Stephen Evans

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Investing
September 16, 2021

“Not possible to say if there is profit shifting” to Luxembourg by banks: EU Tax Observatory

There is no evidence that banks are shifting profits to Luxembourg to dodge tax, one of the authors…
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September 9, 2021

Comment: Tax haven status in beholder's eye

“Why Luxembourg is still a tax haven” was the headline in Monday’s Luxemburger Wort, the country’s…
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CSSF building
Laws and Regulations
September 2, 2021

CSSF finds fund liquidity gaps during Covid

The CSSF was pleased with how Luxembourg’s fund sector withstood the acute phase of the Covid crisis…
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Investing
August 23, 2021

Banks' real estate risks rising

“Risks in real estate markets were on the rise” in 2020 according to the recently-published annual…
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Robert James Glover, PwC Luxembourg
Asset Managers
August 6, 2021

Fund distribution reform beds in

Although Luxembourg decided not to “gold plate” the EU Cross-Border Distribution Directive for funds…
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Asset Servicing
July 29, 2021

Alternatives state of play

How has pandemic affected the Luxembourg alternative fund sector? What is the shake out from Brexit…
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European ESG ranking
July 22, 2021

Luxembourg extends ESG-fund lead in Europe

Of the €141bn net subscriptions into Luxembourg funds in 2020, two-thirds were attributed to…
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CFOs facilitating bank agility
Private Banks
July 14, 2021

CFOs & bank operational agility

Pressure on banks to manage costs and be more agile is felt particularly keenly by the chief…
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Laetitia Hamon
Laws and Regulations
July 8, 2021

ESG data: managing the preferences game

Financial advisors need to gauge client preferences around green and social investing, and the…
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Claude Marx, CSSF director general
Asset Managers
July 1, 2021

Request to review costly bank regulation

The cost of implementing banking sector regulations has risen by an annual average of 16% since 2015…
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Hortense Bioy, global head of sustainability research at Morningstar
June 24, 2021

Is SFDR encouraging greenwashing? Some early evidence

About 31% of fund assets in Europe have been classified under SFDR as article 8 or 9, with 28% as 8…
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Jérémie Rosselli, France and Benelux general manager for N26
Investing
June 18, 2021

Neobank challenge on the horizon

Leading European digital banks now have nearly 100m customers. This is according to research by…
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Emilie Allaert, head of operations and projects at the LHoFT
Laws and Regulations
June 10, 2021

Regulatory breakthrough for DLT in Europe?

Could regulatory moves be underway that will help unlock the promise around blockchain and…
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Vilma Domenicucci, Senior Tax Advisor at ALFI
June 3, 2021

ALFI: continue financial service VAT exemption

VAT rules are a mess in the EU financial services sector. The current regime dates from 1977, well…
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