Luxembourg: Russia, funds debated at Alfi's EAM conference

Financial sanctions against Russia and the exposure of investment funds to Russian assets were widely discussed at the 2022 European Asset Management Conference in Luxembourg, hosted by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, or Alfi, on 22-23 March.

Alfi's managing director Camille Thommes and Michèle Eisenhuth, partner at leading Luxembourg law firm Arendt & Medernach, share their insights in Investment Officer's editorial team at the conference, Raymond Frenken and Mike Gordon.

This podcast also includes excerpts from the speeches by Luxembourg's finance minister Yuriko Backes, EU financial services commissioner Mairead McGuinness and Claude Marx, director general at Luxembourg's financial supervisor CSSF.

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