CCube: Recent Executive Council meeting
Published the 06.12.2019
The Executive Council of the Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Cash Management Cluster, Luxembourg (CCube) met on 25 November 2019. The focus of the third Council Meeting in 2020 was...
Non-performing loans: Council agrees on out of court mechanism
Published the 29.11.2019
On 27 November 2019, while the European Parliament was voting on the new Commission, the EU ambassadors adopted the position of the Council of the EU on a proposal for...
Private Banking Group, Luxembourg: take-aways
Published the 29.11.2019
Private Banking Group, Luxembourg: take-aways … ExCo meeting, 26 November 2019 The newly elected Executive Council of the Private Banking Group, Luxembourg (PBGL) met for the first time on 26...
What’s going on with the new Commission?
Published the 22.11.2019
In October the various Committees of the European Parliament auditioned the Commissioners-designate, which were appointed by President-elected Ursula von der Leyen on the basis of the Member States’ nominees. Each...
More opportunities than challenges in Private Banking in Luxembourg
Published the 22.11.2019
“Trust has a value, and reputation is a fragile thing” These were the words of H.E. Pierre Gramegna in his key note address to the Annual General Meeting of the...
Blockchain: how banks are shaping the future of the financial industry
Published the 22.11.2019
Following the hype related to Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) between 2015-17 in multiple industries throughout the world, the subsequent enthusiasm of market players, the many ‘proof of concept’ consortia and...
Brussels who’s who: The role of coordinators
Published the 14.11.2019
In this year of many EU political mandate changes, I would like to explain the influential role of coordinators in the European Parliament committees, focusing on the Economic and Monetary...
Yves Maas appointed as interim CEO of the ABBL
Published the 13.11.2019
The Board of Directors of the ABBL has today appointed Mr. Yves Maas as interim CEO of the ABBL, effective 1st December, 2019. Yves Maas replaces Serge de Cillia, who...
Lët’z say no to violence against women
Published the 12.11.2019
As part of our corporate social responsibility commitments, the ABBL will once again support “Orange Week”. The 2019 theme for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women...
The time is now – Complying with the Second Shareholders’ Rights Directive
Published the 08.11.2019
Regularly labelled as one the most important regulatory developments that nobody has ever heard about, the Shareholders’ Rights framework set up by the European legislator should be a high priority...
