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Luxembourg Wealth Management - Simply International
Luxembourg : Finance and more: Don’t believe all the stories you hear about Luxembourg. Here you will discover a financial center that offers great business opportunities and fast and flexible responses to changing market situations, against a background of political and social stability. But there is more to discover than finance. Luxembourg is home not only to castles and banks, but also cultural treasures and great entertainment. Luxembourg is worth a trip, be it professional or private. You will meet open minded people who speak your language.
Juncker und Steinbrück im Dialog: Die Zukunft der Eurozone war das bestimmende Thema des Dialogs zwischen Peer Steinbrück, Mitglied des Bundestags und ehemaliger deutscher Finanzminister und Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxemburgs Premierminister, beim 6. Luxembourg Financial Forum. Außer über das Sorgenkind Griechenland diskutierten die beiden Politiker über den EU-Haushaltsplan und das europäische Sozialmodell. Kein gutes Haar ließen sie an der Qualität von einigen Fernseh-Talkshows. Eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Aussagen des Dialogs sehen Sie in unserem Podcast.
The third industrial revolution: a choice between evolution and extinction: Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, gave a powerful presentation at the Luxembourg Financial Forum on the Third Industrial Revolution. The attached podcast contains some highlights from a presentation that received the strongest ovation of the day. Rifkin demonstrated that the next phase must be one of decentralised energy management and distributive capitalism, which alone can provide the power to support rising global prosperity without destroying our environment, irreversibly. Rifkin’s Five Pillar Plan, which is already under discussion in Brussels and part or all of which has been adopted unilaterally in several EU states, will pose a challenge to the more centralised members of the Union.
The Yul Brynner of Wall Street in Luxembourg: Two European directives are on the way which will have a deep impact on the finance industry. Broadly, the objectives of these two directives are to improve protection for bank account holders and retail investors and to meet the need for new legislative frameworks for alternative investment funds. What impact will the directives have on the Luxembourg financial centre? LFF spoke to Antoine Kremer, the lobbyist who represents the Luxembourg financial centre in Brussels.
Fernand Grulms on Spanish television: “Luxembourg also suffered from the crisis, mainly due to the decline of the stock markets, but the financial centre has been doing relatively well” said Fernand Grulms, CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, in an interview on Spanish television. On the subject of business relations between Spain and Luxembourg, he commented that business between the two countries is developing since Luxembourg was removed from a blacklist in Spain.
Reducing the risk with art: Two European directives are on the way which will have a deep impact on the finance industry. Broadly, the objectives of these two directives are to improve protection for bank account holders and retail investors and to meet the need for new legislative frameworks for alternative investment funds. What impact will the directives have on the Luxembourg financial centre? LFF spoke to Antoine Kremer, the lobbyist who represents the Luxembourg financial centre in Brussels.
Video - 5th Luxembourg Financial Forum
Diversification is the key: “Relying on expertise, building on innovation” is the leitmotiv of the Luxembourg financial centre. The recently appointed new government’s strategy to further develop the country’s financial sector reflects this motto. In this short feature, minister of Finance Luc Frieden talks about how he plans to contribute to the widening of the centre’s product and client base.
Interview Charles Hamer: Charles Hamer, Chairman of the Private Banking Group, Luxembourg, explains the particularities of Luxembourg as a private banking centre and the obligations of private bankers towards their clients in the current difficult environment. He goes on to explain that expertise in financial engineering will continue to underpin the growth of the private banking industry in Luxembourg as it adapts to developments over the coming years.
Interview Claude Kremer: Speaking at the 17th ALFI & NICSA Global Investment Funds Forum, Claude Kremer, Chairman of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, explains the advantages of Luxembourg as the premier European centre for investment funds and its role as a laboratory in the development of laws to meet the specific needs of this industry.
Interview Luc Frieden: Luc Frieden, Minister of the Treasury and the Budget, describes the characteristics and strengths of the Luxembourg financial centre and the government’s priorities with regard to its future development and the protection of investors.