IO Talks podcast: ALFI’s Lamesch on alternatives, ESG
This IO Talks Luxembourg podcast episode with Corrine Lamesch, chair of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), sheds light on the growing popularity of alternative investments in Luxembourg, addresses the complexity of ESG and sustainable finance regulation, and hears about the role of the grand duchy as a global distribution centre for financial products.
Luxembourg retains lead as funds hub, Ireland catches up
Although its overall market share contracted slightly, Luxembourg last year held on to its number one spot among Europe’s top 10 investment hubs for both Ucits and Alternative Investment Funds, with a market share of 26.8 percent, compared to 27 percent that was reported for the previous year, according to the latest annual reported released by the Association for the Luxembourg Fund Industry, or Alfi. Ireland’s share of the pie increased to 18.6 percent last year from 18 percent reported for 2020.
ALFI announces executive committee
Luxembourg’s fund industry association ALFI has announced the appointment of its executive committee. The appointment was made by ALFI’s board of directors and publicised in an 8 July 2021 press release.
The members of the committee are:
CSSF head warns against over-regulation
With a warning against excessive regulation, and a call to action on green investing, CSSF director-general Claude Marx, made a typically colourful intervention at Monday’s virtual ALFI conference. He also gave some details of planned local regulation of teleworking arrangements.