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“We wanted to understand better what the newly needed skills are, where the Luxembourg sustainable finance training offering stands, what are the gaps and how we can cover them,” said LSFI general manager Nicoletta Centofanti. Photos: Provided by Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative; Shutterstock. Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Report aims to “understand better what the newly needed skills are”

A report from the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) proposes practical solutions to develop sustainable finance-related education and training sessions for the grand duchy’s financial centre.

Lydia Linna • 18.07.2023
Population growth, galloping urbanisation, environmental degradation: water resources are under pressure. That does not mean there are not opportunities for investors to investigate. Photo: Shutterstock
MARKETS

Why water is becoming a safe investment

Thierry Labro • 17.07.2023
MPs voted to adopt bill 8183, which covers the modernisation of the Luxembourg investment fund toolbox, on 11 July 2023. Photo: Maison Moderne Publishing SA
POLITICS

Long-awaited investment fund law adopted in Luxembourg

Marc Fassone • 11.07.2023
“Small forest owners and tenants are a new group of beneficiaries for ADA with specific needs; they face longer production cycles and have longer-term financing requirements than farmers,” said Laura Foschi, executive director of ADA. Photos: Christophe Hebting (left); Shutterstock (right). Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

ADA: 250,000 people in developing countries supported in 2022

Lydia Linna • 11.07.2023
According to Javier Llamas, sales manager at Monex Europe, a mere 0.05% reduction in Luxembourg’s forex execution expenses would amount to about €45m in savings. Photo: Monex Europe
MARKETS

Monex sees potential €45m savings in Luxembourg forex execution costs

Kangkan Halder • 11.07.2023
Anne-Sophie Morvan is chief commercial officer at Luxhub, an open banking API platform based in Luxembourg that was founded in 2018 by Spuerkeess, BGL BNP Paribas, Banque Raiffeisen and Post Luxembourg. Photo: D Gaul
MARKETS

Anne-Sophie Morvan: new Fida framework “a real revolution”

Lydia Linna • 11.07.2023
Delano attended the conference “Marking 60 years of Eurobonds” hosted by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg on 20 June 2023. Tina Fordham, independent geopolitical strategist, closed the event with a speech on geopolitical risks and their effects on the markets. Photo: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Understanding cognitive biases may improve foresight

Sylvain Barrette • 11.07.2023
The European Investment Bank has pioneered sustainability bonds and has remained at the forefront of the changes that are shaping the future of this fast-growing market. Photo: Shutterstock
MARKETS

Climate and sustainability awareness bonds: driving true sustainable finance

Kangkan Halder • 11.07.2023
Caroline Flammer, who is a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, gave one of the keynote presentations at the University of Luxembourg’s second conference in sustainable finance, which took place on 6 July 2023 at the Banque de Luxembourg. Photo: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

ESG: “Public funds have a unique opportunity”

Lydia Linna • 07.07.2023
Serge Schroeder, first judge at the Administrative Court of Luxembourg (left) and Georges Simon, founding partner at Simon Law (right). Photo: Simon Law/Maison Moderne
INSTITUTIONS

Legal experts sound alarm on draft tax law

Yusuf Yassin • 05.07.2023
On Thursday 29 June, the European Central Bank released its most recent macroeconomic forecasts for the euro area member countries. Pictured ECB building in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: Shutterstock
INSTITUTIONS

ECB improves Luxembourg real GDP outlook by 20bps

Kangkan Halder • 04.07.2023
Delano attended the roundtable talk “How much will the CSRD contribute to the urgently needed Sustainability Revolution?” hosted by the ESSCA School of Management, Friendship International and the Foundry in Luxembourg on 20 June 2023. Pictured: Runa Khan, founder & executive director, Friendship International. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne
WORLD

Are Global South victims overpaying for climate calamities?

Sylvain Barrette • 04.07.2023
Anna Tarasidou (left) and Stelios Papapetrou (right) are co-founders of Quarify, an acquisitions marketplace platform. Photos: Provided by Quarify. Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

“We are creating an innovative acquisition marketplace”

Lydia Linna • 04.07.2023
The credit ratings agency Moody’s has assigned an Aaa rating to the European Investment Bank’s first green digital bond. Photo: Shutterstock
INSTITUTIONS

EIB’s first-ever green digital bond gets Moody’s Aaa rating

Kangkan Halder • 04.07.2023
The flash estimates for June 2023 inflation rates in the euro area, released by Eurostat, reveal significant variations across member countries. Photo: European Central Bank
INSTITUTIONS

June inflation flash estimates puts euro area at odds

Kangkan Halder • 30.06.2023
The CSSF, Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the CRF, Luxembourg’s financial intelligence unit, the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA) and the Luxembourg Association of Family Offices (Lafo) were amongst the signatories of the new partnership. Photos: Left to right, top to bottom: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne; Mike Zenari; Christophe Lemaire/Maison Moderne; Lafo website.
MARKETS

New public-private partnership for specialised PFS signed

Lydia Linna • 30.06.2023
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