Actualités

26/01/2012

Now is not the time to get too excited about stocks

The Eurozone sovereign debt crisis is likely to be the biggest risk factor that investors have to deal with in 2012. Financial markets will be driven by the uncertainty related to its political and  lire plus

24/01/2012

Nothing is sure but death and taxes

When a person domiciled in Luxembourg dies, respectively real estate property is in Luxembourg, the net assets left to the heirs are in principle subject to inheritance tax. Neither the benefactor  lire plus

20/01/2012

A register of quality: the Maritime Regulator raises the bar

“I come not to praise 2011 but to bury it!”

With this para-quote from William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar: Act III scene 2) Freddy Bracke, chairman of the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster, opened a new  lire plus

20/01/2012

ALFI: another year, another combat

The Luxembourg investment fund industry continued to create jobs in 2011 despite very adverse conditions. Speaking at a press conference Mr Marc Saluzzi, chairman of ALFI, described 2011 as “a year  lire plus

16/01/2012

Transaction Tax: Learning from the Swedes

France wants the financial transactions tax to see the light of day, but there is no consensus in Europe on this topic. The Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) is against such a tax if it will  lire plus