The EU's General Court has struck down the European Commission's 2023 decision to keep private and business aircraft out of the bloc's green-investment taxonomy, ruling that Brussels judged a manufacturing activity by the wrong yardstick. The decision, handed down in Luxembourg, reopens the contested boundary of 'sustainable' finance.
SpaceX's record Nasdaq debut is being ushered into the MSCI World even as the same provider hands it the lowest ESG grade on its scale. The clash matters most in Luxembourg, the world's second fund domicile and Europe's largest home for sustainable portfolios, where index trackers and SFDR Article 8 and 9 funds must decide whether to own a CCC-rated stock.
From 3 to 5 June 2026 Luxembourg hosted its first International Climate Finance Days, marking ten years of the Luxembourg Green Exchange and gathering the EIB, the European Commission and Brazil's foreign minister to debate how to move private capital into the climate transition.
The CSSF has set a tougher 2026 supervisory agenda for Luxembourg's investment funds, signalling closer scrutiny of governance, liquidity, asset valuation, costs and fees, cyber resilience under DORA, sustainable-finance claims and anti-money-laundering controls. Published on 31 March 2026 and covered by the Luxembourg press in late May, the priorities respond to market volatility and geopolitical strain.