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The CJEU has held that a payment service provider cannot refuse to immediately refund an unauthorised payment transaction on the ground that the payer enabled it through gross negl…
With the Council and Parliament positions settled and trilogues expected to open on 22 October 2026, SFDR 2.0 is taking shape: three product categories, a binding 70% threshold, ma…
AIFMD II gives private equity sponsors a clearer route to use Luxembourg AIFM capabilities beyond managed funds, provided that substance, governance and scope are addressed from th…
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With the MiCA transitional period over since 1 July 2026, Luxembourg's auth…
Two EU delegated regulations published on 21 September 2026 finalise the re…
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The CSSF provides in Press Release 18/02 that the eligibility criteria of such target UCI (“Target UCI”) under Article 50(1)(e) of the UCITS Directive…
The Luxembourg District Court had the opportunity to specify the requirements and procedure of the judicial management report provided for in article …
Reducing barriers for cross-border distribution of investment funds within the EU, thus reducing the costs of going cross-border, while deepening the …
On 12 March 2018, in the context of the Capital Markets Union Action Plan and further to consultations conducted by the European Commission with natio…
Fintech leads the way in the rapidly changing world of financial services, and the industry is keen to position Luxembourg as an innovation hub. Among…
Initial coin offering (the “ICO”) and, more generally speaking, crypto-currencies related topics are at the heart of the current discussions in the Gr…
In a precedent newsflash dated November 16th 2017, we informed you about a press release issued by the Luxembourg Commission de Su…
The triggering of Article 50 in March 2017 has set into motion the formal process for the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU). Unless…
Funds subject to part II of the law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment (Part II-Funds respectively the 2010 Law) …
As of today(23.02.2018), the Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments as …
Through the law of 27 February 2018 implementing the EU regulation (UE) 2015/751 on interchange commissions for card based payments, which amends vari…
Significant changes have been brought recently to the Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") legislation. The Luxembourg Law of 13 February 2018 (“Amending La…
Luxembourg's well-known financial secrecy laws are changing. Bill n° 7024 amending inter alia Article 41 of the Financial Sector Act of 5 April 1993 (…
Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 relating to fees to be levied by the CSSF Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 (the Regulation)…
On 14 February 2018, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a Recommendation addressed to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ES…
On 14 February 2018, the law of 13 February 2018 implementing a substantial part of the 4th anti-money laundering directive (4th AML Directive) was pu…
By definition, a cryptocurrency or virtual currency (VC) is a digital or virtual representation of value using cryptography to secure its transactions…
The Luxembourg Parliament published two new draft laws (No. 7216 and No. 7217) on December 6th 2017, in order to implement provisions of Directiv…
Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 relating to fees to be levied by the CSSF Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 (the Regulation)…
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has recently launched its Securities Official List (SOL), a dedicated section of the LuxSE’s official list. It e…
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