Capital Markets: Publications

Global Spotlight:

Capital markets in 2025: The future of equity capital markets

Is the focus of capital markets finance moving eastward?

Will emerging market exchanges have the sophistication and infrastructure to challenge the IPO services offered by incumbent exchanges in the West? Where will the companies looking to list come from? What are the drivers behind the change in capital market dynamics?
These are some of the questions we address in this special report on the future of capital markets by 2025. In August 2011, we surveyed senior managers from companies across the globe to understand their views on the factors that are shaping the development of equity capital markets. Their answers were bracing.

Trading blocs

This report provides perspectives on the recent trends affecting M&A activity within the global stock exchange sector, focusing on potential future developments within the emerging markets.

The place for listing

PwC Luxembourg in collaboration with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange released the “The place for listing Alternative Investment Funds”. This brochure examines three major components of alternative investments, i.e. hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds and real estate funds, and their benefits to be listed in Luxembourg.
   

Seizing the opportunities offered by the capital markets

In the current business and regulatory environment, entering the international capital markets is a challenging task as selecting the right location, structure and timing requires insight and experience. Can you navigate this environment efficiently and have you considered the benefits connected with the listing of securities on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, which is widely recognised as a prime listing location for alternative investment products?


 

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange - A prime location for listing

In a context marked by in-depth legal and regulatory changes, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange offers an attractive international listing marketplace for a large range of securities. With 3,404 listed issuers coming from about 102 countries, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange meets capital market players’ needs as a result of a 80-year old experience, high-quality products and services as well as fast, flexible and secure processes.

The European securities industry is, more than ever, facing a major transformation driven by market needs for more transparency, control and cost reduction of front and back office services. This drive is reinforced by the expected profound changes to the industry triggered by Target 2 Securities (T2S). The Luxembourg financial centre – which is perceived as a key international securities back office platform – needs to consider these fundamental trends and define its model of the future whose aim should be to attract and retain the securities platforms of global financial institutions in Luxembourg.
   
The new law on Specialized Investment Fund came into force on February 13, 2007 On February 13, 2007, the 1991 law on UCIs dedicated to
institutional investors ceased to exist and was replaced by the aw on Specialized Investment Funds (“SIF”).