In focusing on the ethical dimension of its services, which includes socially responsible investment as well as microfinance and philanthropy, the Bank demonstrates its sensitivity to the particular interests of women where investment is concerned.

Specific interests

Women have a special approach to asset management and particular requirements from it. The Bank’s advisers understand this perfectly and they point out that women have a greater tendency to invest their money with a concern for projects and a long-term vision. “Women are less interested than men in the products as such,” explains Viviane Feiereisen, Private Banking Adviser at Banque de Luxembourg. Over our many years of experience of one-to-one meetings, and at conferences and discussions organised by the Bank, women have shown how much they care about the social impact of their investments and the values conveyed by the companies in which they invest their money. Whether they are investing for their own future or that of their children, women want their actions to be meaningful. In this way they contribute to creating a virtuous circle in a world where competition and a desire for profit are often the only rule.

Socially responsible investment: an ethical step

Socially responsible investment (SRI) is one way of responding to their wishes. As the financial journal Les Échos reminds us: “The practice of SRI consists of taking social, ethical and environmental criteria into account in your investment decisions, in addition to traditional financial considerations. This can take various forms including investing in funds which refuse to invest in certain industries (e.g. tobacco or weapons), funds which use social and environmental ratings for their decisions, or funds which seek to influence the decisions of companies in which they are shareholders in an ethical or sustainable development direction. It can also take the form of financial products which donate a proportion of their profits to social or sustainable development projects.”

Banque de Luxembourg endorses this approach

Avoiding fashionable trends and always keeping a long-term development perspective, Banque de Luxembourg has been involved in socially responsible investment for over ten years now, led by the Bank’s Head of Equities, Joël Reuland. The BL Equities Horizon fund contains stocks selected by the Bank which respond to the ethical, economic, social and ecological criteria that are particularly close to women’s hearts.

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