In 2020, the world will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday. In Hong Kong, his birthday will be celebrated in style during The HK Arts Festival starting on 13 February 2020, lasting a full month.Please check out the complete program of the HK Arts Festival in their brochure (click). On 12, 13, 14 March the Belgian orchestra […]
EU Regulation on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector published! A report from our BLCC Corporate member Arendt. In response to growing concerns over climate change, and as part of broader efforts to connect finance with the specific needs of the European & global economy for the benefit of the planet and our society, […]
Your BLCC is happy & thankful to introduce you to our new 2020 Silver sponsor Expat & Co. Expat & Co is a Belgian company based in Brussels, providing tailor-made insurances for global citizens. With a focus on expats, students studying abroad, academics and globetrotters, Expat & Co has a wide range of packages that will […]
Luxembourg for Finance has released the latest edition of their magazine LEO. This new edition talks about The Brave New World of Payments and features an article with PayPal. Please have a read by clicking here.
Our BLCC Corporate member CLP announced on 10 December that it will relieve the tariff pressure for all Small-and-Medium Enterprise (SME) customers from the increased use of natural gas for low-carbon power generation in 2020 through a subsidy. The subsidy is part of a more-than-HK$200 million CLP Power’s relief plan that will benefit different sectors […]
As an Intern at the BLCC I have received a very wide range of tasks & responsibilities. I have had the chance to learn the do’s and dont’s of event management, built up a website, take care of administrative work, contacted and approached potential new members and sponsors and I have been creating a digital […]
Asset Management Paper The purpose of this paper is to identify what recommendations can be made to enhance the business and relations between Hong Kong and Europe in the asset management industry. It more particularly looks for industry practitioners to voice upon their most pressing issues currently affecting their daily jobs, or issues identified as […]
Summary by EuroCham This report concludes that despite the existence of certain risks, ICOs have the potential to provide a new method of raising capital for projects enabled by distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), such as blockchain, if appropriately regulated and supervised. Click here for the Report
Belgium is getting its first female prime minister. Budget and Civil Service Minister Sophie Wilmes will succeed Charles Michel, who has served in an acting capacity since an inconclusive election in May. He’s taking office as president of the European Council, which involves chairing meetings of European Union leaders, on Dec. 1. Continue reading on Bloomberg
The Brussels Times reports this surprising news! A Belgian sparkling wine was selected by the judges of the international wine competition in Brussels to win the 2019 International Revelation Sparkling wine award, over several French champagnes.The 2014 Cuvée Prestige from Chant d’Éole in Quévy was named this year’s “revelation” at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, […]