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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 15 May 2014, the Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”) and the Regulation 600/2014/EU (“MiFIR”), both on markets in financial instruments, were adopted…
The CSSF has recently clarified the measures to be taken by professionals of the financial sector in Luxembourg in order to comply with the obligation…
Laurent Schummer, Partner at Arendt & Medernach, and head of the firm's corporate, tax & capital markets business unit outlines the advantages…
On 4 June 2014, two implementing regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The CSSF, in agreement with the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), has recently published a new circular (Circular CSSF 14/588) which modifies the d…
In April 2014, the European Parliament finally approved the Regulation on key information documents for investment products (“PRIPS Regulation”) propo…
A new framework applicable to market abuse prohibition and prevention has been adopted by the European institutions. It consists of Regulation 596/201…
On 11 July 2014, the CSSF published a new Circular 14/587 ("Circular") that applies to all UCITS and their depositaries.
The Luxembourg regulator (the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - CSSF) has just released a revised version of its Frequently Asked Ques…
On 18 July 2014, the CSSF published guidance on the procedure to be followed in order for a non-EU AIFM to market its AIFs to professional i…
On 11 July 2014 the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector ("CSSF") published a new Circular CSSF 14/587 (the "Circular") t…
The Legislator wants to curb the rise of bankruptcies in Luxembourg. The bill of 1 February 2013 on the preservation of business and on the modernizat…
La transposition de la Directive du 15 février 2011 en droit interne ouvrant la perspective de l'échange automatique de renseignements.
Chronique de jurisprudence de droit bancaire luxembourgeois (mars 2011 - mars 2012) Comme cela fut le cas précédemment, la présente chronique aura pou…
Long awaited CSSF regulation n° 12-01 regarding risk management and conflict of interests has been issued and lays down detailed rules for the applica…
The new CSSF circular 12/540 has been issued on 9 July 2012 and provides clarification on the situation of dormant sub-funds of undertakings for colle…
On 12 January 2010, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a circular laying down guidelines for the tax treatment of several Islamic financial instrum…
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