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Luxembourg - addressing new challenges in a major financial sector [electronic resource] / Eckhard Wurzel and Damien Azzopardi = Luxembourg - adresser des nouveaux défis d'un majeur secteur financier / Eckhard Wurzel et Damien Azzopardi

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleSeries: OECD Economics Department Working Papers ; no.1239.Publication details: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2015.Description: 27 p. ; 21 x 29.7cmOther title:
  • Luxembourg - adresser des nouveaux défis d'un majeur secteur financier
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • G18
  • G15
  • G28
  • G21
  • G22
  • G23
  • H24
  • H25
Online resources: Abstract: Over the last two and a half decades, Luxembourg's financial sector emerged as a leading international hub for asset management and investment funds and became a key contributor to growth. Diversification into new areas of financial asset management is continuing. However, changing financial market regulation in Europe, increased international transparency requirements for banking and heightened international competition pose challenges. Moreover, the financial sector has reached a size where its contribution to the economy's overall growth might diminish. Maintaining sound framework conditions is important for further diversification in the financial sector, building on Luxembourg's existing comparative advantage and investors' trust in its economic stability. Regulators should ensure financial intermediaries maintain strong capital ratios to address potential financial market shocks from abroad and real estate risks in the domestic economy. Assessment of systemic risks should be based on a framework that accounts for the various linkages between the banks and the other relevant financial market actors, notably investment funds. Given that the bulk of the banks in Luxembourg are affiliates of foreign bank groups, the authorities should seek clear procedures that govern the (cross-border) resolution of large banks in bad times. Moreover, implementation of the remaining steps in upgrading the tax transparency regulations Luxembourg has committed to can increase incentives for banks to further refine their business models, benefitting Luxembourg's financial sector in the medium term. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Luxembourg (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-luxembourg.htm).
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Over the last two and a half decades, Luxembourg's financial sector emerged as a leading international hub for asset management and investment funds and became a key contributor to growth. Diversification into new areas of financial asset management is continuing. However, changing financial market regulation in Europe, increased international transparency requirements for banking and heightened international competition pose challenges. Moreover, the financial sector has reached a size where its contribution to the economy's overall growth might diminish. Maintaining sound framework conditions is important for further diversification in the financial sector, building on Luxembourg's existing comparative advantage and investors' trust in its economic stability. Regulators should ensure financial intermediaries maintain strong capital ratios to address potential financial market shocks from abroad and real estate risks in the domestic economy. Assessment of systemic risks should be based on a framework that accounts for the various linkages between the banks and the other relevant financial market actors, notably investment funds. Given that the bulk of the banks in Luxembourg are affiliates of foreign bank groups, the authorities should seek clear procedures that govern the (cross-border) resolution of large banks in bad times. Moreover, implementation of the remaining steps in upgrading the tax transparency regulations Luxembourg has committed to can increase incentives for banks to further refine their business models, benefitting Luxembourg's financial sector in the medium term. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Luxembourg (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-luxembourg.htm).

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