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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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On 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…
On 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…
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…
On 17 May 2017, the Luxembourg financial sector regulator (CSSF) published the following circulars in order to streamline its regulation on (IT) outso…
Regulation (EU) 655/2014 of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure ("Regulation") became applicable on 18 Janua…
In December 2016, after several years of negotiations, the European institutions agreed on a compromise text on how the money market fund landscape sh…
In the Consultation, the Commission outlines three core regulatory principles which characterise its stance on Fintech and which derive from its prior…
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…
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…
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…
The European Central Bank (“the ECB”) has adopted the Regulation (EC) No 1075/2013 of 18 October 2013 concerning statistics on the assets a…
Following its adoption by the Luxembourg Parliament, the law of 23 December 2016 on market abuse was finally published in the official Luxembourg gaze…
On 8 March 2017, the European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, including Annexes (PRIIPs RTS), supplementing the Regulation on ke…
According 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…
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…
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…
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…
On 16 November 2016 and 16 December 2016 respectively, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) updated its Questions and Answers with r…
Today (13/02/2017) , the Commission des Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published a press release to confirm that it expects a…
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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