Positioning itself as a gateway for European and global capital into India, Luxembourg on Thursday outlined a five-point roadmap to deepen financial cooperation, calling it a “historic opportunity” as momentum builds around the proposed EU–India trade deal.
“This is a historic opportunity to work with India and we should seize this opportunity. India’s market and growth story is remarkable,” Gilles Roth, Minister of Finance, Luxembourg, said at the Global Securities Markets Conclave 2.0 in GIFT City while highlighting India’s rapid capital markets expansion and growing retail investor base.
Roth said the EU-India trade deal would be a “strategic step forward,” increasing predictability for businesses, deepening investment links and creating more structured economic cooperation. “Fewer frictions and more confidence and more incentives to build long term partnerships,” he said.
With India’s capital markets expanding rapidly and its funding needs rising, Luxembourg positioned itself as a platform to channel European and global capital into India.
Easing cross-border flows
“Luxembourg is a cross-border financial centre by design. We specialise in building bridges between countries, investor bases and real economy needs… We host around €8 trillion in assets under management, distribute funds in over 80 countries, represent about 60 per cent of global cross-border fund distribution, and have more than 115 banks from over 20 countries operating within its jurisdiction,” Roth said.
“In Luxembourg we see two clear options for cooperation — supporting Indian institutions seeking European and global investors through Luxembourg structures and platforms and for facilitating European and global investments into India. Here we have enormous potential,” he added.
5-point plan
Roth also outlined a five-point framework to deepen financial integration between India and Luxembourg, aimed at easing cross-border capital flows and strengthening market connectivity. The first pillar focused on investment fund and asset management connectivity, with Luxembourg offering its fund structures and platforms to help Indian asset managers and institutions access European and global investors.
The second area centred on reducing friction for high-quality issuers and investors, including facilitating sustainable listings and improving market access mechanisms between the two jurisdictions. Thirdly, Luxembourg saw a scope to channel European institutional capital into India’s large investment requirements across infrastructure, energy, industry, innovation and urban development. The emphasis, Roth said, would be on making projects “investable, transparent and scalable.”
The fourth pillar targeted collaboration in digitalisation of financial markets, including tokenisation and the use of artificial intelligence in capital market infrastructure, while the fifth called for a more structured and operational policy dialogue, aimed at strengthening regulatory cooperation and making existing frameworks more effective for cross-border market participants.
Published on February 26, 2026