At the request of the management company Ofi Invest AM and the insurer Generali France, Societe Generale participated, from April to November 2024, in the projects led by the Banque de France and the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning the use of a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC), i.e. “exploratory” euro cash tokens, for the settlement of...

The Private Equity sector has witnessed a shift towards Evergreen funds. According to the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), Private Equity funds in Luxembourg increased by 15% in 2023 with total assets under management of €800 billion (AUM) and the growth of Evergreen structures.

While ESMA's preliminary report published last March suggested a potential move to T+1, the final report, available since November 18, 2024, leaves no room for the conditional. Not only is the move to T+1 in Europe now a fact, but it also even has a date (admittedly, this is only a proposal from the regulator; to become official, it will have to go through a...

The European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 (the “Delegated Regulation”) containing the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) regulatory technical standards (RTS) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 25 October 2024.

Shortening the settlement cycle is a recurring process – veteran bankers will remember the arrival of D+5 in France in the 1990s, replaced by D+3 and then T+2 in 2014. Such a shift is natural, and it follows the industry’s progress in automation, rationalization, and harmonization. So how is this new iteration such a big challenge?

Over the past two decades, the Middle East has emerged as a key regional hub for international fund management. This transformation has been driven by sovereign wealth funds, high net worth individuals, family offices, and a burgeoning middle class with an increasing appetite for investment.

The migration to ISO 20022 of the payment ecosystem continues to gain momentum worldwide.

Private markets investing has adapted to macroeconomic and business landscape developments, but how the asset class is accessed has remained relatively unchanged. Over two decades ago, Partners Group introduced an innovative approach to accessing private markets with the launch of an evergreen fund. Evergreens are perpetual capital funds that offer investors...

With private markets retaining its attractions for institutional investors, there is now a growing desire to widen its access to a broader array of investors. Now a $13 trillion asset class, having demonstrated 20% p.a. growth over the last 5 years (Mc Kinsey, June 2023), asset managers have recently encouraged private investors to consider this area of...

Early 2024, SGSS conducted a survey among key European asset management players. The goal was to review the progress made, the projects already underway and the obstacles that remain for fund managers based in Europe’s main financial centres

Investors with a climate focus must take a holistic view of the biggest environmental challenge of our time, because adapting to climate change is just one ingredient of business sustainability and return potential. Both also hinge on a company’s strategy and execution, the macroeconomic environment, and shifting cyclical and secular trends.

Over recent years, policy makers and financial markets have been preoccupied with inflation. However, I suspect the emphasis will now switch to growth, or rather the lack of it in the United States (US). Just as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) committed a policy error in 2021 (by waiting too long to tighten), I fear it has committed the opposite error in 2024 by...

Discover how Euroclear is pioneering a paradigm shift in financial services through data-driven innovation, strategic partnerships and a client-centric mindset.

Olivier Malteste, Director of Investments at Yomoni, shares with us his vision on the emergence and growth of active ETFs.

At present, the Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD2) has not been fully convincing: electronic retail voting at general meetings (GAs) is still a long way off.