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27/09/2011 
Private equity: an engine for growth
Not everybody is friends with the potential next President of Russia, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the Prime minister of Malaysia. The man who spoke at the Alfi Global Distribution Conference in read more
26/09/2011 
European Islamic finance: still waiting in the wings
Global Islamic finance assets have remained flat at around 1 trillion dollars, of which 6% is held in investment funds. This is the topline figure of the shortly-to-be-published 2011 edition of Ernst read more
23/09/2011 
Small countries attached to large banks
Financial regulation is a political and institutional matter as well as an economic one. Though this might sound obvious, a lot of discourse in the last 30 years has attempted to take out the first read more
23/09/2011 
Innovation – catch it if you can
It is not easy to talk about the creative process, particularly when applied to anything as etherial as banking. However, speakers at the Summit on Innovation for Financial Services tackled the theme read more
22/09/2011 
Looking beyond the usual suspects
“If you are not open, you are closed”. It is with these words that professor Marko Torkkeli opened his speech on Open Innovation at a two day summit on Innovation in Financial services in Luxembourg. read more
21/09/2011 
Private banking: change is the new reality
56% of the CEOs of Luxembourg private banks say their organisation is facing multiple and significant shifts due to industry, structural, regulatory and competitive trends. This figure is well above read more
19/09/2011 
NEW LFF Mediawatch out now
LFF Mediawatch provides a bimonthly overview of national and international press coverage concerning the Luxembourg financial centre. From now on, all news items related to other financial centres read more
14/09/2011 
Private equity is alive and kicking
The private equity business model is a robust and active form of ownership that drives growth in the companies it backs. This is one of the conclusions of the Ernst & Young study “How do private read more
13/09/2011 
Luxembourg praised by OECD Peer Review
An OECD Peer Review has concluded that Luxembourg has been “very active and rapid in the adoption of mechanisms for the exchange of information.” This conclusion recognises the sustained effort by read more
12/09/2011 
Echange de renseignements: au Luxembourg, c'est une réalité
Le Forum mondial sur la transparence et l’échange de renseignements à des fins fiscales (Forum mondial) a adopté le rapport d’évaluation par les pairs du Luxembourg (v. read more
01/09/2011 
News about the Luxembourg financial centre
The LFF Mediawatch provides a bimonthly overview of the national and international press coverage of issues that are of direct or indirect concern to the Luxembourg financial centre. read more
25/08/2011 
Good news from North Africa
Right now, there seem to be few good reasons to invest in North Africa. Despite the recent political upheavals, Allen & Overy has opened up an office in Morocco. The law firm is convinced that the read more
25/08/2011 
La place financière luxembourgeoise est en deuil
Avec la disparition de Lucien Thiel, actuel président de la fraction parlementaire du parti chrétien-social (CSV) et directeur honoraire de l'Association des banques et banquiers, Luxembourg (ABBL), read more
18/08/2011 
Microfinance funds invested actively in 2010
Microrate has published its 6th annual survey of microfinance investment vehicles (MIV), highlighting the trends and outlook for the industry. Based on interviews with executives of the major read more
17/08/2011 
Art in Luxembourg banks - Part III: Bonn & Schmitt Avocats
Alex Schmitt, managing partner of the law firm Bonn & Schmitt owns a sophisticated collection of contemporary art that can be admired at his offices in Luxembourg city. As one of those privileged read more
16/08/2011 
News about the Luxembourg financial centre
The LFF Mediawatch provides a bimonthly overview of the national and international press coverage of issues that are of direct or indirect concern to the Luxembourg financial centre. read more
10/08/2011 
Art in Luxembourg banks - Part II: LBLux
Imi Knoebel, Dieter Krieg and Jörg Immendorff are three of the most formative German artists of the last century. However very few people have the pleasure of looking at a work of art by one of these read more
09/08/2011 
Sieben Fragen zum Finanzplatz Luxemburg
Anlässlich eines Roundtables von portfolio plattform in Luxemburg zum Thema "Alternatives aus Luxemburg: Richtige Alternative zu deutschen Vehikeln?", beantwortet Fernand Grulms, CEO von Luxembourg read more
03/08/2011 
Art in Luxembourg banks - Part I: Deutsche Bank
Hidden behind the walls of many financial institutions in Luxembourg, sophisticated collections are waiting to be seen. In most cases, they are not visible to the public. This is why during the read more
01/08/2011 
News about the Luxembourg financial centre
The LFF Mediawatch provides a bimonthly overview of the national and international press coverage of issues that are of direct or indirect concern to the Luxembourg financial centre. read more