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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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Initially the secondaries market was considered as a niche in the private equity market. In recent years, secondary transactions have been increasingl…
The ESAs have published their final report on the review of the SFDR delegated regulation. The report builds on amendments initially proposed in the j…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued three notes on 22 November 2023 to explain key concepts that apply across the EU Sustainab…
When US fund managers tap into the European investor market, they frequently offer prospective European investors the option to commit to a Luxembourg…
On 11 July 2023, the Luxembourg legislator has adopted the bill of Law N°8183 (the Bill) introduced by the Ministry of Finance on 27 March 2023 amendi…
The EU Commission, the Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on AIFMD II in July this year and since then the asset management industry has …
After two years, including several months of technical trilogues, the final text of the political agreement on the amendment of AIFMD (the AIFMD II) i…
The text of the political agreement on the review of the alternative investment fund managers directive has been published. The political agreement am…
On 13 October 2023, the CSSF released a circular on remuneration requirements under Directive 2014/65 on markets in financial instruments (“MiFID II”)…
On 1 November 2023, the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023, issued from Draft Bill No. 6539A on business preservation and modernization of the insolve…
On 23 October 2023, the Council of the European Union (the Council) adopted in first reading the regulation on European green bonds standards (the EU …
The rationale behind adopting this law was to update and streamline the 1928 law applicable to non-profit associations and foundations (Non-Profit Org…
In 2022, the European Commission evaluated the application and impact of the second payment services directive1 (“PSD II”), the conclusions of which r…
Il aura fallu pas moins de 14 ans afin de réformer une loi qui datait de près de 100 ans, ce qui n’est pas sans rappeler la réforme de la loi sur les …
On 4 August 2023, the draft law No. 8291 (the "Draft Law") aimed at (i) implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of 14 December 2022 on the digital oper…
On 10 October 2023, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published the outcome of an investigation (CSSF Review) launched in Apr…
On 11 July 2023, ESMA issued a public statement on the sustainability disclosure expected to be included in prospectuses in order to satisfy the requi…
For a variety of reasons, European investors generally prefer to be onboarded by US fund managers in a fund vehicle organized as a Luxembourg special …
The landscape of sustainable finance is undergoing rapid transformation, fueled by a global commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) …
Following the on-site visit for mutual evaluation of Luxembourg made by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) from 2 November 2022 to 18 November 202…
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