Luxembourg

Luxembourg startups Vinesia and Ignisign this week head to Lisbon’s Web Summit, showcasing innovative solutions in fine wine investment and secure e-signatures amid Europe’s bustling tech scene.

The Luxembourg financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), has issued administrative fines to five alternative investment fund managers for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) regulations.

Luxembourg should take a page from Ireland’s playbook and deepen its relationship with the United States. The European Union is gradually eroding the regulatory flexibility and pragmatism that once enabled Luxembourg to attract international investors and dominate the fund industry.

Ireland’s decision not to introduce its own version of Luxembourg’s highly successful Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (Raif) signals a cautious approach in the global race for private market leadership and reflects concerns over potential problems with liquidity and valuations in this market.

The cold, wet, and miserable weather does nothing to dampen Jason ‘IPO’ Lee’s spirits as he arrives at Findel after a grueling journey from Hong Kong. He has chosen Luxembourg as a launchpad for the European arm of his AI fund.

Luxembourg and London reaffirmed their complementary roles in asset management and green finance, with leaders stressing the importance of collaboration on sustainability, digital transformation, and post-Brexit resilience.

Martine Solovieff, Luxembourg’s top criminal prosecutor, has issued a stark warning regarding the country’s persistent struggle with financial crime investigations, citing overwhelming caseloads and staffing shortages as key obstacles.

Luxembourg’s finance minister, Gilles Roth, has outlined plans to reform the country’s profit-sharing bonus regime and expat tax policies to enhance its attractiveness to international talent.

In a move to strengthen valuation practices across the investment fund industry, Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Wednesday unveiled a glimpse of plans to revise its valuation guidelines for investment fund managers. The update is due in 2025.

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other career news in the international fund and asset management community includes updates from M&G, BDO, Governance.com, the Luxembourg School of Business and the Luxembourg Competition Association.