Clearstream’s August 2014 figures
Member: Clearstream International S.A.6% increase in assets under custody as compared to August 2013 - Clearstream continues solid growth rate in all business streamsPhilip Brown: “Banks need to...
View ArticleEBF statement on financial transaction tax
The European Banking Federation regrets to learn that some member states of the European Union envisage pushing forward with the European Commission proposal to introduce a financial transaction tax...
View ArticleEY Luxembourg named Alternative Investment Audit & Advisory Firm of the Year,...
Member: EYWealth & Finance magazine has named EY Luxembourg the Alternative Investment Audit & Advisory Firm of the Year, Luxembourg in its annual Alternative Investment Awards.The Wealth &...
View ArticleÀ Paris, Pierre Gramegna expose ses vues sur la situation économique et la...
Pierre Gramegna, ministre des Finances, a profité de son déplacement à Paris en date du 5 septembre 2014 pour exposer ses vues sur la situation économique en Europe et expliciter la stratégie du...
View ArticlePocket money boosts money management skills in adulthood
Member: ING Luxembourg S.A.The study found that those who received pocket money as a child exercise more control over their spending than those who didn’t – and are also less likely to be overdrawn....
View ArticleABBL Weekly EU Monitoring Report: 29 August to 5 September 2014
TOP NEWS:• 05/09/2014 - European Commission - Formation of Juncker Commission advancesAfter a series of interviews, J-C Juncker has sent the list of Commissioners-designate. The announcement of the...
View ArticleRéunion de travail du ministre des Finances, Pierre Gramegna, avec le...
Dans le but d’approfondir les relations entre le deux pays, le ministre des Finances, Pierre Gramegna, a reçu le vice-ministre des Finances de Chine, JIN Liqun, pour une réunion de travail. Lors de...
View ArticleABBL Weekly EU Monitoring Report: 18 August to 28 August 2014
Top News • 28/08/2014 - Official Journal of the European Union - CSD: Publication in the Official Journal of the Central Securities Depositories RegulationThe Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 on improving...
View ArticleLuxCSD: Luxembourg Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) service now operational
Member: LuxCSD S.A.LuxCSD’s Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) issuance service for Luxembourg-domiciled entities and investment funds is now operational and accessible via luxcsd.com.The Regulatory...
View ArticleKBL epb half-year net profit rises to €50 million, up 19%
Member: KBL European Private Bankers S.A.Luxembourg-headquartered private banking group performs strongly in Grand Duchy and across its nine-country European networkGroup CEO highlights KBL epb’s...
View ArticleECB identifies systemically important payments systems
- Four systems were identified: TARGET2, EURO1, STEP2-T and CORE(FR)- Goal is to ensure efficient management of risks and sound governance arrangementsThe European Central Bank (ECB) has identified...
View ArticleEBA publishes final templates for the 2014 EU-wide stress test
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the final templates for the 2014 EU-wide stress test. These are common templates for all EU banks and illustrate the type and the format of data...
View ArticlePhishing encore et toujours: ne mordez pas à l’hameçon!
L'ABBL a été informée que des tentatives de hameçonnage (phishing) sont actuellement en cours à l'encontre des utilisateurs de cartes de crédit.Le phishing est utilisé par des pirates informatiques...
View ArticleABBL Weekly EU Monitoring Report: Monday, 4 August to Friday, 8 August 2014
TOP NEWS:08/08/2014 – European Commission – Main findings of the review reports on the European System of Financial SupervisionThe European Commission adopted the review reports on the European System...
View ArticleSingle Euro Payments Area (SEPA) reaches major milestone for retail payments
Over 2 billion credit transfers and direct debits to pass through SEPA per monthCompletion of one of the largest financial integration projects in the worldConsumers and businesses can use a single...
View ArticleABBL Weekly EU Monitoring Report: Monday, 28 July to Friday, 1 August 2014
TOP NEWS:• 01/08/2014 - European Commission - Vice-President Michel Barnier welcomes major milestone for the internal payments market with the migration to SEPAThe SEPA migration means that 'all euro...
View ArticleABBL Response to the ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Consultation Paper
First and foremost, in the ABBL’s opinion, ESMA has occasionally gone a bit too far regarding the limits between level 1 and level 2 measures. Furthermore, in some respects the nature of the proposal...
View ArticleABBL Weekly EU Monitoring Report: Monday, 21 July to Friday, 25 July 2014
TOP NEWS:• 23/07/2014 – SEC – SEC Adopts Money Market Fund Reform RulesThe American Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the rules that govern money market mutual funds. The...
View ArticleLuxembourg Banks Insights 2014
Member: KPMG Luxembourg S.à r.l.When Banks Insights was published last year, the clouds of banking secrecy were hovering over the industry. Since then, Luxembourg has had to make some tough choices....
View ArticleFuturmarket & Royal de Bank: Avertissement de la CSSF
La Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) avertit le public des activités des entités dénommées Royal de Bank et Futurmarket qui prétendent être établies à l’adresse 29, rue des Bains,...
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