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Inside magazine issue 12 | Editorial<br />

Editorial<br />

Dear readers,<br />

It should be clear to everyone following<br />

the news nowadays that the economy<br />

has never been in such a state of rapid<br />

evo<strong>lu</strong>tion, being disrupted by continuous<br />

innovation while being subjected to<br />

external pressures such as increased<br />

regulation and new competitors that put<br />

profits at risk.<br />

Our Inside edition aims to provide the<br />

leaders (CEO/CFO/COO/CHRO) of today<br />

with the keys to decrypting the global<br />

trends that are already—and will continue<br />

to be—impacting the financial services<br />

industry in the short and medium term.<br />

Digital disruption is still one area of focus,<br />

with new players and innovative so<strong>lu</strong>tions<br />

coming onto the market every week,<br />

revo<strong>lu</strong>tionizing the way banks, investment<br />

funds, insurance companies and other<br />

financial services providers are working,<br />

and with it their business models and<br />

sources of revenues.<br />

All of these trends are not worth<br />

considering, however, if we neglect the<br />

human capital, with people adapting<br />

themselves to the future and being directly<br />

affected by the changes in the end. The<br />

scale of disruption is so wide that all<br />

the layers of the organization are being<br />

impacted, requiring not only changes to<br />

how it is structured in order to become<br />

more flexible, but also the way human<br />

resources strategies are defined and<br />

adapted to this new approach.<br />

The financial services industry seems to be<br />

in turmoil, but these challenging times are<br />

also ideal for fostering rapid transformation<br />

and conceiving the companies of<br />

tomorrow.<br />

We wish you an inspiring read and hope<br />

this edition will contribute to success<strong>full</strong>y<br />

bringing your organisation forward in the<br />

next stage of its development.<br />

As the world at large is moving fast,<br />

companies are still looking for means to<br />

preserve their profits and margins while<br />

under pressure from external factors such<br />

as regulation. But the latter also give rise<br />

to good opportunities if companies are<br />

able to use constraints and turn them into<br />

competitive advantages, especially when<br />

working abroad.<br />

Deloitte Luxembourg<br />

560, rue de Neudorf<br />

L-2220 Luxembourg<br />

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg<br />

Tel: +352 451 451<br />

www.deloitte.<strong>lu</strong><br />

Benjamin Collette<br />

Partner<br />

Strategy<br />

& Corporate Finance<br />

Financial Services<br />

Industry Leader<br />

Basil Sommerfeld<br />

Partner<br />

Business Operations<br />

& Human Capital<br />

Global Consulting Leader<br />

Real Estate<br />

Julien Schaffner<br />

Senior Manager<br />

Business Operations<br />

& Human Capital<br />

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