2026. (Photo: Shutterstock)

When peace fuels risk appetite

Sylvain Barrette • 29.06.2026

The 2025 impact report states that 1,227,498 people received support between 2022 and 2025. More than half of the beneficiaries are women. (Photo: Ada)

Ada NGO reaches the one million beneficiaries mark

Ioanna Schimizzi • 29.06.2026

Kelly Hebert, Country Head France, Belgium and Luxembourg at M&G Investments. (Photo: M&G Investments)

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Private debt: generating returns while supporting the real economy

M&G Investments • 29.06.2026

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