3. Financial services made in Luxembourg 45 % of GDP (= 16 BIO EUR) Law firms Audit, Tax Banks, Other financial Intermediaries, Insurance 44,000 ICT Other 27,000
4. Luxembourg is one of the most competitive economies in Europe…. and in the World !
5. International competitiveness indicators Name of Index Source Luxembourg ranking Number of participants Growth environment score Goldman Sachs 1 170 Global competitiveness Index IMD Lausanne 5 55 International Business costs KPMG 5 121 Index of Economic Freedom Heritage Foundation 8 157 Safest city in the world Mercer Human Resources Consulting 1 215
14. Institutional organisation Minister for the Treasury Commission for the supervision of the financial sector Insurance Commission Luxembourg central bank Macro supervision Systemic risk Liquidity Payment systems Banks Financial intermediaries Securities markets Investment funds Pension funds Other vehicles Life insurance P & C insurance Reinsurance Captives Pension funds
19. Cross-border finance: insurance Life Crossborder 83.9% Life Luxembourg 4.4% Non life crossborder 6.3% Non Life Luxembourg 5.4% Source: Commissariat aux Assurances 2007 Total: € 12.44 billions
27. The Luxembourg investment fund sector Net assets of Luxembourg domiciled UCIs Strong development after UCITS I
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29. The Luxembourg investment fund sector Figures as at May 2008 – Source: CSSF Market shares (%) of promoters of Luxembourg domiciled funds by country of origin in terms of assets under management
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31. The top 16 countries of distribution outside the European Union
32. The Luxembourg investment fund sector Profile of Luxembourg investment funds KEY CRITERIA UCITS Non-UCITS SIF SICAR Investment restrictions (eligible assets) High Medium Low Medium - High Risk diversification High Medium Low None Ease of public distribution High Medium Low Low Degree of investor protector High High Low Medium Degree of supervisor High High Low Medium Time to establish Low - Medium Medium - High Very low Low Target investors All All Institutional / HNWI Institutional / HNWI
33. Largest private banking in the Eurozone Private Banking AuM au Luxembourg 300 BIO EUR Luxembourg 12% B, F, D 46% Other EU 16% Latin America US ASIA Middle East … 26%
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35. Captive reinsurance Industrial company Direct insurer Professional reinsurer Insurance premiums reinsurance premiums Captive reinsurance premiums Insurance premiums (« The excess » ) participation
36. Country of origin of mother-company Source: Commissariat aux Assurances 2007
37. Economic sector of mother company Source: Commissariat aux Assurances 2007
38. Origin of premiums 2007 Total amount = 3 BIO Euro Source: Commissariat aux Assurances 2007
Highly international if we look a little bit closer at the structure of the Luxembourg fund industry, we see that the landscape of fund promoters is quite heterogenous. Promoters who have chosen Luxembourg as their fund domicile come from more than 40 different countries. In terms of assets under management, promoters of Swiss origin have been the leading national group for several years now, with a market share of 19.5 %. They are followed by the promoters of American origin with a market share of 18.9%, and by the German promoters with 16.9%. March 2006 : US : 19.3 % CH : 19.0 %
Worldwide : Number 2 behind the United States Long tradition ?
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