LPEA

A good fifteen years after the global financial crisis rewired the world’s credit circuits, a new generation of credit masters now sits in the driver’s seat of corporate finance.

Despite tough times for private markets in recent years, family offices are seeing increased interest in private equity and venture capital, especially among the younger generation.

Artificial intelligence has become the dividing line between progress and obsolescence in Luxembourg’s financial industry.

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

Hind El Gaidi, head of Luxembourg at ICG, has been appointed president of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA).

This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments includes updates from Schroders, Amundi, IBS Capital Allies, Partners Group, and Luxembourg industry associations Alfi and LPEA.

Luxembourg is gradually carving out a role in global private markets, not with fanfare, but through quiet, deliberate action. Emerging investor relations roles, a growing presence of single family offices, and a measured push to localise fundraising are reshaping its identity beyond its traditional middle-office roots.

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.

Amid the sustained growth of Luxembourg’s private markets, propelled by ongoing onshoring and the growing acknowledgment of its robust legal frameworks, Investment Officer sat down for a conversation with Claus Mansfeldt, president of the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA).

Geopolitical uncertainty, rising interest rates, more stringent sustainability requirements, modernisation of the regulatory environment, democratisation of private equity, and pressure on costs and margins are expected to shape the next twelve months in the grand duchy’s financial system. Camille Thommes, Nicolas Mackel, Jerry Grbic, Stephane Pesch, Nicoletta Centofanti and others told IO what they expect in the new year.