LHoFT

Fintech Friday - The Age of Tomorrow
2019-03-15 17:30 - 18:00 UTC | Luxembourg
Description
Dear Innovators, Partners & Friends,
We are thrilled to invite you to our Fintech Friday – The Age of Tomorrow Edition
Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing (and coolest) Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech Entrepreneurs, Executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts and Business Angels.
This Fintech Friday is very special as we will have the pleasure to welcome Mr Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister and LHoFT Chairman discussing Government’s 2019 mission on fostering Fintech Innovation in Luxembourg.
In addition, we will have with us the 11: FS Team running Fintech Insider, a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking and financial services.
You will meet our newly joined members and celebrate the growth of Luxembourg’s ecosystem with us!
The event is sponsored by Satispay & Tokeny
PS: Don’t forget to take a memorable picture in our Photo Booth
We are looking forward to see you there!
Join us for this unique gathering. ​Registration on invitation only.

“The 101 on Recruitment” - A Masterclass with Do Recruitment Advisors
2019-03-15 16:00 - 17:00
Description
For LHoFT & Host Members only
“The 101 on Recruitment” – A Masterclass with Do Recruitment Advisors

The LHoFT is inviting you to the « 101 on Recruitment » – A Masterclass with Do Recruitment Advisors March 15th. During this session, you will learn about the full recruitment life cycle and how to proceed, taking one step at a time.
Agenda:

Recruitment needs: how to draft a job description for the searched profile?
Spreading the word: which channels to use to get the right profile?
Screening: how to select the right received CVs? What are the key attention points to keep in mind? (work permit, career path…)
Selection process: how to conduct interviews?
Offer: what are the common salary and benefits in Luxembourg? What are the social security contribution rates the employers have to pay?
Hire: how to onboard newcomers?
End of contract: what are the different notices to take into consideration?

The speakers:
Ms Aideen Flannery is a highly skilled senior recruitment specialist focusing on the financial services sector in Luxembourg. She has an honors degree in business studies from the University of Limerick in Ireland and after completing an internship, she returned to Luxembourg to work as an external auditor for one of the Big 4 firms. After almost 3 years auditing investment funds and management companies, she missed the people connection and decided to move into the human resources world. Aideen is in charge of the financial services division and is mainly focused on accounting, internal audit and is highly involved in all regulatory positions from senior to executive level.
Ms Sonia Prince is a Recruiter expert in identifying and attracting the best and most diverse talents available from both local and international sources. After attaining her Master’s degree in Law in France, she worked as a Legal counsel, prior to making the transition into recruitment. She has worked as a recruitment manager at KPMG and is now heading the legal and Fintech division at DO Recruitment Advisors.

Forum Fintech Grandes Écoles et Universités
2019-03-14 14:00 - 23:30
Description
Forum Fintech Grandes Écoles et Universités
Get the opportunity to

Meet numerous students coming from leading engineering schools, business schools and universities looking for job opportunities
Showcase your Fintech
Network and find your right match

The students are coming from …
Agenda
2.00pm – 3.00pm: Opening & LHoFT Presentation
4.00 pm – 4.50pm : Startup Pitches – 10 firms pitch in front of students
6pm30: Fintech Best Pitch award
7.00pm – 7h30pm: Closure Keynote
8.00pm – 10+ pm: Networking
The LHoFT has a 15m2 booth located at the main entrance of the Recruitment Hall
For more information, contact us

A la veille du Brexit : quelles perspectives pour le Luxembourg?
2019-03-13
Description
L’Amicale des Anciens Résidents Luxembourgeois de la Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre à Paris organise une table ronde :
A la veille du Brexit : Quelles perspectives pour le Luxembourg? Relations bilatérales, Place financière, Etudiants,…
Participants :
M. Pierre Gramegna, Ministre des Finances du Luxembourg
S.E. John Marshall, Ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni
M. Nazir Zubairi, CEO of The LHoFT
M. Philippe Frieden, étudiant au Royaume-Uni
Modération : M. François Biltgen, Président de l’Amicale
La conférence sera bilingue (français-anglais) et ouverte au public
Contact: weckerjohn@yahoo.com

Meet-Match Student Recruitment Forum - Uni.lu students meet Fintech Leaders
2019-03-11 16:00 - 23:30
Description
Meet&Match Student Recruitment Forum – Uni.lu students meet Fintech Leaders
You are a graduate or undergraduate student looking for an internship, a summer job, thesis projects or want to jumpstart your career with one of European’s most innovative Fintech Leaders, then take a shot at March 11th from 4 pm to 7 pm.
Seize the opportunity and…

Discover Luxembourg’s Fintech Innovation Hub!
Present yourself to leading Fintech Firms! You got one minute to convince! Three questions matter. Who are you ? What are you looking for and why? Due to time restrictions only Master students can pitch.
Network and find your right match!

Agenda:

3h30 pm – Doors open
4h00 pm – Welcome Speech
4h10 pm – Student presentations
5h00 pm – Meet&Match Networking

An introduction of yourself on stage is not mandatory. If you plan to only take part in the networking session, you are more than welcome.
PS: Dress code “casual” and be equipped with your CV.
Registrations to get your pitching slot close on Thursday March 7.
How to get started?
Register and send your CV in pdf form directly to antony.martini@lhoft.lu by mentioning if you intend to present.
This event is sponsored by Finologee
Supported by Do Recruitment Advisors and Uni.lu Incubator
Participating Firms:
Algoreg products enable a fast and compliant onboarding, decreasing operational KYC and reducing negative impacts on customers.
AMD Group automates tasks and integrates AI to appropriate business processes aiming at helping financial firms reduce costs and make their HR focusing on most critical activities.
ANote Music is the European marketplace for music rights. Through ANote Music, anybody can invest in music and purchase rights that artists, record labels and publishers decide to sell on the platform.
Apla is a blockchain platform for organizing economic, public and social activities. These events are powered by smart laws and smart contracts.
behave builds quantitative factor based models for investment professionals, including stock and style selection as well as sector and equity/cash allocation.
bitFlyer Inc. is the largest bitcoin exchange in the world by volume, transacting $100 billion year-to-date. Since it was founded in 2014, bitFlyer has grown to nearly 1 million users worldwide.
Bitvalley is building a new decentralized economic model, facilitating the adoption of blockchain technology in domains that are ripe for disruption.
CFinance offers easily accessible unsecured loans online with a focus on user friendliness and quality of the service to customers who are in need of financial aid in Finland and Sweden.
Compellio is a software company that develops enterprise applications for private and public organisations, including cloud platforms for digital asset transaction on the blockchain.
Crosslend offers single-loan securitisation as a service, transforming loans into fungible bonds to enable both institutional & retail investment in consumer and SME credit.
Cyberhedge helps companies better mitigate their cyber risk by expressing the risk in financial terms. Their R&D department’s responsibility is to develop and improve our financial models.
Emergent Payments offers both payment facilitation and gateway services through advanced technology, local operations, data analysis and an experienced payments team.
Finologee helps financial industry players re-think, invent and build their customers’ experience.
Governance.com enables their clients to deal with regulatory requirements effortlessly, by collecting and connecting all their data and documents.
Greenwich Dealing offers an outsourced trading solution to provide Clients / Funds with access to Global Markets in a fully transparent process.
Hacknowledge is a Swiss-made security monitoring solution that helps shorten the time between breach and detection.
HQLAχ provides market participants with a platform improving collateral fluidity by creating a new, more efficient, transparent and cost effective marketplace for liquidity transfers.
Jemmic provides professional services, custom software components and solutions for protecting web sites, portals and users.
Label R provides a unique ESG and ethical certification and benchmarking for companies and funds.
LendInvest is the UK’s leading marketplace platform for property lending and investing, and one of the UK’s largest non-bank mortgage lenders.
Licorne Capital designs digital solutions for dynamic and automatic management of stock market portfolios, producing regular annual performance and integrating risk control.
Numbrs is a customer-centric financial services firm enabling its customers to manage their existing bank accounts and personal finances and to buy any financial product from every provider at the best possible price.
Peer Mountain is a blockchain-agnostic decentralized ecosystem for identity aggregation and trust.
Satispay is a new payment system allowing customers to pay in stores or your friends from your smartphone within seconds. The service is completely free and available for download for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.
At SEQVOIA back office headaches for the fund management industry are solved. KIIDs, PRIIPs and Fund Prospectuses can be produced and managed on SEQVOIA’s FundD software.
Scorechain provides business intelligence and big data for the blockchain technologies as well as risk analysis and metrics for transactions and keys to its customers.
Sikoba is a decentralized platform based on peer-to-peer IOUs and build on blockchain technology. Participants who know and trust each other in real life grant each other credit lines in the Sikoba system
SnapSwap offers a fully automated online and mobile onboarding solution for banks institutions, telecom operators, insurance companies and investment industry.
Stampify is an entrepreneurship-centric platform to tokenise capital increases. SMEs benefits from the dynamic corporate governance toolbox enhancing a fully digitised 1-to-1 shareholding relationship.
StarTalers is an online financial coach and roboadvisor that supports women willing to invest sustainably.
Stokr is an accessible and easy to use peer-to-peer investment platform connecting investors and business founders to finance forward-thinking ideas and to share future profits.
Tetrao’s technology enables the automation of any process a human work does on a Web browser, being on public websites or backoffices.
Tokeny is the European market-leader in delivering an institutional grade, secure end-to-end platform, allowing for the issuance and servicing management of digital securities.Tus-S&T is a large technology investment and service group affiliated with Tsinghua University, China. Tuspark operates over 80 incubators hosting more than 5000 innovative startups.
ume has been designed to respond to the asset management industry for an effective automated due diligence of fund distributors.
VNX Exchange is the first marketplace and trading platform for tokenized venture capital assets.

PRESENT WITH IMPACT with Nasir Zubairi
2019-03-07 16:00 - 23:30
Description
For University students only
As a leadup to our Meet&Match – Students Recruitment Forum on March 11th, we welcome Uni.lu students to an exclusive Masterclass on ”Presentation Skills”, Thursday, 7th of March.
PRESENT WITH IMPACT
with Nasir Zubairi, CEO of the LHoFT
Description
The way you present yourself or pitch has a tremendous effect on your visibility and credibility. The first impression you make on your audience, whatever the setting, can be the difference between business success or hitting a brick wall.
During this interactive session with Nasir, you will learn how to

Raise your confidence
Create the right impression
Communicate with impact

Speaker: Nasir Zubairi
Nasir is CEO of The LHoFT – The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology, a public/private sector initiative to drive fintech innovation in Luxembourg. He is also a Non-Executive Board Director of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) S.A and sits on the IMF’s High Level Advisory Group on Finance and Technology. Nasir has worked in Financial Services for 20 years. He spent 13 years working within Capital Markets at RBS, ICAP, HSBC and EBS. He has been immersed in the Fintech and startup sector for the past seven years. As an entrepreneur, Nasir has built multiple Fintech businesses across verticals. He has advised the boards of leading financial institutions, central banks and governments. Nasir is included in the “Top 40 innovators shaping the future of financial services -2014” by The Wall Street Journal/Financial News. Nasir has a BSc from the London School of Economics and is a Sloan Fellow from London Business School.

ALFI European Asset Management Conference 2019
2019-03-05 - 2019-03-06
Description
The ALFI European Asset Management Conference is the annual forum where the European asset management community – including investors, asset managers, fund administrators and fund selectors – shares, analyses and debates the most pressing industry aspects.
The event will examine the 4 Ps of asset management:
PRODUCT – PROGRESS – PEOPLE – PREDICTION
and look at key business drivers, strategic issues, innovation in operations, asset allocation, product development and many other pertinent subjects.
Why attend?

Join some 600 delegates from more than 25 countries at THE event which puts Asset Managers and Investors centre-stage
Learn how to best navigate the current industry environment
Benefit from numerous networking opportunities with top representatives of the international Asset Management industry all gathered in one place
Use the opportunity to engage with the ALFI community representing the second largest investment fund domicile in the world

All the details hereafter

Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe
2019-03-04 16:00 - 23:30
Description
Programme :
16.00 : Registration
16.15 : Welcome
16.20 : Book presentation with a specific focus on the GDPR chapter by Michèle Finck, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich), University College London (London) and Centre on Regulation in Europe (Brussels).
16.50 : Book discussion with Jean-Louis Schiltz, Professor (hon.) at the University of Luxembourg
17.20 : Blockchain and regulation in practice: a use case. A discussion with Luxtrust and CNPD moderated by Charles-Henri Laevens, Senior associate, Allen&Overy
17.45 : Q&A
17.55 : Closing remarks
18.00 : Networking drink

About Michèle Finck
Michèle Finck is a Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich), a Research Fellow at University College London (London) and an Academic Fellow at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (Brussels). She previously worked at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Beyond her scholarly research, Michèle has experience advising national and international institutions on the regulatory implications of digitalization and is also a member of the European Union’s Blockchain Observatory and Forum. https://michelefinck.eu/

Build your own blockchain application with Hyperledger Fabric
2019-02-28 17:30 - 23:30
Description
Eager to increase your blockchain skills, but hardly have the chance to do so?
IBM developer advocate, Edward Ciggaar, is coming to LHoFT for an interactive session on developing blockchain applications using Hyperledger Fabric. Don’t miss it!
After this workshop you will be able to:
Understand the concepts of permissioned blockchains
Understand the role of the developer in a blockchain project
Identify the types of problems best suited to blockchain solutions
***Bring your own laptop***

The GCC Financial Forum 2019
2019-02-26 - 2019-02-27
Description
In February 2019, Euromoney and the Bahrain Economic Development Board ​will be hosting the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Fintastic Bahrain Week.
As part of this week, in strategic partnership with Euromoney Conferences, the Bahrain Economic Development Board ​will be hosting this year’s GCC Financial Forum. The theme is ‘The Reinvention of Financial Services’ where we will analyse Responsible Finance, Women Driving Innovation in Finance, Open Banking, Global Trends and much more.
The events will showcase top leaders in the FinTech and financial sector’s experiences, thoughts, and predictions on the current and future state of the GCC’s finance sector. The Bahrain Economic Development Board will also be hosting other events and immersive workshops for the local FinTech community.
List of speakers available here
Detailed Agenda available here
Fintastic Bahrain Week 2019

Fintech Friday - We LHoFT Fintech (St. Valentine)
2019-02-15 17:30 - 23:30
Description
Dear Innovators, Partners & Friends,
We are excited to invite you and your partner to our Fintech Friday – St. Valentine’s Day Edition
Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing (and coolest) Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech Entrepreneurs, Executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts and Business Angels.
You will meet our newly joined members and celebrate the growth of Luxembourg’s ecosystem with us!
As a special guest, we have the honor to welcome one of Luxemboug’s leading entrepreneurial and business actors, CEO and Co-Founder of SEQVOIA, Mr Nicolas Buck, sharing his view on the Fintech and Startup innovation landscape in Luxembourg.
In addition, we have chosen Truffle Capital for this edition’s 2 minutes Fintech Pitch.
PS: Don’t forget to take a picture in our St. Valentine’s booth corner.
We are looking forward to see you there!
The event is sponsored by SEQVOIA

Digital Marketing: An overview
2019-02-15 16:00 - 23:30
Description
Digital Marketing : An overview
On the agenda:
Through this 1 hour workshop you will exchange, learn and develop your skills to build an actionable digital strategy that supports your business goals.
We also bring to you Kamel Amroune that will share his experience on how he transformed Farvest Group to the leading B2B integrated Marketing & Communications agency in Luxembourg
Speakers:
Manon Loison is a communication and marketing professional that has developped since its creation the LHoFT brand and identity. She was awarded « Young Marketing Talent of the Year » at the Gala Marketer in Luxembourg in 2018.
Kamel Amroune is CEO of Farvest Group and Founder of ICTSpring, the largest Tech conference in Luxembourg. Farvest Group is recognised as a strategic partner by numerous companies and public entities, with more than 2,000 client references. In 15 years, Farvest Group has acquired a unique know-how in modelling and promoting communities and events, as well as pioneering initiatives in many sectors including Startups and Fintechs.

Petit-Déjeuner - Wellbeing & Performance - HR One
2019-02-14 08:30 - 12:00
Description
Les petits-déjeuners HR One sont l’occasion pour les professionnels des ressources humaines de se retrouver le temps d’une matinée pour débattre des enjeux actuels du secteur. DRH et experts locaux interviennent de 9h00 à 11h00 autour d’un petit-déjeuner pour partager leurs expériences et bonnes pratiques appliquées au sein de leur société.
Inscriptions ci-après
PROGRAMME – 14/02/2019

8:30: Ouverture des portes
9:00 : Mot d’ouverture
9:05 : Keynote I, Emilie Allaert, Head of Operations and Projects, The LHoFT
09:25: Keynote II, Fanny Taburel, Founder, The Emotional Intelligence Academy
09:45: Keynote III, Fabrice Croiseaux, CEO, InTech S.A.
10:00: Pause
10:15: Keynote IV
10:35: Startup Insights (3 x 5 minutes)
10:55: Ecosystem brainstorming & conclusion

10 Years of Bitcoin...What's Next?
2019-02-06
Description
10 Years of Bitcoin…What’s Next?
bitFlyer Europe and the Luxembourg House of Financial technology are proud to present ’10 Years of Bitcoin… what’s next?’ where we will dive into the key industry developments and trends surrounding the blockchain and Fintech industry at the start of 2019.
Agenda:

18:30-19:00 – Welcome drinks and registration
19:00-19:10 – Opening remarks
19:10-19:30 – 3 pitches / presentations (5 min each)
19:30-20:15 – Fireside chat/ Panel-discussion – ’10 Years of Bitcoin…what’s next?’
20:15-20:30 – Open Q&A
20:30-21:30 – Networking + food/drinks

We are proud to present 3 amazing companies from outside Luxembourg that will showcase their businesses and provide their unique insights for the panel discussion.
Register here
***Speakers***
Anton Abashkin, COO VNX Exchange
Anton Abashkin spent most of his career in PWC Russia developing and leading Center for Technology and Innovation (CTI). His main areas of expertise included strategy and financing of early-stage businesses as well as corporate innovation and venture capital.
Andy Bryant, COO of bitFlyer Europe
Andy Bryant is the COO of bitFlyer Europe, the European division of one of the world’s largest bitcoin exchanges by trading volume. He has worked in finance and technology for more than ten years, including as the global COO for and M&A advisory firm, BDA Partners and as the CEO of his own technology start-up. He studied at the University of Bath and the Tokyo Institute of Technology and has received awards from Daiwa Securities and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
David Carlisle, Head of Community at Elliptic
David Carlisle is the Head of Community at Elliptic, a provider of cryptocurrency forensics and compliance solutions, where he leads engagement with regulators and other external stakeholders. David has over a decade of experience in AML/CTF compliance and regulatory matters, and previously worked at the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. He is an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a UK think tank, where he has authored reports on terrorist and criminal use of cryptocurrencies, and appropriate policy responses.

Startup Stories Kick-off
2019-01-31 18:30 - 23:30
Description
La série « Start-up Stories » rythmera l’année par 5 événements, chacun parrainé par une personnalité ou un expert de la création d’entreprise.
Ne manquez pas la grande soirée de lancement le 31 janvier au den Atelier en présence de la Luxembourg House of FinTech (LHoFT), du Luxembourg-City Incubator et du Lux Future Lab!
Parrainée par Oussama Amar, entrepreneur et business angel fondateur de The Family qui nous proposera une keynote en ouverture, cette soirée sera l’occasion de présenter les incubateurs et acteurs privés qui soutiennent l’écosystème start-up et lancer la série événementielle de la Saison 11.
All infos hereafter
