Did you know: Interest rates are top banana skins for insurers in Luxembourg

The persistence of low interest rates, guaranteed products and investment performance, combined with the industry’s ability to confront structural and technological changes are the top banana skins for the insurers in Luxembourg. A new PwC – CSFI (Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation) survey charting the top risks in the …

Did you know: Common Reporting Standard deadline is fast approaching

Governments across the world are increasingly putting tax transparency at the top of their agenda. In this context, the OECD developed the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) as a global reporting standard to achieve a complete and multilateral automatic exchange of information framework. The Luxembourg CRS first reporting is due on …

Cyber threats: 5 tips to properly manage crises

Cyber threats are skyrocketing. As we’ve recently seen, hackers come up with increasingly sophisticated malware, targeting all industries, including the financial sector. While they easily trade hacking tools on the dark web, many companies still fail to properly take into account cybersecurity risks. Since crises are hard to anticipate and …

Did you know: Luxembourg hosts 300 Management Companies

With more than 75% of UCITS funds distributed all over the world, Luxembourg is a global leader for cross-border distribution of investment funds. At this magnitude, new players have emerged: Management Companies. These companies can market funds using the passport throughout the European Union. Luxembourg hosts nearly 300 of them. All …

Distributed ledger tech shapes a new fund-distribution model

Advising, identifying, instructing, acknowledging, processing, checking, confirming, monitoring, reconciling, reporting, storing, regulating, auditing – the fund-distribution value chain is complex and has many intermediaries. Distributed ledger technologies are, however, bringing about a new business model for the asset management industry.

[VIDEO] Luxembourg cost-sharing exemptions in danger

The European Court of Justice has recently ruled that Luxembourg’s legislation on the cost-sharing exemption has been transposed too widely. This VAT exemption is widely used by the country’s financial services industry. And the impact of this decision for bankers, assurers and asset managers would likely to be severe. Frédéric Wersand, …

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