Luxembourg’s Parliament recently amended the bill of law implementing the C…
On 28 October 2024, the EU Commission published a proposal to amend the dir…
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A year ago, the Luxembourg fund industry welcomed the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF). The RAIF is governed by the law of 23 July 2016 (th…
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On 20 May 2015, the European Commission published regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings (recast) ("Regulation 2015/848") . This regulatio…
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Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 (the “4th AML Directive”) had to be implemented in the Membe…
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On October 10th 2017, the Council of State commented the draft Grand Ducal Regulation aimed at consolidating the Luxembourg law of August 10th&nb…
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Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of June 8th 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the perfo…
Read MoreLe directeur des contributions a publié une circulaire L.G. - A n° 63 en date du 15 septembre 2017 (ci-après la « Circulaire ») portant sur les obliga…
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There has been a rise in migration of offshore companies into Luxembourg over the past few years. A company which transfers its registered office alon…
Read MoreOn 30 May 2017, the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) issued its second version of the Q&A on the Key Investor Documents (KIDs) f…
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The pieces of the puzzle are finally falling into place. The long- awaited level 3 and 4 measures have been published earlier this week, half a year b…
Read MoreThe Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), issued on 6 July 2017 the fourth version of its freq…
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Amongst the numerous topics covered by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ES…
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Alongside the adoption of the Directive 2011/61/UE on Alternative Investment Fund Manager (“AIFM”), European legislators adopted Regulation (EU) no 34…
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Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered …
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On 26 June 2017 the deadline has passed for the implementation of the European directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the …
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On 7 June 2017, the official ceremony for the signing of the multilateral instrument (“MLI”) took place bringing to a close a process initiated last y…
Read MoreOn 24 May 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its Q&As on the application of the UCITS Directive (UCITS Q&A) an…
Read MoreOn 7 April 2017, the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) issued its first Q&A on the Key Investor Documents (KIDs) for Packaged Ret…
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With effect from 1 January 2017, the Law of 23 December 2016 relating to the implementation of the 2017 tax reform has included aggravated t…
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On 17 May 2017, the Luxembourg financial sector regulator (CSSF) published the following circulars in order to streamline its regulation on (IT) outso…
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Regulation (EU) 655/2014 of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure ("Regulation") became applicable on 18 Janua…
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