Products and Services

2012-06-green

In the present context of an economic and financial crisis, the Kyoto Protocol, the French “Grenelle de l’environnement” and stimulus plans have placed socially responsible investments and the topic of sustainable development to the forefront of the scene.

2012-06-obligation-convertible

Investors on Monaco’s financial market are seeking optimal security for their investments together with the best yield. Today this is a delicate exercise, as it is a case of reconciling what are historically very low monetary rates with an uncertain macroeconomic climate in Europe correlated with public deficits. The one definite vector for growth is that of the emerging countries.

2012-06-finance-islamique

The Islamic Finance sector has grown by 15% per year over the last ten years and the sums involved in 2010 are estimated to amount to 1,000 billion dollars. Standard and Poor’s estimates that the potential market in this sector could be 2,900 billion dollars. The French legal and tax framework offers an opportunity worth consideration by Monaco’s financial markets.

BF 2011-2012 p14-sepa smallSEPA: The Principality activates migration towards the new European payment systems

The creation of an internal market with payment in euros is under way. Monaco is committed to the single area comprising 32 European states and is making rapid progress.

BF 2010-2011 p20-financeverte smallAs from 2002, the Constitutional Reserve Fund of the Principality decided to include “green financing” funds in its investment portfolio. This policy was confirmed on the occasion of a major international call for proposals launched in 2009, the first of its kind for the management of State reserves. In the process of a strategic reallocation of the portfolio to diversify asset classes, a significant part of the allocation is now devoted to an “Environment Sustainable Development Shares” pocket.

BF 2010-2011 p30-microfinance smallAt the instigation of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, the Government of the Principality has launched an ambitious policy of international cooperation for development, with the fight against poverty as its main aim.

BF 2009-2010 p44-fonds smallLaw 1339 of 7th September 2007 broadened the range of fund asset types, making it possible to hold non-financial assets. It was a major development.