KPMG Luxembourg

The Y-Factor – Here come the Millennials

Flexibility, autonomy and freedom define the future of the workplace, says Jörg Castor of the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany. In front of business leaders, owners and managers from Luxembourg on the occasion of a LuxReal event at 39 JFK, the labour scientist gave insights into people management and how businesses can adapt their workplace for the Mi […]

AIFMD Racer rocks Europe

AIFMD Regulatory Reporting gets European: this would be the perfect way to describe the latest round of reports submitted for asset managers. Why? Because more and more national regulators have opened up their systems to receive AIFMD reports. Whereas the most recent reporting deadline for fund of funds was mid-February, alternative investment fund managers ( […]

KPMG Luxembourg at MIPIM

Feeling the call of the beach and the wind? Why not head to the South of France to visit the world’s biggest property market? Frauke Oddone, Alison Macleod, Emmanuelle Ramponi, Eric Wilhelm, Antoine Badot, Sandrine Degreve, Vincenzo Salari and I, all experienced real estate practitioners from KPMG Luxembourg, will be at MIPIM 2015 (the world’s biggest pro […]

ELTIF: The birth of a new innovative fund product

Its name is ELTIF or European Long Term Investment Fund. Its purpose is to boost European long-term investments in the real economy, especially infrastructure. It will come into effect 6 months after the publication in the EU Official Journal, expected for the beginning of the year. Why is it an innovative product? What are its main characteristics? What […]

6 Real Estate trends to watch in 2015

The world in which we live and work is changing rapidly and it’s sometimes difficult to spot the trends that will shape the coming years. We have been tracking these trends and considering the potential implications for the real estate industry. Here’s what we’ll be watching in 2015:

First ever “Women in Private Equity Forum”

It would be no overstatement to say that I was delighted to be asked along for a first in the history of the PE industry: the “Women in Private Equity Forum” held in London late 2014. The conference brought together female leaders in the private equity and alternative assets community - including LPs, GPs and consultants - from across the globe. The event so […]