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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In December 2016, after several years of negotiations, the European institutions agreed on a compromise text on how the money market fund landscape sh…
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In the Consultation, the Commission outlines three core regulatory principles which characterise its stance on Fintech and which derive from its prior…
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On 30 January 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) issued an opinion on the extent to which share classes of the same UCITS fu…
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On 18th January 2017, the Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Pre…
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The law of 10 August 2016 which has modernised the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Law”) has brought different changes…
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The European Central Bank (“the ECB”) has adopted the Regulation (EC) No 1075/2013 of 18 October 2013 concerning statistics on the assets a…
Read MoreFollowing its adoption by the Luxembourg Parliament, the law of 23 December 2016 on market abuse was finally published in the official Luxembourg gaze…
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On 8 March 2017, the European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, including Annexes (PRIIPs RTS), supplementing the Regulation on ke…
Read MoreAccording to Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations, and administ…
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ESMA issued an opinion on 30 January 2017 which sets out four high-level principles for achieving a level playing field among existing EU investment f…
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The Luxembourg Companies Act of 10 August 1915, as amended inter alia by the Act of 10 August 2016 (the "Act"), allows the issuance of shares with une…
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On January 30th 2017 ESMA issued an Opinion on share classes for UCITS addressed to national competent authorities which follows the issuance of two d…
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On 16 November 2016 and 16 December 2016 respectively, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) updated its Questions and Answers with r…
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Today (13/02/2017) , the Commission des Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published a press release to confirm that it expects a…
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The Luxembourg legislator introduced in December 2016 by the enactment of the law of December 12th 2016 (the Law) a new legal framework for companies …
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The legal regime governing a simplified private limited liability company (hereinafter “S.à r.l.-S”), introduced by the Luxembourg Law of 23 July 2016…
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On December 30th 2016, the law of December 23rd 2016 on market abuse (the “New Market Abuse Law”) entered into force. The New Market Abuse Law impleme…
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On December 19th 2016, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (consisting of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the E…
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The Luxembourg law of 10 August 2016 modernising the law on commercial companies of 10 August 1915 (the “Company Law”) and amending the Civil Code (th…
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In the absence of a common EU framework for share classes of UCITS funds*, ESMA has identified diverging national practices as to the types of share c…
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