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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 Luxembourg transparency law was recently amended: its scope has been widened, new requirements have been added and existing rules have been revise…
On June 17th 2016 the European Council agreed the text of the draft regulation on Money Market Funds (the “MMF Regulation”).
In the wake of the EU audit reform, the much anticipated bill n°6969 on the audit profession (the “Law”) was passed by the Luxembourg Chambre des Dépu…
On 3 July 2016, the market abuse obligations and prohibitions provided in the updated EU legislation became applicable(1). The new set of legislation …
In 2003, the European Commission issued a green paper on European Entrepreneurship and acknowledged the need for Europe to foster entrepreneurial driv…
The UCITS V Remuneration Guidelines(1), which were published on 31 March 2016, clarify the remuneration policy requirements under the UCITS Direc…
On 3 July 2016 the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (the “MAR”) has en…
On June 23rd 2016, the people of the United Kingdom (“UK”) expressed their will to have the UK leave (“Brexit”) the European Union (“EU”) pursuant to …
A significant number of so-called Part II UCIs will remain within the scope of the AIFMD depositary regime. A legislative amendment to this effect was…
On 3 June 2016, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated version of its Questions and Answers (the “Q&As”) (Ref…
Luxembourg parliament adopted on 13 July Bill of Law 5730 modernising the law on commercial companies of 10 August 1915 and amending in…
The European Commission adopted a proposal to further strengthen European rules against money laundering and terrorist financing on July 5th 2016.
Luxembourg once again strengthens its position as a leading European hub for startups and innovation with the adoption on 13 July 2016 of the bill of …
The legal publications regime concerning companies and associations in Luxembourg has been amended by the Law of 27 May 2016, published on 30 May…
Recently, the whole world has witnessed a historic change. BREXIT is about to bring a new set up of the financial world. It's impact is spreading…
On July 13, 2016 – after almost 10 years of steady maturation – the Luxembourg parliament adopted the bill of law 5730 modernising and amending the la…
On 14 July 2016, Luxembourg Parliament voted on a new law ("RAIF Law"), introducing a new type of Luxembourg investment vehicle named the Reserved Alt…
Following its initial advice in June 2015, yesterday the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its second advice as to the applic…
On 14 July 2016 the Luxembourg parliament voted the awaited new alternative investment fund, the RAIF. This innovative vehicle is aimed to impro…
The law on the modernisation of the Luxembourg law dated 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (bill n°5730), has been adopted on 13 July…
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