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06/10/25
AIFMD 2 and UCITS 6 – Luxembourg implementation bill of law

On 3 October 2025, bill of law no 8628 implementing Directive (EU) 2024/927…

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03/10/25
US fund managers: efficient structuring of Luxembourg staff …

US fund managers (USFM) often turn to Luxembourg for EU capital raising and…

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European Supervisory Authorities - Legality and judicial control of their activity

On 4 December 2019, the French Conseil d'Etat, at the request of the French Banking Federation, referred important questions to the Court of Justice o…

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Reaching year-end, here are the latest AML communications from the CSSF

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) has communicated several press releases related to the fight against money …

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New transparency rules in Luxembourg

New transparency rules in Luxembourg: identification of the beneficial ownership of trusts, fiducies and of similar legal arrangements and registratio…

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Upcoming Phased-in Implementation Timeline of SFTR

The Securities Financing Transaction Regulation n°2015/2365 of 25 November 2015 (“SFTR”) aims to enhance the transparency of markets in securities fin…

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PLUS: a new service offered by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to comply with the hyperlink requirements of the …

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has launched a new service, named PLUS for Perma Link Upload Service, to help issuers in referencing their documents via…

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PSDII: migration to SCA by 31 December 2020

On 16 October 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued an Opinion concerning one of the most important features of the Payment Services Direc…

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Strong customer authentication for e-commerce card payment transactions: an EU harmonised extension of 14 mont…

Following its June opinion on the possibility for national competent authorities to work with payment service providers and relevant stakeholders and …

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Litigation between shareholders and directors

District Court of Luxembourg - Civil judgment No. 2019TALCH20/00009 of 17 October 2019, Docket No. 164577

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New Version of the Bill Establishing a Register of Fiduciary Contracts and Trusts

Whilst the newly created Register of beneficial owners of companies and other legal entities has recently been implemented in Luxembourg by the law da…

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Solutions to the Lack of Taxonomy and Policing for Responsible Investment Products

The growth of investment products pursuing of environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives is well documented, and it is estimated that funds…

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Relever le défi de la lutte contre la criminalité financière, tout en restant un acteur engagé du développemen…

L’actualité législative soutenue en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme, faisant écho à l’actualité des mé…

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Upcoming FATCA - CRS Issues: What the Alternative Fund Industry Needs to Know

The world of alternative investment funds was not the primary target of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (…

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Bracing for Brexit: Luxembourg updates notification procedures for UK firms, UCIs and their managers in the ev…

On 15 July 2019, the CSSF published two press releases (19/331 and 19/342 ) directed at (i) UK firms and (ii) UCITS management companies and…

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CSSF extends the deadline for notifications in the context of Brexit

Following the extension of the delay within which the United Kingdom (“UK”) is to leave the European Union (“EU”), the Commission de Surveillance…

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The New Anti-fraud and Anti-abuse Assessment for Cross-border Conversions, Mergers and Divisions

In April 2019 EU institutions approved the text of the new directive amending directive 2017/1132(1) by introducing procedures governing the…

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Projet de loi n°7348 sur les comptes inactifs, les coffres-forts inactifs et les contrats d'assurance en déshé…

Le 6 août 2018, le projet de loi n°7348 sur les comptes inactifs, les coffres-forts inactifs et les contrats d'assurance en déshérence a été déposé à …

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New CSSF communication in the context of Brexit for UK AIFMs

The CSSF has issued on 11 October 2019 a new press release (Press Release 19/48) in the context of Brexit and related mandatory communication by UK al…

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New communication from the CSSF to UK managers in the context of a hard Brexit

On 11 October 2019, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the CSSF, issued a new press release in relation to the mandatory notification process in th…

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Equity tokens and shares: similar but not quite so

A digital world calls for digital assets. Investors’ interest in equity tokens as a new way to invest and get ownership in a company is on the rise.

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Luxembourg's national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing is now available!

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) has published on 9 October 2019 a press release in which it informs profess…

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