Alternative funds services

Alternative Investment Funds have the wind in their sails and the ‘glass ceiling’ is far from being reached. What role will these funds play in the evolution of AUM development in Luxembourg, towards the level of 5,000 billion? Interview with Mathieu Maurier, Country Head Luxembourg for Societe Generale Securities Services.

For the last decade or so following the financial crisis of 2008, a series of directives and regulations have emerged to deal with any new crisis, since when Europe has not experienced any new financial cataclysms. We take a look at the new regulations that have emerged over the last decade and what the future holds in store.

Mathieu Maurier, Country Manager for Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Luxembourg, looks at a number of issues currently facing asset management: UCITS, KIID, AIFMD, Capital Markets Union, RAIF, Pan-European Pension Product, ESG, digitalisation…

Discover the origin of funds promoters in Luxembourg, the different legal forms, the fund set-up journey and the distribution capabilities.

Helped by a favourable environment combining historically low rates, an abundance of available capital and an economic cycle in its expansion phase, the European capital investment market has succeeded, in regularly producing a high level of financial performance for investors whilst providing growth, transformation and job creations for the SMEs and mid-tier...