Archives > 2009-09

I cannot be suspected of being complacent with professionals in Luxembourg .   I would like to underline a substantial change to their communication that deserves being congratulated.   In an interview last week, Jean Jacques Rommes said: " Je crois qu'il y a évidemment une sécurité, une confiance en nous-mêmes qui ont été ébranlées. Nous nous étions ha­bitués, non seulement sur la place financière, mais dans l'économie luxembourgeoise en général, à des chiffres de croissance impression­nants, à des certitudes qui s'avèrent intenables à plus long terme. Je...

Claude Kremer, Chairman ALFI, did a very interesting speech  where he announced five initiatives. He did not say anything about the Luxembourg Institute for GLOBAL Financial Integrity. Two hypotheses: - LIGFI is definitely dead despite someone is currently playing online with the website by testing layouts and launching a blog in a very professional way      ...

Monaco and Switzerland are no longer on the OECD "grey list".   But there is a huge difference : many agreements for Switzerland are with OECD members whereas Monaco signed with many fellow...

Everyone in Luxembourg is particularly exited about making money with Islamic Finance. As I wrote this may be a new cheese for the jurisdiction .   PwC Luxembourg,...

I went through the Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector that was released yesterday by Transparency International. The press release states that The Global...