Newsletter number 12, 2011

Shareholder v. stakeholder value - the debate continues
The financial crisis has revived the shareholder-stakeholder debate, and this time the stakes are higher. Two well-known academics cross swords at a debate organised by LFF.

Regulation: who is fit & proper?
Who is "fit and proper" to look after somebody else's money? Jean Guill, Director of the Luxembourg financial supervisory authority, CSSF, explains what the regulators are looking for.

Dossier: private equity
The credit crunch of 2007 and the banking crisis of 2008 were bad news for the private equity industry. With cheap debt gone, the problems facing the industry were stark. What are its benefits to the economy and to society as a whole? What role does Luxembourg play in private equity? In our dossier we interview Alain Kinsch, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Luxembourg and EMEIA Private Equity Fund Leader, and two major PE firms explain their business model.

A tale of two philanthropic foundations
In less than two years the Fondation de Luxembourg, an umbrella organisation created to assist and promote long term private philanthropy, has attracted 20 private foundations. LFF takes a closer look at two of these.

Made to measure
Handmade or bespoke, Eva Ferranti is the name behind many an elegant suit in Luxembourg: how Ferranti broke into the very select world of  tailoring and made a business out of a passion. 

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