World

16th March 2016

FAO reports that drained peatlands are contributing to climate change

Peatlands exist in all countries in Europe and Central Asia including Russia, which has the largest coverage of peatlands in the world. FAO reports that not only are these rare ecosystems at risk, but in their current condition they are often contributing to climate [...]

11th March 2016

Luxembourg signs MoU on Bilateral Cooperation with Abu Dhabi Global Market

On 10 March 2016, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Luxembourg for Finance (LFF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation. The MOU was signed by Mr. Philippe Richard, International Affairs Director of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority, ADGM and Mr. Nicolas Mackel, Chief Executive [...]

26th January 2016

Building bridges with the Japanese FinTech environment

Luxembourg for Finance, in partnership with the Japan Fintech Association and the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office Tokyo, held a seminar at Tokyo’s Dots to discuss recent trends in financial technology with a special focus on virtual [...]

1st December 2015

First Luxembourg RQFII quota allocated

ICBC (Europe) and Bank of China Luxembourg recently received regulatory approval as Luxembourg-based Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors [...]

21st November 2015

FAO reports that drained peatlands are contributing to climate change

28th October 2015

Luxembourg global leader in highly-skilled employees

According to the newly released World Economic Forum Human Capital Report 2015, Luxembourg ranks first in the sub-category of ‘Top 10 countries with the largest share of people in high-skilled employment’ within the group of the 25 to 54 year olds, comprising professions such as managers, professionals and [...]

26th October 2015

Belgium is a failed state

That the Paris terrorist attacks had strong links to a suburb of Brussels didn’t shock many of us who live in the Belgian capital. Radio stations here in both French and Dutch are full of discussions about Molenbeek that elicit indignation, sorrow, anger, guilt, despair, defiance. But not [...]

20th October 2015

EU Commission decides selective tax advantages for Fiat

The European Commission has decided that Luxembourg and the Netherlands have granted selective tax advantages to Fiat Finance and Trade and Starbucks, respectively. These are illegal under EU state aid [...]

14th October 2015

Luxembourg discusses FinTech at Sibos in Singapore

Luxembourg for Finance was present at Sibos in Singapore, the leading financial services event which gathered more than 7,000 international participants of the banking and IT sector. This year’s conference focused on the digitalization of financial services and the opportunities and risks following therefrom. Major [...]

21st September 2015

Luxembourg well positioned for further growth in renminbi internationalization

This week, Luxembourg for Finance hosts three seminars in China for bankers and fund managers aimed at driving greater strategic cooperation in the field of international [...]

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