Category: General Members News

Luxembourg, 3 October 2019: Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) is one of a group of international banks, and the only one in Luxembourg, to have participated in successful SWIFT gpi instant payments trials. This new service will soon make cross-border payments as seamless and frictionless as domestic ones.  A trial has just concluded in Europe … Continued

EY Luxembourg publishes its 2019 edition of Investment Funds in Luxembourg Luxembourg, 20 September 2019 – EY Luxembourg has just released its 2019 edition of Investment Funds in Luxembourg – A technical guide, designed to answer many questions on setting up and operating investment funds in Luxembourg. This internationally-renowned publication updated annually over the last … Continued

  LONDON, 25 SEPTEMBER 2019. EY has been recognized by ALM Intelligence (ALM) as a market leader for Business Strategy & Planning Consulting in its new report, The ALM Vanguard: Business Strategy & Planning Consulting 2019, part of ALM’s Buyer Ratings Guide for professional consultancy services. According to ALM, EY continues the upward trajectory it … Continued

Luxembourg, 17 September 2019: Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) today announced the establishment of its Representative Office in Beijing. This makes BIL the first Luxembourg bank to open a representative office in China. The opening ceremony was held in the presence of Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna. With the arrival of Legend Holdings as its … Continued

IQ-EQ Fund Management (Luxembourg) S.A. is pleased to announce that it has been granted the alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) infrastructure sub-license by the Luxembourg regulator, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).  IQ-EQ Fund Management (Luxembourg) S.A., which forms part of the leading global investor services group IQ-EQ, was established in 2015 as a … Continued

Dentons’ combination with Lee International will uniquely position the firms to meet client needs in South Korea and around the globe   Washington, D.C. (August 6, 2019) — Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, is announcing today a proposed combination with Lee International, a leading law firm in South Korea, which has the 11th largest … Continued

Luxembourg, 12 July 2019: Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) and Bank of China, Luxembourg branch, announce today that they have signed a cooperation agreement to establish a long-term and stable business relationship. Bank of China was the first Chinese bank to establish a branch in Luxembourg in 1979. BIL and Bank of China have a … Continued

Luxembourg, 25 June 2019: With its Open Banking platform, BIL will work closely with external developers, online merchants and partners to offer new digital services to its clients, and give fresh impetus to its innovation. Covered in particular by the second European Payment Services Directive (PSD2), the Open Banking concept encourages banks to open their information systems … Continued

Dentons launches 2019 edition of its ‘Investing in renewable energy projects in Europe’ guide Ten years after the European Union vowed to produce 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, it has made huge progress toward that goal. Now, a new challenge beckons: In 2018, the EU formally set itself a binding … Continued

Corporate income tax rates and base broadening trends in 2019 The impact of BEPS and ATAD-related changes in 2019 The outlook for digital tax policies and the wider post-BEPS tax framework Luxembourg, 20 June 2019. The global tax environment in 2019 continues to be uncertain, with controversy on the rise. Disruptions abound and the tax … Continued

  Luxembourg, 6 June 2019: In an exciting final with five talented businesswomen, the panel has selected Stéphanie Jauquet, founder and CEO of Cocottes, as the BIL Business Woman of the Year.  Hosted by Genna Elvin, the founder of the TaDa web startup, the 10th BIL Business Woman of the Year award ceremony was a superb … Continued