The temporary disruption to our working routines that started this time last year now seems permanent – but possible answers to what remote working means for the future of the office are emerging.
Thomas Fahl, managing director at Ocorian Fund Management in Luxembourg, talks about launching a fund in lockdown, the responsiveness of Luxembourg’s authorities, the benefits of using a management company and the prospects for 2021.
Luxembourg’s collective investment funds industry may be unfairly tarnished amid wider accusations of lax anti-money laundering processes, even so, the funds industry does have AML issues to deal with, finds Nicholas Pratt.
As our Luxembourg panel hears, up to 30% of the workforce is back in the office – but offices in future could become places of coaching, collaborating and connecting. The panel also discusses remote working, London-Luxembourg relations and the changing nature of Lux’s funds industry.
Speaking from his home in Dublin, where the country has been in lockdown since the end of December, MUFG Investor Services’ David Rochford talks to Funds Europe about Luxembourg, Brexit, and the ongoing fallout of Covid-19.
Funds managed in the UK but domiciled in Luxembourg have shot up since the UK voted to leave the EU. Noting this, Alfi director general Camille Thommes says 2021 marks the true start of the post-Brexit era.
Luxembourg and China have a strong relationship based on investment funds. Here, Romil Patel speaks to market actors about a wide range of issues, from ‘ManCos’ to ESG investing.
The product lifecycle is a complicated process for fund managers at the best of times, made harder by margin pressure and intense competition.
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