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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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