Aurès Advisory
Aurès Advisory AURÈS ADVISORY
Aurès Advisory — Luxembourg Financial Services
Advisory Firm

Services built on expertise.

Independent advisory for financial institutions, spanning transformation, regulatory delivery, and tokenization, led by senior practitioners with no product affiliations.

Senior-led delivery Measurable outcomes

→ Select a block below to explore, this chain has zero gas fees.

Our Sectors Banking, asset management, insurance, capital markets, payments, and fintech.
01 — What we do

Three ledgers of delivery.

03 blocks · 10 disciplines

An advisory firm working exclusively across financial services, from Luxembourg. Every engagement is delivered by senior practitioners rather than handed down through layers of staffing, with counsel that stays unconflicted and outcomes defined and made measurable before an engagement begins.

Block 01 / Transformation

Transformation

End-to-end transformation expertise to modernize your organization, streamline operations, and future-proof your business against an evolving landscape.

  • Project Management & Business Analysis

    We structure and deliver complex initiatives end-to-end, ensuring alignment between business needs, timelines, and execution.

  • Process Optimization

    We streamline operations by redesigning workflows to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance scalability.

  • Data Strategy

    We define and implement data frameworks that enable better decision-making, governance, and value extraction.

Block 02 / Regulatory

Regulatory

Regulatory expertise and hands-on intervention to close compliance gaps, manage backlogs, and strengthen your lines of defense with practical, proven approaches.

  • Compliance Streamlining

    We simplify and optimize compliance processes to reduce burden while maintaining full regulatory alignment.

  • Gap Assessment & Recommendations

    We assess compliance gaps and deliver practical, actionable solutions to meet regulatory requirements.

  • Remediation Projects

    We lead and execute remediation programs to resolve regulatory findings efficiently and sustainably.

Block 03 / Expertise

Core Expertise

Two disciplines anchor how we advise institutions today, backed by the digitalisation and regulatory skills that put them into practice — true across both ledgers above.

  • Tokenization & DLT

    Designing and implementing distributed ledger solutions that unlock new asset classes, streamline settlement, and modernize financial infrastructure.

  • Cybersecurity Resilience

    Building robust security frameworks that protect critical systems, satisfy regulators, and preserve institutional trust.

  • Digitalisation

    Guiding institutions through end-to-end digital transformation, from operating model redesign to technology adoption.

  • Regulatory Efficiency

    Translating complex regulatory requirements into practical, executable programs that embed sustainable compliance.

03 — Our sectors

Where we work.

6 sectors

Aurès Advisory operates exclusively within financial services, a deliberate choice that ensures genuine depth of sector knowledge across every mandate we accept.

Banking

  • Retail & Private
  • Investment Banking

Asset Management

  • Management Companies & AIFM
  • Asset Servicers

Insurance

  • Life & Non-Life

Capital Markets

  • CSDs & ICSDs
  • Stock Exchanges

Payments

  • Payment Processors
  • Payment Service Providers

Fintech

  • Instant Payment Infrastructures
  • Virtual Asset Service Providers
04 — Our principles

Four links, one chain.

01

Integrity

We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards. Transparency and honesty are the foundation of every engagement and every recommendation.

02

Excellence

We pursue the highest standard in everything we deliver, from depth of analysis to clarity of communication and precision of execution.

03

Independence

We act solely in the best interest of our clients, providing objective, unconflicted counsel at every stage.

04

Partnership

We view every client relationship as long-term. We invest in understanding your institution deeply and stand alongside you through delivery.

Why Aurès Advisory

What the engagement guarantees.

01 / Delivery

Senior-led delivery, with direct regulatory experience on every team.

02 / Focus

Exclusively financial services, for genuine depth across every mandate.

03 / Outcomes

Measurable outcomes, defined and agreed before the engagement starts.

The team

Senior-led, not delegated.

Every engagement is led by senior practitioners with direct, hands-on regulatory and delivery experience, never handed down through layers of staffing. Aurès Advisory holds no product affiliations, so counsel stays independent and accountable at every stage of an engagement.

Portrait of Abdelkader Yahiaoui
Partner

Abdelkader Yahiaoui

20+ yearsCAIADLT & tokenization

Partner at Aurès Advisory, Abdelkader brings over 20 years of professional experience, including a similar leadership role at a boutique consulting firm in Luxembourg, where he led strategic initiatives and contributed to the firm's development. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at PwC and held positions at Accenture and JPMorgan.

Show moreShow less

He has extensive experience leading large-scale projects for asset and wealth management companies, banks, financial market infrastructures, and government institutions across Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Africa.

His expertise covers deal execution and closing, post-deal integration, target operating model design, business transformation, as well as DLT implementation and tokenization.

Abdelkader has served on the boards of several investment funds (Private Equity, Crypto Assets, and Listed Securities) as either Board Member or RC and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.

From 2017 to 2026, he also served as a lecturer in Investment Funds at the University of Luxembourg contributing to the development of future finance professionals.

Portrait of Hugo Larguinho Brás
Partner

Hugo Larguinho Brás

25+ yearsExecutive MBAOperational & digital strategy

With an Executive MBA and more than 25 years of experience in financial services operations, regulation, and digital transformation, Hugo is a Partner at Aurès Advisory.

Show moreShow less

Through senior leadership roles across Asset & Wealth Management, Asset Servicing, and Banking, Hugo has developed deep expertise in operating model design, process automation, fund distribution, outsourcing and offshoring strategies, operational oversight, regulatory remediation, operational risk management, and business transformation.

As a Consulting Partner, Hugo is passionate about helping clients navigate complex transformation initiatives, optimize their operating models, and achieve sustainable business growth through the design and implementation of efficient, future-ready solutions.

Throughout his career, Hugo has chaired several industry working groups within the Association of Luxembourg Investment Funds (ALFI), with a particular focus on Transfer Agency, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Distribution Operations.

Hugo has also had the privilege of lecturing on the Investment Funds Industry at the University of Luxembourg, contributing to the development of future professionals entering Luxembourg's financial services sector.

Insights

Perspectives from the practice.

Analysis and commentary from the Aurès Advisory team on regulatory change, transformation, and the future of tokenization in financial services, published as the practice's thinking develops.

Start a conversation with our advisory team.

Luxembourg Office21 Rue de la Toison d'Or
L-2093 Luxembourg
LinkedInAurès Advisory