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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Regulation (EU) 2019/2089 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 (the “Benchmarks Regula…
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On 4 December 2019, the French Conseil d'Etat, at the request of the French Banking Federation, referred important questions to the Court of Justice o…
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The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) has communicated several press releases related to the fight against money …
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New transparency rules in Luxembourg: identification of the beneficial ownership of trusts, fiducies and of similar legal arrangements and registratio…
Read MoreThe Securities Financing Transaction Regulation n°2015/2365 of 25 November 2015 (“SFTR”) aims to enhance the transparency of markets in securities fin…
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The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has launched a new service, named PLUS for Perma Link Upload Service, to help issuers in referencing their documents via…
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On 16 October 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued an Opinion concerning one of the most important features of the Payment Services Direc…
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Following its June opinion on the possibility for national competent authorities to work with payment service providers and relevant stakeholders and …
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District Court of Luxembourg - Civil judgment No. 2019TALCH20/00009 of 17 October 2019, Docket No. 164577
Read MoreWhilst the newly created Register of beneficial owners of companies and other legal entities has recently been implemented in Luxembourg by the law da…
Read MoreThe growth of investment products pursuing of environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives is well documented, and it is estimated that funds…
Read MoreL’actualité législative soutenue en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme, faisant écho à l’actualité des mé…
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The world of alternative investment funds was not the primary target of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (…
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On 15 July 2019, the CSSF published two press releases (19/331 and 19/342 ) directed at (i) UK firms and (ii) UCITS management companies and…
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Following the extension of the delay within which the United Kingdom (“UK”) is to leave the European Union (“EU”), the Commission de Surveillance…
Read MoreIn April 2019 EU institutions approved the text of the new directive amending directive 2017/1132(1) by introducing procedures governing the…
Read MoreLe 6 août 2018, le projet de loi n°7348 sur les comptes inactifs, les coffres-forts inactifs et les contrats d'assurance en déshérence a été déposé à …
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The CSSF has issued on 11 October 2019 a new press release (Press Release 19/48) in the context of Brexit and related mandatory communication by UK al…
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On 11 October 2019, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the CSSF, issued a new press release in relation to the mandatory notification process in th…
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A digital world calls for digital assets. Investors’ interest in equity tokens as a new way to invest and get ownership in a company is on the rise.
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