Nasir Zubairi of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology has some very particular views on some of the newer varieties. About blockchain: “I’m not a technologist, but it seems a little hazy to me as a technology in that it’s a technology looking for …

Five representatives of the financial services sector in Luxembourg have been named as members of working groups and specialist advisory committees of the European Securities and Markets Authority, or Esma. The new composition of the committees was made …

The ISM Manufacturing Index, also known as the purchasing managers' index, fell more than expected in June. The index dropped to 53 where a reading of 54.5 was expected. This was not really a surprise, as the regional sentiment indicators had already …

A new EU law from 2025 will require companies in Europe to accept a future in which their reporting data on sustainability and their ESG impact will be just as important as data on their financial performance. Non-EU companies also will be subject to …

EY Luxembourg on Friday said it has named Fernando Longares as its new leader for the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) sector, Longares will succeed Gaël Denis, who will become chief operating officer at the firm. Longares joined EY in 2006 …

This year is a tough one for tech stocks. Even companies like Dutch-based ASML, Europe’s leading high-tech company and the world's main supplier of machines for the semiconductor industry, have seen their share prices fall by more than 45 percent this …

Growing concerns and increasing recession fears set the tone for an erratic second quarter in which global equities went on sale. The S&P 500 index experienced its worst half year in 50 years, down 20 percent in US dollar terms; global inflation is at a …

Nearly two-thirds of investors in Europe are concerned about greenwashing, even though EU regulation has been in place for more than a year, a new survey released on Thursday showed. More than half of all European investors remain very concerned about the …

PwC Luxembourg on Thursday said it has admitted fourteen new partners to the firm, along with three new managing directors. These fourteen partners and three managing directors are experts in their fields, and lead teams that demonstrate PwC’s vision for …

Belgian investment house Degroof Petercam on Wednesday named Gautier Bataille as its new CEO for Luxembourg. Filip Depaz has been appointed as chief operating officer for the group. Bataille will succeed Bruno Houdmont from 1 August. He has held several …

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