Articles by lux-editor

23rd December 2022

Mairead McGuiness says making sustainability rules easier to apply is a top priority

The top priority of the European Union’s financial services chief Mairead McGuiness (pictured) was on Monday (5 December) to say that making it easier for investors to use the ‘taxonomy,’ which allows them to classify sustainable investments and activities, is now a top [...]

23rd December 2022

Urmas Reinsalu says European nations should double defence expenditure

European nations should double their defense expenditures because of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Estonia’s foreign minister has said. He also stated that Russia had plans to increase national defence spending to 3% [...]

23rd December 2022

Eduard Heger says 2023 state budget will be approved in time

The Slovak parliament will vote on the 2023 budget this week. This will allow the government to assist people affected by rising energy prices, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on Tuesday (20 [...]

23rd December 2022

You need to come in early and maybe take more risks

Sustainability and digitalisation: the importance of these two megatrends is hardly debatable anymore. Luxembourg for Finance invited Luxembourg Stock Exchange CEO Julie Becker and European Investment Bank Institute director Shiva Dustdar to discuss the role of finance in supporting them towards a brighter [...]

23rd December 2022

Silke Bernard: We want to avoid uncertainty on ESG topics

With two long-awaited regulatory frameworks–the AIFMD and Eltif–close to agreement at the end of 2022, Silke Bernard, partner at Linklaters, is optimistic about the future of Luxembourg in alternative [...]

22nd December 2022

New innovation centre aims to develop sustainable materials

The inauguration ceremony of the Sustainable Composite Materials & Manufacturing (SCMM) Innovation Centre took place on 22 December. The SCMM aims to help the transport sector move towards zero-emission mobility [...]

22nd December 2022

EU and London turn their back on the most vulnerable fish

On 20 December, the EU and UK reached an agreement on 76 catch limits for their shared fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic and North Sea for 2023. The agreement resulted in an increase in the number of catch limits (also known as Total Allowable Catches – TACs) set in line with scientific advice compared to last [...]

22nd December 2022

How financial firms should use robotic processing automation

At Deloitte’s conference on professionals in the financial sector (PSF) on 6 December 2022, Gilles Andreini talked about the benefits of using RPA–robotic process automation–for finance and [...]

20th December 2022

Camille Thommes, efficiency with discretion

As head of Alfi, Camille Thommes has seen the rapid development of the fund sector. But he has also seen several crises. This tireless traveller is one of the driving forces behind the dynamics of the financial centre. Nicolas Mackel, CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, introduces the leader, who is ranked 4th among the [...]

20th December 2022

Emotions are a new type of big data

Artificial intelligence is rapidly maturing, with new applications appearing from artwork-generators to deepfake detectors. But can emotions be recognised with an AI tool? A Luxembourg company thinks [...]

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