Return of CSV could reshape Luxembourg’s financial course
With the collapse of the Green vote ending the country’s so-called “Gambia” (blue, green, red) coalition, Luxembourg’s financial sector is seen to stand to benefit from the near-certain return of the exiled Christian Socialists to governing. There’s an emerging consensus that a prime minister Luc Frieden would be good news for the financial sector and would also make finding solutions to problems besetting the country more likely.
As Luxembourg votes, talents and taxes feature on finance’s agenda
Luxembourg is heading to the polls on Sunday. The outcome is anticipated to reaffirm the Grand Duchy’s status as an international financial centre rooted in political stability. Two issues, however, stand out: talents and taxes.
ESG on shaky ground: Higher fees no longer justify the risk
European ESG funds face a record number of closures as greenwashing scrutiny intensifies and the allure of higher fees diminishes, data shows.
ABN Amro cherche à séduire les entrepreneurs avec 150 000 fonds
Avec environ 12 milliards d’euros sous gestion en Belgique, ABN Amro Belgique occupe une position de challenger pour les grandes banques privées et les grandes banques. Elle souhaite avant tout servir efficacement les entrepreneurs et miser fortement sur l’architecture ouverte et la durabilité.
European banks more profitable than ever
The European banking sector has witnessed a remarkable resurgence, chalking up its best performance since the 2007 financial crisis, according to a recent Deutsche Bank research report. Notably, European banks have narrowed the long-standing performance gap with their US peers.
FATF: Luxembourg needs to bolster non-financial supervision
Luxembourg needs to make a bigger effort to supervise the non-financial sector and better scrutinize real estate firms, trust companies, notaries and services firms, the world’s top body to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism said on Wednesday. Both the Luxembourg government and financial sector supervisor CSSF issued statements underlining the FATF report’s “overall good result” for Luxembourg.
‘Luxembourg finance sector supports fossil fuel funding’
Key players in the Luxembourg financial industry’s effort to prioritise green goals are simultaneously ensuring that oil & gas companies can continue to warm the planet, in some cases until late this century, according to a news investigation by the Luxembourger Wort daily.
In my burnout experience, no fault lay with my employer
Urban Angehrn, the former chief executive of the Swiss financial regulator, FINMA, recently stepped down, citing the toll on his health from «permanent stress levels,» months after orchestrating the rescue of Credit Suisse by UBS. However, it is not only people in high-profile jobs who experience burnout.
A few years ago, a younger version of myself also experienced burnout.
Confusion over ‘retail’ casts cloud over Eltif’s prospects
Panel discussions at Alfi’s Global Distribution Conference on Wednesday exposed differing viewpoints on the definition of a retail investor, casting a shadow over prospects for success for the next generation of European Long-Term Investment Funds, or Eltifs.
FX specialist Monex aspires bigger presence in PE and funds
Monex Europe S.A., a commercial foreign exchange specialist, has relocated to a larger office in downtown Luxembourg to accommodate its growth and future expansion plans and ambitions to expand its services in private equity and investment funds.