Maxime Smekens

Mr. Maxime Smekens is an EM Research Analyst at BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments SA. He joined BLI – Banque de Luxembourg Investments in March 2019 as an Emerging Markets Bond analyst, fresh from his business engineering degree at UCL (Université Catholique de Louvain) in Belgium.
He is very familiar with emerging markets, as he spent part of his life in Asia and Eastern Europe.
During his studies, Maxime developed an interest in global macroeconomic impacts on the markets and quantitative financial analysis.
His first foray into asset management was at Belfius, where he developed a fund-screening platform in line with ESG (environmental, social, and governmental) criteria.