Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry


The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry is a non-profit-making trade association that is the representative body of the Luxembourg investment fund community. Created in 1988, the Association represents over 1,400 Luxembourg domiciled investment funds, asset management companies and a wide range of service providers such as depositary banks, fund administrators, transfer agents, distributors, law firms, consultants, tax experts, auditors and accountants, specialist IT providers and communication companies. ALFI is an active member of EFAMA, the European Fund and Asset Management Association, the European Federation for Retirement and IIFA, the International Investment Funds Association. As of 17 June 2015 its chairman is Denise Voss, Conducting Officer at Franklin Templeton Investments Luxembourg.
The Luxembourg Fund industry is the largest fund domicile in Europe and a worldwide leader in cross-border distribution of funds. Luxembourg-domiciled investment structures are distributed on a global basis in more than 70 countries with a particular focus on Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
ALFI actively promotes the Luxembourg investment fund industry, its products and its services. It represents the sector in financial and in economic missions organised by the Luxembourg government around the world and takes an active part in meetings of the global fund industry.

Membership

Membership of ALFI is open to investment funds and investment fund service providers, both of which must be established and authorised to carry out their activities in Luxembourg.
Eligible investment funds are Undertakings for Collective Investment and other regulated investment vehicles. Eligible fund service providers include but are not limited to companies such as custodian banks, fund administrators and managers, transfer agents, distributors, legal firms, consultants, tax offices, auditors and accountants, IT providers and communication companies.
Associate membership is also available to foreign entities provided that they offer services to members.
As of March 2018, there were 1,031 member funds, 348 service providers and 31 associate members.

Aims and purpose

ALFI defined its five key objectives as follows:
ALFI actively promotes the Luxembourg investment fund industry, its products and its services. It represents the sector in financial and economic missions organised by the Luxembourg government around the world and takes an active part in meetings of the global fund industry.

Chairman of the board