Time flies, even when our day-to-day activities are conditioned by the global pandemic, COVID-19. From March until recently, it has surely been a bit monotone, despite Spring and the stomach butterflies it usually brings with it. Colour is coming back with vengeance in June in the shape of a certain …
Securitisation wants to polish its reputation, but the task is arduous and takes time. Over the past few years, securitisation has become one of the funding and risk transfer methods that banks and other capital market players prefer. It also has the blessing of the European Commission in the context …
Many tasks are more complex to accomplish when one has to do them remotely. For instance building schemas to explain complex ideas or processes or carry out a brainstorming exercise. Although not alone, there is one that isn’t related to the dynamics of group interactions, the need for signing reports …
Over the past years, smart borders have been playing a significant role in enabling the movement of people and goods on a global scale, while ensuring the security and safety of nation states. However, the global pandemic COVID-19 put all we know about border control and management to the test …
Data, technology, and (almost) instantaneous communication give us, more than ever before, the means and capacity to combat the COVID-19 perils more effectively. People traceability, real-time tracking and supply monitoring are a few examples of what governments and security forces can currently do to mitigate the spread of the disease. …
Have you performed the Herculean task of blending home-based work and child caring successfully? By the time you read this article, Luxembourg will be finishing the third week of progressive deconfinement. Say “p-r-o-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e” very slowly, as if pronouncing each letter takes a couple of seconds. What an appropriate acoustic representation …
Myths (from the Greek “mythos”) are as old as the human memory can remember. Present in all domains of our lives, even in the fact-based world of finance, they rise and adapt to reality until, one day, they fall into oblivion. New fields come accompanied by beliefs that frequently help …
Sunny Monday, 16 March. We won’t forget the first day of total lockdown in Luxembourg. And likely, the first day of compulsory confinement of our lives. There was buzz, to say the least, in the weeks leading up to that Monday. We knew what was coming but it still felt …
And, as if it wasn’t enough, there is also the menace of fraud. “When the cat’s away, the mice are at play.” You know the saying, don’t you? But for it to represent more accurately the reality we’re facing in the COVID-19 crisis, a slight modification is needed: “When the …
Another year, another Easter. This one was doubtlessly different. What is commonly an occasion to gather with family and friends or to take a short break and travel, became a silent, homey – but not for good reasons – celebration. And, you certainly know, the Covid-19 pandemic is to blame. …
