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“I am committed to supporting all our stakeholders, helping them overcome those existing challenges while ensuring that we continue advancing the sustainable finance journey,” said Lorenzo Avico, who assumed the role of deputy CEO at the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative in June 2024. Photo: LSFI
MARKETS

Lorenzo Avico appointed as deputy CEO of LSFI

The Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative has named Lorenzo Avico, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience, as its new deputy CEO to bolster its sustainable finance efforts, announced the LSFI on Tuesday.

Kangkan Halder • 04.06.2024
Delano interviewed Lionel De Broux, chief investment officer at Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, about the various market risks that investors will be confronted with in in the coming year on 26 April 2024. Photo: Romain Gamba
MARKETS

Major pressure points for investors in 2024

Sylvain Barrette • 31.05.2024
Olga Zykova (deputy minister of finance of Ukraine) spoke during the Rapid Recovery of Ukraine conference, held at the Chamber of Commerce in Kirchberg on 21 May 2024. Zykova travelled for over 24 hours to be present at the Luxembourg-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce’s business forum. Photo: Marie Russillo / Maison Moderne
MARKETS

“As the Ukrainian people, we see the future within the European Union”

Lydia Linna • 30.05.2024
In 2022, developed countries, including Luxembourg, mobilised and provided $115.9bn for the climate. Photo: Shutterstock
INSTITUTIONS

More than $100bn for the climate in 2022

Léna Fernandes • 29.05.2024
(l-r) Jens Hachmeister of Clearstream, Nadine Chakar of DTCC and Philippe Laurensy of Euroclear emphasised the importance of industry-wide collaboration and unified standards to drive the successful adoption and integration of digital assets into the global financial ecosystem, in a whitepaper published on Wednesday. Photos: Clearstream; Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Tokenisation of global illiquid assets to reach $16trn by 2030: FMIs

Kangkan Halder • 29.05.2024
Jennifer de Nijs is head of sustainable finance at Luxembourg’s finance ministry. She spoke at an event at the Spuerkeess to launch the Female Entrepreneurship Fund, 24 May 2024. Photo: Lydia Linna/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

“We want to create a centre of excellence for gender finance”

Lydia Linna • 28.05.2024
Esma’s new position paper, presented by Verena Ross on Thursday, outlined recommendations for strengthening EU capital markets, including better investor access, reduced market fragmentation and enhanced supervision. Photo: Esma
MARKETS

“Put retail investors at the core of capital markets”: Esma chair

Kangkan Halder • 27.05.2024
Stanislaw Tosza is associate professor in compliance and law enforcement at the University of Luxembourg, where he is also the co-director of the bachelor in law programme. Photo: University of Luxembourg
INSTITUTIONS

Certain features of AML reform may be “revolutionary”

Lydia Linna • 27.05.2024
Scope Ratings and Fitch Ratings both published their twice-yearly review of Luxembourg public debt on 24 May 2024. Photos: Shutterstock; Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Fitch & Scope keep AAA scores on Luxembourg bonds

Aaron Grunwald • 25.05.2024
From l to r, a panel on Ukraine’s decarbonisation featured Olga Yeriomina (associate director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Olivier Tricca (loan officer at the European Investment Bank), Marta Trofimova (head of sustainability, Kernel), Anna Zamazeeva (head of State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine) and Liz Bronder (managing director, iTrust, advisory board member, Relp (Renewable Energy for All)). It was moderated by Oleksandr Kurdydyk, partner at DLA Piper in Vienna. Photo: Lydia Linna/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

How to finance energy efficiency and decarbonisation in Ukraine

Lydia Linna • 24.05.2024
“Over the medium term, we anticipate continued growth in green bonds issuance within emerging markets,” said Yerlan Syzdykov, global head of emerging markets at Amundi, reflecting on the findings of the 2023 report on green bonds in emerging markets. Photo: Magali Delporte / Amundi
MARKETS

Emerging market green bonds surge by 34% in 2023: Amundi

Kangkan Halder • 23.05.2024
Iryna Kompanieiets (ministry of economy of Ukraine) on the right, pictured at the Rapid Recovery of Ukraine conference, held 21 May 2024 at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Kirchberg. Photo: Marie Russillo / Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Talks on recovery, financing, EU accession at Ukraine forum

Lydia Linna • 23.05.2024
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, former head of the British army, and Yuri Bender, editor-in-chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times held a fireside chat on European security during the Cross-Border Distribution Conference, organised by Deloitte and Elvinger Hoss Prussen with the support of FT Live at the European Convention Center in Kirchberg, 16 May 2024. Photo: Nelson Coelho
WORLD

Russian invasion of Ukraine a “strategic inflection point”

Lydia Linna • 22.05.2024
The main body involved, the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF), “does not comment on announcements made by European institutions or by the heads of state of other EU member states.” Photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Why the financial community does not want a single supervisor

Guillaume Meyer • 22.05.2024
Funds accumulated from 15th February 2024 onwards will be remitted bi-annually, with 90% allocated to the European Peace Facility and 10% to EU programmes, announced the council on Tuesday. Photo: Shutterstock
POLITICS

EU agrees to use profits from frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

Kangkan Halder • 21.05.2024
Delano attended a panel discussion called “The risks ahead: how is geopolitical volatility impacting decision-making?” during the Cross-Border Distribution Conference, organised by Deloitte and Elvinger Hoss Prussen at the European Convention Center in Kirchberg, 16 May 2024. Pictured left to right, top to bottom: Jian (Helen) Liang (Banque Internationale à Luxembourg), Yves Choueifaty, (Tobam), Rachel Gangji (Eurasia Group) and Yuri Bender (Financial Times). Photo: Deloitte. Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Is prosperity China’s real ambition

Sylvain Barrette • 21.05.2024
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