Tag Archives: Luxembourg

Luxembourg Increases Pledge to Financial Inclusion Fund, Expanding Support for Vulnerable Groups

(IN BRIEF) Luxembourg has pledged an additional €4.8 million to the EIB Global’s Financial Inclusion Fund, bringing the fund’s total size to €11.5 million. The fund supports financial service providers that focus on vulnerable groups in African, Caribbean, and Pacific … Read the full press release

European Investment Bank Commemorates Diversity Day Lëtzebuerg to Promote Inclusion in the Workplace

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) celebrated Diversity Day Lëtzebuerg, Luxembourg’s national day of diversity, as part of European Diversity Month. The event, organized by the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg, aimed to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The … Read the full press release

Clearstream Launches New Bank in Luxembourg for Institutional Fund Investors

(IN BRIEF) Clearstream has launched a new bank called Clearstream Fund Centre S.A. in Luxembourg, which will provide services to institutional fund investors. The new entity operates under a commercial banking license and will be an important part of Deutsche … Read the full press release

Alzette river and tributary Pétrusse in Luxembourg to be restored with €9m loan from EIB

(IN BRIEF) Luxembourg has secured a €9m ($10.5m) loan from the European Investment Bank to finance the ecological restoration of the Alzette river and its tributary, the Pétrusse. The project, which will cover a section of the Alzette in Steinsel … Read the full press release

Bristol to Istanbul: Friends take on epic tandem ride for charity

(IN BRIEF) Archie Benn and Isaac Tredant, two friends who have never ridden a tandem before, will pedal a tandem bicycle 2,000 miles from Bristol to Istanbul to raise money for the Bristol homeless shelter Julian Trust. The best mates … Read the full press release

Framework rebrands to daappa, heralding a new phase in fintech solutions designed for private markets

(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 17-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Global fintech, Framework PEIDM, has announced a new name and brand identity – alongside a new product release – as the final phase of its multi-year digital transformation. Building on a long pedigree, … Read the full press release

Fidupar Now Live on Framework’s Core Solution

Leading Luxembourg fund servicing company Fidupar goes live with Framework’s investment and operations platform, further scaling its private asset administration and investor services capability. (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 13-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Framework, a specialist provider of middle and back-office technology … Read the full press release

European Commission funded project YOUNG 50 aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease risk factors in people aged 50 launches in Luxembourg, Lithuania and Romania

(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 29-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), a public biomedical research organisation, has announced that a project called YOUNG 50 and funded by the European Commission launches in Luxembourg with the aim to screen and … Read the full press release

Kuehne+Nagel opens 34.000m² contract logistics fulfilment centre in Contern, Luxembourg

Kuehne+Nagel Luxembourg’s third contract logistics site leverages the central location in Europe for e-commerce (PRESS RELEASE) CONTERN, Luxembourg, 28-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Kuehne+Nagel (SWX: KNIN), one of the world’s leading logistics companies, has announced it is expanding its contract logistics … Read the full press release

High-level conference on ‘Investment, Technological Transformation and Skills’, Luxembourg, 28 – 29 November 2018

Interview and briefing opportunities with EIB Vice-President Andrew McDowell, EIB Director of Economics Debora Revoltella,  Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance at Columbia University Professor Jan Svejnar. KIRCHBERG, Luxembourg, 28-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On 28 and 29 November, the … Read the full press release

Redstor defies Brexit uncertainties by expanding into mainland Europe

READING, 01-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Redstor, a leading UK-headquartered cloud data management SaaS company, is targeting mainland Europe as part of aggressive growth plans to treble business by 2020. Paul Evans, Redstor co-founder and chief executive, is refusing to allow … Read the full press release

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets acquired Le Dôme, a high quality office building in Luxembourg

PARIS, 22-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (“AXA IM – Real Assets”), a global leader in real asset investments and the leading(1) real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe, announces that it has acquired, on behalf of … Read the full press release

BNP Paribas Securities Services to become the fund administration service provider for DWS’s actively-managed funds in Germany and Luxembourg

BNP Paribas Securities Services and DWS, one of the world’s leading asset managers, have entered into an agreement for BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide DWS with fund administration services, and DWS’s retail funds with depositary and custody services, in Germany and … Read the full press release

Assicurazioni Generali SpA opens a new (re)insurance branch dedicated to the Employee Benefits business in Luxembourg

TRIESTE, 29-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In line with the strategic objectives of the Generali Group to consolidate its leadership in the Employee Benefits (EB) sector, Assicurazioni Generali SpA announces the setup of a new Branch in the Grand Duchy of … Read the full press release

Kuehne + Nagel extends overland pharma cross dock platform in Contern, Luxembourg

Extension of the European overland pharma cross dock platform in Luxembourg for more frequent departures and faster transit times Complete coverage to all European destinations Enhanced real time monitoring solutions for temperature sensitive pharma shipments Contern, Luxembourg, 26-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Lithuania to sell renewable energy to Luxembourg between 2018 and 2020

BRUSSELS, 27-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (26 October 2017) Lithuania and Luxembourg signed an agreement on a so-called statistical transfer of renewable energy. Under this agreement Lithuania will sell a specified amount of renewable energy to Luxembourg between 2018 and 2020. … Read the full press release

Luxembourg and Switzerland: 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Grand Duchy’s first diplomatic representation in Switzerland

BERN, 12-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Luxembourg and Switzerland have close, long-standing relations. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Grand Duchy’s first diplomatic representation in Switzerland, the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, visited Bern on 10 October … Read the full press release

China’s Vice Premier Ma Kai visits the offices of CACEIS in Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG, 31-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — During an official visit to Luxembourg on 20th October 2016, China’s Vice Premier Ma Kai led a delegation to visit the offices of CACEIS. CACEIS CEO, Jean-François Abadie commented, “We are delighted to have the opportunity … Read the full press release

POST Luxembourg: 50 percent of all homes in Luxembourg now connected to fibre-optic network

A milestone in ultra-fast Internet in Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ —  As early as 1997 POST Luxembourg realised the advantages of fibre-optic technology for residential subscribers and since then has been developing and laying “hybrid cables” – data transmission … Read the full press release

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg (BCEE): Launch of a brand new version of the S-net Mobile app

Rapidité, navigation intuitive et sécurité – tels furent les principaux objectifs poursuivis par la Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg (BCEE) lors du développement de sa toute nouvelle version de l’application S-net Mobile, lancée en date du 18 mai. … Read the full press release