The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) invites you to celebrate International Women's Day 2024 in a special ceremony on 8 March.

True to tradition, LuxSE, along with around 100 other exchanges throughout the world will Ring the Bell for Gender Equality and #InspireInclusion by shining a light on the importance of Women in Finance and Financing for Women:

• Celebrate the Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter and the stories that signatories have to tell one year on from the Charter's launch
• Mark the listing on LuxSE of a pioneering gender bond from Argentinian nonprofit development organisation Pro Mujer, which will provide loans to more than 1,700 low-income women entrepreneurs

Agenda

8 March 2024, 09:00 - 10:00

Welcome

• Speech by Luxembourg Minister of Finance Gilles Roth

Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter: One Year On

• Nicoletta Centofanti, CEO of LSFI, presents the Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter Baseline Report 2023
• Julie Becker, CEO of LuxSE, interviews a selection of Charter signatories on progress made and lessons learned in the first 12 months of the Charter
• Ring the Bell for the Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter

Financing for Women: International Perspectives

• Speech by Jemimah Njuki, Chief of the Economic Empowerment section at UN Women
• Speech by Carmen Correa, CEO of Pro Mujer
• Ring the Bell to mark the listing of Pro Mujer’s gender bond

Luxembourg for Finance invites you to join our livestream session:

FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL TAX
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
10:00-11:00 CET

Recent years have seen a number of developments within the international tax landscape and navigating this complex arena is certainly not easy. International financial firms must simultaneously be able to handle today’s complex environment, while planning for future initiatives and eventualities.

The Focus On International Tax explores this multifaceted topic, with Manal Corwin, Director of the OECD Centre of Tax Policy and Administration, providing the opening address detailing how the new international tax agenda should unfold. During the event, panellists will delve into recent tax reforms and their impact on the broader European financial services industry, as well providing an analysis on how taxation can be used in talent attraction.

Deloitte Luxembourg is pleased to announce the second edition of the Digital Assets Conference (DAC) which will take place on Tuesday, 12 March at 17:00 at the DSquare building. Professionals and enthusiasts from across the digital assets industry will take centre stage in a panel discussion to dive into today’s most top-of-mind topics.

Meet the jury

• Jerry Grbic, CEO - ABBL
• Ananda Kautz, Head of Innovation, Payments & Digital - ABBL
• Emmanuel Gutton, Deputy Director - ALFI
• Isadora Pardo, Senior Industry Affairs Advisor - ALFI
• Chris Hollifield, Head of Business Development - Luxembourg for Finance
• Emilie Allaert, Head of Luxembourg Blockchain Lab
• Laurent Collet Partner | Digital Asset Co-Leader - Deloitte
• Thibault Chollet Partner | Digital Asset Co-Leader - Deloitte

Digital Assets Awards by Deloitte Luxembourg

The Digital Assets Awards will showcase the innovative work being done in Luxembourg’s digital assets field—not only recognizing the efforts of local individuals and organizations, but also inspiring others in the industry to strive for excellence.

Award categories include Initiative of the Year, celebrating the most innovative and high-impact contribution; Personality of the Year, honouring an individual's outstanding leadership and innovation; and Platform Enabler of the Year, acknowledging a platform's role in fostering industry growth.

Please note that applications to our Digital Assets Awards are now closed. Awards will be given in person at the conference.

On March 19th, at the Chambre de Commerce in Luxembourg, discussions and debates will be focused on "How Sustainable Finance is driving innovation in the financial industry".

The focus of this year's edition is to review the impact of the Sustainable Finance on the financial industry. How it has generated innovation and impacted financial market players like asset managers, banks, insurance companies and the fund industry.

Dedicated sessions to the research plans of different institutions and their potential impact on the way we invest will bring new and fresh discussions. ​

In the new impetus given by the EFF, new speakers will join us to share their points of view and give us new elements on best practices they see at an international level.

EFF24 distinguishes as a unique opportunity to get to know the major regulatory updates, legal framework and best practices examples from Luxembourg and International top players.

After the conference there will be the "Charity Walking Reception", a privileged moment of networking with many experts and professional.

We are pleased to invite you to LuxFLAG's next webinar, "Unlocking the LuxFLAG Advantage: Your guide to acquiring the LuxFLAG ESG Discretionary Mandate". 

Join us for an engaging information session on the label where the essence of LuxFLAG will be revealed - who they are, what they do and the transparent process of acquiring their recognisable LuxFLAG label.

• Date: 20 March 2024
• Time: 11:00 am CET
• Platform: Microsoft Teams

This webinar aims to enrich your understanding of unique and diverse label offerings, in particular the ESG Discretionary Mandate Label. 

Unlock the distinctive benefits this LuxFLAG Label confers on your discretionary mandate and take the opportunity to learn how your mandate can really make a difference.

Abilways Luxembourg vous donne rendez-vous le 27 Mars prochain pour cette nouvelle édition dédiée à la gestion et à la protection des données. L’occasion pour les praticiens et les parties intéressées de se tenir informées des développements récents , tant d’un point de vue réglementaire que vis-à-vis des bonnes pratiques liées au RGPD.

Animée par Me Renaud Le Squeren , Partner et Avocat à la cour, chez DSM Avocats à la cour et avec la participation des avocats, experts et techniciens, DPO, universitaires et professionnels de terrain, cette journée présentera les derniers challenges en matière de gestion des incidents de sécurité, d’audit interne, les recommandation de la CNPD, d’un CISO, les derniers usages et interrogations relatives aux évolutions de Microsoft pilot et le transfert de données US.

L’objectif est d’apporter des solutions concrètes aux problématiques suscitées dans la pratique.

Au plaisir de vous accueillir sur cette nouvelle édition !