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Luxembourg ranked as leading financial centre in the
Eurozone
Luxembourg is ranked as the leading
financial centre in the Eurozone before Frankfurt, according to the
latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a six-monthly rating of 82
financial centres across the globe.
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S&P confirms Luxembourg AAA rating
The rating agency Standard &
Poor's (S&P) confirmed the "AAA" rating of the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg with a stable outlook. Luxembourg continues to benefit
from the best rating from the three major rating agencies: S&P,
Moody's and Fitch.
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OECD releases
its report on the state of Luxembourg's economy
Presented by OECD Secretary General
Angel Gurría and Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna, the study assesses the
factors that have helped Luxembourg achieve today’s high levels of
prosperity and well-being. The survey underlines that Luxembourg
weathered the economic crisis well and proposes new measures to diversify
its economy.
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Luxembourg to
become the first European founding member of the AIIB
Luxembourg becomes the first
non-regional prospective founding member of the AIIB. With this
adherence, Luxembourg, as a leading international financial centre and a
facilitator of investments between Europe and Asia, is ready to further
develop its role as bridge-builder and gateway between the two
continents.
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A growing
private wealth management hub
Luxembourg is coming up as a wealth
management hub, with 18% growth in international market volume over the
last two years. According to the latest Deloitte’s Wealth Management
Centre Ranking report, Luxembourg ranks as the 7th most important hub for
wealth management in the world.
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Third most
globalised economy in the world
Luxembourg has the third most
globalised economy in the world, according to the study conducted by the
Swiss university ETH Zurich. The Grand Duchy performed strongly on the
economic front, scoring 91%, placing it just behind Singapore and Ireland
in terms of its openness to the world's businesses.
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Luxembourg
assets under management hit €3.4trn record
Assets under management of
Luxembourg-domiciled funds reached €3.4trn at the end of February after
solid net sales of €45bn in the first two months of the year, and follows
a strong 2014 when net assets under management (AUM) climbed over the
€3trn mark for the first time. Luxembourg serves as a domicile for around
3,900 funds.
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Luxembourg
delegation reaffirms strong ties with United Arab Emirates
A financial delegation headed by HRH
Prince Guillaume, Crown Prince of Luxembourg, accompanied by HRH Crown
Princess Stéphanie, and led by HE Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Minister of
Finance, was in Dubai to promote closer collaboration between Luxembourg
and the UAE in financial services.
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Building on
shared experiences to innovate and diversify
After its visit to the United Arab
Emirates, the Luxembourg financial delegation then flew to Qatar to drive
greater strategic cooperation between the two countries in the field of
international finance. Luxembourg is today the largest domicile for
Islamic funds in Europe, and the third largest domicile for Islamic funds
worldwide, after Malaysia and Saudi-Arabia.
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Banque
Internationale à Luxembourg SA (BIL) inaugurates Dubai branch
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA
(BIL) inaugurated its BIL Middle East branch in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE), in the presence of members of Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal
family. The opening of this branch, located in the Dubai International
Financial Centre (DIFC), reinforces the close economic ties between
Luxembourg and the UAE.
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