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Speaker: Sir David Tweedie, President of ICAS on “Ten Years at the IASB – the Past and the Future”

CV: Sir David was educated at Edinburgh University (BCom 1966, PhD 1969) and qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant in 1972. He was appointed Technical Director of ICAS in 1978 and moved in 1982 to the position of national technical partner of the then Thomson McLintock & Co. In 1987 his firm merged with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co and he was appointed national technical partner of KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock.

In 1990 he was appointed the first full-time Chairman of the (then) newly created Accounting Standards Board, the committee charged with the responsibility for producing the UK’s accounting standards. In January 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). He is a visiting Professor of Accounting in the Management School at Edinburgh University. He has been awarded honorary degrees by eight British universities, the ICAEW’s Founding Societies Centenary Award for 1997 and the CIMA Award 1998 for services to the accounting profession.

This dinner was our annual members’ meeting at which short reports were presented by the Chairman, Treasurer, Honorary Auditor and Secretary. The floor was opened to the members to raise any questions pertaining to the organisation and running of ABIAL. Prior to the ABIAL AGM, we held a friendly 9 hole golf competition.

Speaker: Brendan Nelson on “The World of Financial Services: A Personal View”

CV: Brendan Nelson was educated at St Aloysius’ College in Glasgow and trained as a chartered accountant with Thomson McLintock & Co in Glasgow and London. He qualified in 1973 and joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co London in 1974. Peat Marwick Mitchell and Thomson McLintock merged to form KPMG. He was made a partner in KPMG in 1984 and had a distinguished career in professional practice with KPMG, where he became Vice-Chairman of the UK firm and was also Global Chairman of the Banking and Financial Services networks of KPMG International. Brendan joined the Board of RBS plc in April 2010 as a non-executive director. He chairs the Group Audit Committee. In November 2010 he was appointed as a non-executive director of BP plc, where he sits on the Chairman’s Committee and chairs the Audit Committee. Additionally, Brendan served as a member of the Practitioner Panel for six years. This is the statutory body established by the Financial Services and Markets Act to advise the Financial Services Authority and to report publicly on the views of the FSA’s work.

Brendan lives in Reigate, in Surrey, and enjoys watching sport, especially football, and playing golf.

We had the pleasure in inviting you to our Professional Practice Update, which took place at the Chamber of Commerce (7, rue Alcide de Gasperi) on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm.

ABIAL (formerly CCAB) created an extensive program which included Marc Saluzzi, Chairman of ALFI, who spoke to us on the state of the Luxembourg investment fund industry, updates on Legal, Regulatory and Tax matters followed by a panel discussion on the practicalities and opportunities of AIFMD.

Please find the Invitation with all details here.

Tax Update presented by David Roach

Legal and Regulatory Update presented by Jérôme Wigny

 Luxembourg’s Tax System – a 2020 vision?

How will Luxembourg’s tax system evolve in the next six years?

What plans have the 2013 Coalition government already announced? Why is VAT going up? What have been the conclusions of the debate on the 2014 budget? How strongly will Luxembourg feel the effects of “external influencers” – such as the OECD and its BEPS initiative, and the EU Commission? Will Luxembourg’s tax “rulings” practice change radically?

What do we already know about the promised 2016 tax reform? What could we expect to be in it? How could it help the fund management industry? What should be in a “wish list” for 2016?

A distinguished panel discussed all of these questions, and many others that were raised on this vital topic for the Luxembourg business environment.

The panel was chaired by David Roach, Tax Technical Expert, PwC Luxembourg, who opened the meeting by giving a summary of the background and recent developments.

Our panel consisted of

Georges Deitz, Tax Partner, Deloitte Luxembourg

Keith O’Donnell, Managing Partner, ATOZ Luxembourg, Chairman ALFI Double Tax Treaties Committee

Wim Piot, Tax Leader, PwC Luxembourg

After the formal meeting drinks were served and the participants could meet their network, and raise questions in an informal setting with the panellists.

Detailed invitation

PRESENTATION

This year’s AGM was organised at Bernard Massard in Grevenmacher where short reports were presented by the Chairman, Treasurer, Honorary Auditor and Secretary and the floor has then been opened to the members to raise any questions pertaining to the organisation and running of the ABIAL Luxembourg. The official AGM was followed by a visit of the wine cellar and a cocktail.

Bus shuttle

A bus shuttle was organised from and to Glacis (leaving time: 6 pm and returning time: 9.30 pm)

AGM AGENDA

We have the pleasure in inviting you to our Professional Practice Update, which will take place at the Chamber of Commerce (7, rue Alcide de Gasperi) onTuesday, February 3, 2015 from8:30 am to 1:30 pm.

ABIAL has created an extensive program which includes Marc Saluzzi, Chairman of ALFI, who will speak on the state of the Luxembourg investment fund industry, updates on Legal, Regulatory and Tax matters, a panel discussion on cross border distribution and finally a discussion on remuneration.

Registration

Detailed invitation incl. agenda