Counterpoint September 2024: Navigating market volatility
The adage “sell in May and go away”, referring to the historically weaker performance of stocks from May to October compared with the other half of the year, didn’t disappoint this time around, too.
Quintet Private Bank, headquartered in Luxembourg and operating across Europe and the UK, marked the 75th anniversary of its founding in the Grand Duchy.
Quintet Private Bank (Europe) S.A and/or the Quintet group entity in relation to which you use the website is/are the data controller(s) of this personal data (the organization(s) which alone or together determine(s) why and how personal data is used). The terms “Quintet” or “we” or “our” or “us” used in this Cookies Policy (the “Policy”) refer to such data controller(s).
At Quintet, we care about the privacy and personal data of our clients and visitors of our website. This Policy mainly describes how and why we will process any personal data collected from you or that you provide to us when visiting our website.
Purposes for collecting and using personal data
When you visit our website, we may collect personal data from you to allow us to provide certain services to you such as answering your questions or providing you with marketing information. You may also provide us with your personal data when you communicate with us through the contact forms on our website, register to download material, apply for a job or internship, sign up for newsletters, apply to attend an event proposed by Quintet or use the search section of the website.
We will process your personal data for the purposes listed above on the basis of one or more of the following:
the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for entering into a contract with you;
the processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation;
the processing is necessary for our or a third party’s legitimate interests, for example when answering any queries from you, providing newsletter services and other email marketing regarding services you receive from Quintet, managing requests (e.g. to attend an event), compiling statistics, improving our website or its user experience as well as any services we provide to you; or
you have given your prior consent, for example, to receive commercial communications from us or third parties or for us to use cookies (please see section “Cookies” below in this respect).
The personal data that we collect from you may, depending on your use of our website, include your name, your surname, email address, the company for which you work, company address, telephone number, the country or city where you live.
The current cookies are in used on our site, this list might be modified from time to time to comply with applicable laws or to reflect our updated business practices. Any update will be monitored and update frequently in this page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Please note that any cookies that have life span over 1 year, will require re-consent after 1 year
Data Disclosure
To meet the purposes for which we collect and use your personal data, we may share your personal data with other entities within the Quintet Group, with our service providers which support us technically in the provision of our website and services, with public administrations and related bodies to the extent necessary for us to comply with any applicable laws and regulations as well as with potential purchasers of, or investors in, some or all of our business, and with their advisors and financiers where we have a legitimate interest to do so.
How we protect your personal data
We have implemented administrative, technical and physical safeguards for our websites to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, unauthorised alteration or unlawful destruction. In addition, we require such service providers to put in place appropriate technical and organisational security measures in respect of any of this personal data.
Your rights
You have the following rights regarding the use of your personal data by us (subject to applicable exemptions):
right to access the personal data held about you and receive additional information about how it is processed;
right to correct any inaccurate and complete any incomplete personal data;
right to delete your personal data from our systems, e.g. where the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the specified purposes;
right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances,
e.g. where you contest its accuracy or object to processing;
right to receive your personal data in an interoperable format, or have it directly transmitted to another organisation;
right to withdraw your consent at any time where you have provided us with your consent to the processing of personal data (in particular regarding the receipt of commercial communications and cookies tracking website use, creating personalised content and processing analytics);
right to object the processing of your personal data, in certain circumstances and considering other regulatory requirements, in particular where we rely on legitimate interests, including for profiling; and
right to lodge a complaint with the Luxembourg Data Protection Authority (the Commission nationale pour la protection des données) or any other competent Data Protection Authority.If you wish to make a request in relation to any of the rights listed above or if you would like to raise any other questions relating to data protection, you may contact Quintet’s group data protection officer using the following email address: DPOGROUP@QUINTET.COM or DPO@brownshipley.co.uk.
Data Retention
Cookies have the life span of 1 year. Any cookies that have life span over 1 year, will strictly require re-consent after the expiration
Changes to this Cookies Policy
From time to time, we may change this Policy. Any changes that we may make to our Policy will be posted on this page. The revised Policy will be effective immediately upon posting to our website for first time visitors and one month after posting for repeat visitors.
