The Young Tax Professional of the Year award
Member: Ernst & YoungErnst & Young is pleased to announce that Pol Mellina from Luxembourg was elected best Young Tax Professional of the Year (YTPY) during a gala ceremony which took place on...
View ArticleTARGET 2012 Annual Report shows increase in volume and value of payments...
The 2012 TARGET Annual Report, published by the European Central Bank (ECB), shows that payments in euro processed through the Eurosystem’s TARGET (Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement...
View ArticleAustria, Luxembourg and Singapore among countries signing-on to end tax secrecy
As a further sign of international efforts to crack down on tax offenders, 12 more countries have signed, or committed to sign, the OECD’s Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in...
View ArticleSignature de la convention sur l’assistance administrative mutuelle en...
Le Luxembourg plaide pour une lutte efficace contre l’évasion et la fraude fiscales "The signature of the convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters is an important step for...
View ArticleDeloitte Luxembourg opens its doors to students
Member: Deloitte General Services S.à r.l.Last week, a select number of students from German universities participated in one of the Deloitte Luxembourg Open Days. This was one of several Open Days...
View ArticleRestez connectés avec la BIL et Visual Online
Member: Banque Internationale à Luxembourg S.A.La Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) et Visual Online, une société incorporée dans le groupe luxembourgeois de l'Entreprise des P&T, lancent le...
View ArticleAIFMD: la CSSF signe 34 accords de coopération avec les régulateurs de pays...
Suite à l’adoption par l’ESMA des accords de coopération entre les régulateurs européens et 34 de leurs contreparties mondiales, la CSSF a signé un MoU avec chacune de ces autorités émanant de pays...
View ArticlePwC Luxembourg appoints 12 new partners to support the growth of its business...
Member: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérativePwC Luxembourg, the largest professional services firm, has announced the appointment of 12 new partners. The firm, which currently employs over 2,200...
View ArticleEuropean Trustee & Depository Forum meets in Luxembourg
On 29 May 2013 the Luxembourg Depositary Bank Forum (DBF), a joint forum between the ABBL and Alfi had the pleasure of hosting the meeting of the European Trustee & Depository Forum (ETDF) with...
View ArticleFATCA: Luxembourg chooses Model I
In the context of the current negotiations with the United States Department of Treasury pertaining to FATCA, Minister Frieden announced, on 21 May 2013, that Luxembourg has chosen the Model I...
View ArticleFinancial Transaction Tax: The UK challenge and beyond
On 18 April 2013, a legal challenge was launched by the Government of the United Kingdom in front of the Court of Justice of the European Union against the decision adopted by the Council on 22 January...
View ArticleLinklaters boost Tax, Corporate and Investment Management practices
Member: Linklaters LLPWith effect from 1 May 2013, Guido De Wit, VAT partner at the Brussels office of Linklaters, will join the Luxembourg Tax practice group while continuing to serve Belgian clients...
View ArticleESMA publishes updated Q&A on EMIR Implementation
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (“EMIR”) entered into force on 16 August...
View ArticleIndicateurs de performances clés : un avantage concurrentiel
Member: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérativePwC Luxembourg a publié ce 7 juin son enquête intitulée «CFO Key Performance Indicators Survey » consacrée aux indicateurs clés de performance (KPI)...
View ArticleMinistère des Finances: FAQ sur les sociétés multinationales au Luxembourg
"We must have tax competition in order to encourage growth. Redefining tax planning in the spirit of fairness - and that is the challenge for the OECD today – is work that we support." - Luc Frieden,...
View ArticleFighting tax evasion: Commission proposes widest scope of automatic exchange...
Today, the Commission has proposed extending the automatic exchange of information between EU tax administrations, as part of the intensified fight against tax evasion. Under the proposal, dividends,...
View ArticleNordea uses Luxembourg as a base when it opens a private banking branch in...
Member: Nordea Bank S.A.Nordea’s international private banking activities are centred in Luxembourg. Nordea International Private Banking is the largest Nordic bank in Luxembourg, employing a...
View ArticleING Commercial Banking elected best broker in Benelux for the fourth time at...
Member: ING Luxembourg S.A.For the fourth year in a row, ING Commercial Banking has been elected best broker in Benelux by market players. During the announcement of the Extel Awards, ING was said to...
View ArticleLuxembourg ... a bridge between China and Europe
Member: KPMG Luxembourg S.à r.l.The development of China, be it past development or future development, is without precedent - as such, no single country in the world can ignore it. With this in mind,...
View ArticleThe Legal Entity Identifier in Luxembourg
On 5 June 2013, the ABBL organised a short seminar for its members at the Luxembourg Central Bank to discuss and present the impact of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), a new tool to help identify...
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