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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 26 February 2024, the EU Council adopted new rules amending the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD II). In this blog, our Fin…
The long-awaited amendments to directive, (the AIFMD II[2]) were adopted by the European Council on 26 February 2024 and will enter into force 20 days…
On 26 February 2024, the Council of the European Union officially approved amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers …
On 7 February 2024, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, “CSSF”) released t…
On 5 February 2024, the European Parliament (the Parliament) and the Council of the European Union (the Council) reached a provisional agreement on th…
On 1 February 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an article on the efficiency of funds focused on the United Nations…
While there is a certain alignment between the proposed EU Directive on harmonisation of insolvency law and Luxembourg law, Luxembourg legislation wil…
The ESAs have published the first set of final draft technical standards under DORA aimed at enhancing the digital operational resilience of the EU fi…
On 5 January 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) issued Circular CSSF 24/847 (CSSF Circular). At the same time, the CSSF …
EBA released guidelines amending ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines to include crypto-asset service providers within its AML framework.
On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ CJEU ” or “ Court ”) issued a decision on the case C-288/22. The Court puts an end …
In its recently published market watch, the AFM focuses on notifications of substantial holdings and gross short positions. The AFM expands on its sup…
The European Parliament voted on 15 February 2023 in favour of a major update to the EU’s regulation for long-term investment funds (ELTIFs), also kno…
Luxembourg is the last EU Member State without a legal framework on merger control. At present, the Competition Authority (“Authority”) can only inter…
The long-awaited Regulation (EU) 2023/2632 on European Green Bonds (“Regulation”) was adopted on 22 November 2023. It sets out the requirements that b…
Regulation (EU) 2015/847 imposes certain rules in the context of transfers of funds, in any currency, where at least one of the payment service provid…
On 19 December 2023, ESMA published its final report setting out the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) for Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on Europe…
Continuing the theme of frequent changes to the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”), the European Supervisory Author…
On 15 December 2023, the CSSF announced its updated application questionnaire for ELTIF 2.0. With the updated application questionnaire, the CSSF aims…
On 30 November 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of 22 November 2023 on European Green Bonds and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmenta…
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