Risk Management: AIFM applicants under pressure
“Across the globe, the financial sector is still responding to the economic shocks associated with the banking crisis in 2008 and the sovereign debt crisis, most vividly seen in Greece but also involving many other nations. The investment fund industry, READ MORE
The INsiders organises successful Morningstar Funds Awards 2014
The Luxembourg fund sector continues to thrive with increasing assets under management in part fuelled by increasing volumes of alternative assets; this underlying trend set the scene for a successful evening for the Morningstar Fund Awards Luxembourg held on Wednesday READ MORE
TheInsiders chosen as the voice for the Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund
Microfinance continues to be a growth area for Luxembourg. Providing small loans to individual entrepreneurs worldwide, especially in poor nations. Which is why we were delighted to be asked to provide the voice for their Online campaign to explain who READ MORE
Join us in Tel Aviv
Luxembourg has many business relationships with Israel, many of which are founded upon Luxembourg’s status as the leading gateway for non-EU investors into the European Union. Ensuring that you and your clients have the latest information on corporate structures and READ MORE
Speed Networking for Fonds National de la Recherche
Once a year all the PHD students funded by the AFR scheme within Luxembourg are gathered for training and to get to know each other. We are regularly booked to facilitate a session which enables 100 people to meet together READ MORE
Young lawyers make a date in Luxembourg
The International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) will come back to its roots when it hosts its November conference in Luxembourg. The organisation, which was founded as a not-for-profit in Luxembourg in 1962 and is now based in Brussels, is READ MORE
TheINsiders reports: Asian appetite for AIFMD structures is growing
The consequences of AIFMD implementation are being discussed around the globe. Baker & McKenzie (Luxembourg) flew into action in Singapore, in front of an audience of Asset Managers and Investors to confirm exactly why Luxembourg is the venue of choice READ MORE
Risk under the spotlight at TheINsiders event
Fifty leading risk managers from Luxembourg and London gathered to get a grip on risk at the Sofitel in Kirchberg yesterday where the latest updates on regulatory, legal and risk reporting issues were discussed. The evening included three presentations by READ MORE
We report on ALFI Spring Conference Day 2
The second day of the 2013 ALFI Spring conference continued to focus on the impacts of the regulatory changes in the years ahead. There was recognition by many that the genesis of the AIFMD was political but it was too READ MORE
TheINsiders at ALFI Spring Conference Day 1
Day one of the annual ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Investment Funds Industry) Spring Conference took place on Tuesday at the Luxembourg conference centre on the Kirchberg. More than 900 delegates from Luxembourg and abroad were in attendance to discuss READ MORE