As a transition enabler, Spuerkeess plans to contribute to the national target of electrifying 49% of Luxembourg’s car fleet by 2030. Thus, since 2018, the Bank has included electric vehicles in its Lease Plus offer, and these now account for 80% of the leases taken out by the Bank's customers. This very strong interest in electric cars is partly due to the desire to "consume better and more sustainably", but is also due to our attractive Lease Plus offers. Emir Mustafic, Business Developer - Private Lease at Spuerkeess, gives us the criteria to be taken into account when buying or leasing an electric vehicle.
Expertise. Stability. Reliability.
In light of the recent economic environment and the arrival of MiFID II, which further regulates investment advice and portfolio management, clients have become more exacting in terms of financial advice. Claude Hirtzig, Senior Vice President, Head of Private Banking, explains how Spuerkeess has reshaped its offering to provide an optimal framework for clients’ investments.
Activmandate
We have also been extensively developing our discretionary management offering, Activmandate, through which clients can delegate investment of their assets to their banker in order to be free of the day-to-day monitoring of their portfolio. Discretionary investments are naturally made in strict accordance with clients’ chosen investment profile. Clients can notably choose between two fee options, i.e. an all-in offering or a performance-fee related offering.
In terms of additional services, Spuerkeess provides clients with reports to help with tax returns in Luxembourg and surrounding countries, as well as tax reclaim services for clients wishing to claim back withholding tax on foreign investments. In addition to these financial and tax aspects, Spuerkeess' Private Banking Advisors are also key points of contact for real estate investments and estate planning.
In Private Banking, the digitalisation process took place first and foremost at advisory support, reporting and risk management levels. To address this, we have implemented a new in-house advisory tool, which enables clients, together with their dedicated advisor, to determine their profile interactively and tailor-make their portfolio to match their financial goals and risk profile.
The clients particularly appreciate the visualisation of the development of their portfolio and the possibility to simulate adaptations to then decide their concrete implementation. These simulations can moreover be sent electronically to the S-Net platform, in order that the client may make its investment choices even without being physically present with the advisor.