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Olivier Vansteelandt serves as chief commercial officer at Axa Luxembourg. (Photo: Jan Hanrion/Paperjam)
INSURANCE

Insurance’s next product is trust

How can insurers still differentiate themselves in a market where policies are becoming increasingly similar? For Olivier Vansteelandt, chief commercial officer at Axa Luxembourg, the answer now lies in customer experience, through a combination of digitalisation, transparency and human support.

Hugo Hirsch • 04:00
Julie Becker, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, pictured here alongside, amongst others, Papa Toby Gaye, managing director of Senelec (first on the left of the bell). (Photo: Luxembourg Stock Exchange)
MARKETS

Luxembourg Stock Exchange lists Senegal’s €164m green bond

Ioanna Schimizzi • 13.07.2026
Healthcare and consumer cyclicals contain the largest concentration of Morningstar's 4- and 5-star stocks, which trade below analysts' estimates of fair value, says Michael Field (right), chief market strategist EMEA at Morningstar, here, alongside Nicholas Owens, an equities analyst at Morningstar. Photo: Morningstar
MARKETS

The search for value in an expensive market

Sylvain Barrette • 13.07.2026
The electronic money institution will have to pay a fine of €12,000, representing less than 1% of its total annual turnover as at 31 December 2021. (Photo: Romain Gamba/archives)
FUNDS

PingPong Europe fined for anti-money laundering breaches

Ioanna Schimizzi • 13.07.2026
In François-Louis Michaud’s view, the European Banking Authority (EBA) must modernise the way it supervises banks and take account of new systemic risks, particularly technological risk. (Photo: Jan Hanrion/Paperjam)
EUROPE

According to the EBA, the main vulnerability facing banks is technological

Marc Fassone • 13.07.2026
Whilst ChatGPT, Claude and Mistral are grabbing all the attention, another battle is being fought away from the spotlight: that over the infrastructure that makes artificial intelligence possible. (Photo: image generated by Paperjam using AI)
TECHNOLOGY

Infrastructure: AI’s new strategic asset in Europe

Anissa Maamri • 13.07.2026
Markus Stegmann, head of retail banking at BGL BNP Paribas.  (Photo: Jan Hanrion/Paperjam)
BANKS

Markus Stegmann: “Our objective is not to become a fully digital bank”

Hugo Hirsch • 13.07.2026
Philippe Ledent is senior economist at ING Belgium. (Photo: Paperjam/archive)
MARKETS

Excessive optimism in the oil market

Philippe Ledent (ING Belgium) • 12.07.2026
This technology-driven inflation is expected to lift US consumer prices by between 0.2 and 0.6% in 2026, impacting everything from iPhones to electric cars, said Gilles Moëc, chief economist at Axa Investment Manager in a webcast presentation on 9 July 2026. Photo: Will Edgecombe
MARKETS

Geopolitics and AI inflation redraw the global economic map

Sylvain Barrette • 10.07.2026
Benoît Elvinger succeeds Françoise Thoma. (Photos: Spuerkees, Paperjam/layout: Paperjam)
BANKS

Benoît Elvinger takes the helm at Spuerkeess

Marc Fassone • 10.07.2026
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Over the past ten years, Microlux has supported more than 1,200 entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. An impact study shows that 81% of the businesses set up are still operating after two years. (Photo: Microlux/Focalize)
FUNDS

Microlux: 81% of start-ups are still in business two years later

Ioanna Schimizzi • 10.07.2026
Sustainability is becoming embedded in mainstream lending decisions, argued the Loan Market Association in its latest report, “2040: The Future for Emea Loan Market”. Photos: Shutterstock, LMA; layout: Paperjam
MARKETS

How Emea loan markets will power the next growth cycle

Sylvain Barrette • 10.07.2026
Fundraising remains the weakest part of the market. European private equity is still on track for its slowest fundraising year in a decade, with investors concentrating commitments among proven managers, noted Pitchbook in in latest European PE Breakdown report published on 10 July 2026. Photos: Shutterstock. Montage Paperjam
PRIVATE EQUITY

Private equity in Emea: defying the headwinds

Sylvain Barrette • 10.07.2026
“The provider should not decide whether SpaceX or AI is overvalued; its task is transparent rules on representation, free float, liquidity and replicability,” said Roberto Steri, associate professor of empirical finance at the University of Luxembourg, in a written Q&A session with Paperjam. Photo: Jan Hanrion/Paperjam 
FUNDS

SpaceX: what impact on my ETF in the short and mid-term

Sylvain Barrette • 09.07.2026
Themis Themistocleous, head chief investment office EMEA at UBS Global Wealth Management. (Photo: Nikolas Kominis/UBS)
WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Europe’s competitiveness starts with its capital

Anissa Maamri • 09.07.2026
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