Luxembourg AML actions under scrutiny as FATF prepares report

En tant que centre financier mondial connu pour son industrie bancaire et d’investissement robuste, le Luxembourg attend une discussion prochaine au sein du Groupe d’action financière (GAFI) sur ses mesures de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent (AML). Le GAFI, l’organisme international chargé de la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme, examinera les résultats de sa dernière évaluation mutuelle du Grand-Duché la semaine prochaine à Paris.

Le miroir d'Ingrid Stevens : l'art offre du réconfort

« Je ne prends pas ma fille sous mon aile. C’est le cadeau que je lui fais. »
Toutes les deux semaines, Investment Officer s’entretient avec des personnalités du monde financier à propos de leur carrière, de leur vie et de leurs passions. Cette fois-ci, c’est Ingrid Stevens, le visage de la société de bourse Leo Stevens, qui se livre dans Le Miroir.

 

ABBL sees EU retail investment package as ‘controversial’

Luxembourg banking association ABBL on Monday said it sees the EU’s new retail investment plans as “controversial”, warning that the package that aims to prioritise consumer interests and strengthen investor protection “may have unintended consequences” and could distort the investment sector.

EU financial regulators attempt to define greenwashing

Europe’s top financial regulators on Thursday presented a first official definition of greenwashing as part of a common approach for cracking down on greenwashing practices among banks, asset managers and insurance companies, turning up the pressure on an industry that has for a long time been complaining about the lack of clarity of the EU’s sustainable finance regulations.

Nouvelle présidence à Pensioplus

Après plus de 20 ans d’engagement au sein de PensioPlus, Brigitte Bocqué passe le flambeau de la présidence à Jan De Smet, CEO du Pensioenfonds Metaal OFP. Après des années passées au sein de l’association en tant que directrice, vice-présidente et cette dernière année en tant que présidente, elle se retirera à partir du 1er août.

C’est ce qui ressort d’un communiqué de presse diffusé par l’organisation.

European investors face hurdles in reclaiming withholding tax

Procedures in Europe for reclaiming withholding tax remain cumbersome and costly, making it difficult or “financially unreasonable” for non-professional investors to reclaim taxes paid twice on cross-border dividend income, a recent study has found. The European Commission in June is due to present proposals to remove obstacles to prevent double taxation. The survey was conducted among 3,000 European investors by two investor interest groups, Brussels-based NGO Better Finance and Düsseldorf, Germany-based DSW.

In Flux: Value for money?

Costs of investment funds continue to be a divisive topic in the fund and asset management business. Are investors really paying 40% too much? Or ‘only’ 25%? What are they actually paying for? In Luxembourg, home to a third of Europe’s 30,000 Ucits funds, this discussion could lead to major changes in the coming years, like it already has in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

EU ban on kickbacks off the table, at least for now

When the long wait for the retail investment strategy finally ended this afternoon at a European Commission press conference in Brussels, there were no big surprises. There finally will be no full ban on inducements. But Commissioner Mairead McGuinness gave the financial industry three years to hit her targets for transparency, costs and retail investor participation, or the ban will be back on the table.