Luxembourg

This week’s overview of people moves in the investment industry includes new leadership appointments at Debevoise & Plimpton, Arendt, LPEA, and Eversheds Sutherland.

Asian investors are turning to Luxembourg as their preferred gateway to global private markets. The flows are quiet but transformative.

Investre founder Georges Bock urges Luxembourg to stay ahead as blockchain reshapes the fund industry, warning that technology is advancing too quickly for comfort.

Luxembourg’s private debt market has been flourishing. But products that can pose systemic risks, difficulties with valuation, and potential misunderstandings of the risks involved in the market are issues lurking in the shadows.

This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments includes updates from Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, KPMG and BDO Luxembourg, and Marktlink Capital.

At ALFI’s private assets conference in Kirchberg, policymakers and asset managers championed private markets as vital for Europe’s growth and as a bridge for retail investors through ELTIFs. Yet speakers also warned that education gaps, transparency issues, and regulatory hurdles could constrain the sector’s ambitions.

This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments includes updates from Trustmoore, Quintet and Fundcraft.

An Italian icon is quietly being reshaped through Luxembourg, as Bialetti’s future comes under the influence of global family capital.

Henk van Eldik has lived and worked in Luxembourg for decades. As an expert on the funds industry, he sees how the Grand Duchy continues to evolve as an innovative European investment center.

Long reliant on cross-border labor from Belgium, Germany, and especially France, Luxembourg’s financial sector has reached a demographic milestone.