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Two new regulations recently released by the CSSF will have a significant impact on regulated investment vehicles in Luxembourg. These regulations specify rules on risk management and conflict of interest policies for SIFs and SIGARs.

On 16 July 2024, the European Banking Authority published a report on its review of the application of gender-neutral remuneration policies...

During the second half of 2023, several pieces of legislation and other guidance documents related to sustainable finance in the asset management industry have been published by national and European authorities.

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR"), i.e. the Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector together with

Further to our newsflash of 29 July 2022 in connection with the CSSF's communication of 27 July 2022 in relation to SFDR and the upcoming entry into force of the SFDR RTS on 1 January 2023...

On 8 October 2024, the Council of the European Union (the Council) adopted the package of measures known as the "Listing Act" (the Act), following the provisional agreement reached with the European Parliament (the EP)...

Why hasn't the credit card changed in the last fifty years? Besides the addition of a chip and the glamorously-named secret code on the back, the credit card can hardly be said to have been revolutionised.

On 2 September 2019, ESMA published its final Report on the Guidelines on liquidity stress testing in UCITS and AIFs ("Guidelines").

The CSSF, Luxembourg's supervisory authority for the financial sector, has announced that Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS may no longer invest in loans.

On July 23rd 2014 the European Commission wrote to ESMA regarding the definition of a financial instrument relating to foreign currency ("FX Contract").

On 5 December 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") jointly published an updated version of their consolidated Q&A on the PRIIPs Key Information Document...

US fund managers seeking to raise capital in the EU are well aware of the fact that EU investors generally prefer to invest in a Luxembourg...

In an open-ended fund (OEF) an investor has the right to have its investment redeemed.

Semi-liquid alternative investment funds face a critical challenge: balancing illiquid asset investments with investor liquidity needs. When redemption requests surge beyond certain thresholds, fund managers can deploy various restriction mechanisms—but understanding the nuanced differences between redemption caps, gates, and their variants becomes essential under the new AIFMD II framework. The choice between hard caps, soft caps, and gates carries significant implications for regulatory compliance,

Today, a draft law was released which aims at ensuring that even in case of a hard Brexit, UK entities of the financial and insurance sectors with Luxembourg activities...

On 29 August 2019, the CSSF issued a communication on the relevance of money laundering and terrorist financing ("AML/CTF")

On 30 July 2025, the Government submitted a draft bill to fund the development of GovSat-2, a second satellite dedicated to governmental and military use.