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The European Securities and Markets Authority has approved seven further framework agreements for co-operation arrangements between European Union securities regulators and global counterparts

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a consultation paper seeking feedback from asset management industry members on its draft advice to the European Commission regarding depositary requirements under the forthcoming UCITS V directive.

The European Commission published two implementing regulations forming part of the detailed framework of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in the EU Official Journal on May 15.

ISDA, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, is planning to amend certain "floating rate options" in the 2006 ISDA Definitions.

We've recently been around the banking industry in Luxembourg collecting and compiling the latest edition of Banking Insights. In the process we gleaned five ways to improve efficiency...

The recently published delegated regulation on Solvency II is an important one: if passed, it would allow insurers to remove disincentives for long-term investments

Introduced in Luxembourg in 2016, the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) offers a simpler set-up and quicker time to market than its regulated counterparts.

In June 2018, the International Financial Standards Board (IASB) published its discussion paper on financial instruments with characteristics of equity (FICE).

On 14 October 2021, the CSSF published its new CSSF Circular 21/785 with regard to replacing the prior authorisation obligation with a prior notification obligation in the case of material IT outsourcing, ...

Luxembourg continues to cement its reputation as Europe's leading hub for alternative investment funds (AIFs). Recent Luxembourg tax reforms aim to attract front-office functions...

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has introduced EM3S, a professional market segment that enables investment funds to achieve the institutional credibility of a Luxembourg listing while maintaining confidentiality over sensitive fund documentation.

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament voted on an amendment to the Law of 6 April 2013 on dematerialised securities, as amended (Blockchain IV)...

Partnerships are vehicles of choice for the asset management industry, especially in the field of private equity, real estate, debt and other 'illiquid' strategies.

The Luxembourg's Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (CSSF) has issued a statement on April 9 on virtual assets, virtual asset service providers and the related registration process.

The Luxembourg government has filed a bill of law proposing targeted amendments to the country's securitisation framework, building on 2022 reforms to address evolving market practices. The proposed changes focus on expanding financing methods, strengthening insolvency protections, enabling compartment-to-compartment investments, broadening security package flexibility, refining active management rules, and clarifying statutory subordination provisions for securitisation vehicles.

On 14 May 2020, the European Commission (″EC″) sent formal notice letters to advise Luxembourg and Portugal to remove the exemptions from interest limitation rules currently available to certain securitisation vehicles...

The Luxembourg government has introduced a new bill of law (bill of law 7426 (the Bill)) establishing transitional measures for investment funds in the context of the withdrawal

The Grand Ducal Regulation of 27 July 2022 (the "2022 GDR") amends the Grand Ducal Regulation of 30 May 2018 relating to the safeguarding of financial instruments and funds belonging to clients...