The investment fund industry is an important part of Luxembourg’s economy, with alternative funds fast-growing part of the sector. Alfi’s , which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Kirchberg, draws some 500 to 600 attendees from across Europe, the US and Asia.
During Delano’s top of the week segment on Ara City Radio, Delano’s Aaron Grunwald explained that alternative investment funds are designed for professional investors, like pension fund managers, or for wealthy individuals, and are not the type of retail funds available from a local bank or online brokerage.
The investment funds sector employs about 5% of Luxembourg’s total workforce and contributes billions of euro each year in taxes to the state. While alternative funds are a relatively small portion of Luxembourg’s overall investment industry, last year they grew more than twice as fast than the traditional retail funds segment.
During the Alfi conference, fund managers, legal, tax and marketing advisors, and technical specialists will discuss the complicated rules funds must comply with. For example, the EU’s new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which aims to prevent greenwashing. The conference will also cover shifting trends in the industry, like the aging population and efforts to boost diversity and inclusion in what is still a somewhat macho industry.
On the agenda
The prime minister, (DP), and health minister, (LSAP), are on Monday at 5pm, following a cabinet meeting that could see the government introduce fresh pandemic measures to counter the omicron variant.
Noting that covid rules could change, Aaron suggested listeners attend the at Neimënster (Wednesday 1 December to Monday 20 December); Internations’ “” fundraiser to support a Doctors Without Borders children’s hospital in Sierra Leone (Friday 3 December to Sunday 5 December); and the British Ladies Club’s , which is open to non-members, in Beggen (Saturday 4 December, 2pm to 4pm).
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Editor’s note: Following Monday morning’s broadcast, the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry said that this week’s conference would be fully digital, “in view of new official government measures to be announced this afternoon”.