In the light of the exceptional circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, on April 7 the Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (CSSF) issued an updated version of its frequently asked questions...

n the light of the exceptional circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, on March 19 the European Securities and Markets Authority issued a public statement regarding application of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365...

Starting on 12 November 2024, the Luxembourg Business Registers (LBR) will introduce new filing requirements for natural persons associated with entities registered in the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (RCS).

Please find hereafter a high-level summary of some tax aspects of debt financing at the level of a Luxembourg holding company.

On 21 October 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) issued Circular 24/863, (the "Circular") which addresses the use of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and sustainability-related terms in fund names.

Luxembourg’s Financial Sector Supervisory Authority has published on July 18 the latest update to its Frequently Asked Questions document on the grand duchy’s law of July 12, 2013 implementing the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and the European Commission’s Level 2 regulation on implementation of the AIFMD.

Luxembourg's Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (CSSF) has announced changes to its policy regarding investment by UCITS funds in non-UCITS undertakings for collective investment, amending the guidance contained in its Frequently Asked Questions document addressing the law of December 17, 2010 on undertakings for collective investment.

The EU Commission published on 6 October 2022 the updated FAQs to clarify the content of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 of 6 July 2021 (the "Disclosures Delegated Regulation")...

At a conference on December 3, 2019, Luxembourg's Financial Sector Supervisory Authority has underlined to members of the country's investment fund industry the need for improvement in aspects of controls ...

The law of April 6, 2013 on dematerialised securities was published in Luxembourg’s official gazette, the Mémorial, on April 15, coming into force the following day.

On 17th January 2024, ESAs published their first set of final drafts of RTS under the Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector of 14 December 2022 (also known as Digital Operational Resilience Act).

A Luxembourg-based company entered into a licensing agreement as the licensee (Licensee), with a licensor (Licensor) regarding intellectual property rights.

A Luxembourg resident taxpayer granted a licence to a Luxembourg company in which he was a shareholder and director, for the use of his patents in exchange for a licensing fee.

Luxembourg's financial regulator, the Financial Sector Supervisory Authority, has published a series of Frequently Asked Questions.

The CSSF is continuing to update its Frequently Asked Questions document on the grand duchy’s law of July 12, 2013.

The CSSF has alerted Luxembourg-based investment fund managers about the regulatory requirements arising from Regulation (EU) 2019/2088...

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published on August 1 an opinion on what rules should apply to alternative fund managers and their cross-border marketing of funds where this might be affected by the failure of European Union member states to adopt the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive into national law on time.

However, the rules have been eased in a fresh draft following criticism from the alternative fund industry.

The deadline for publication of the standards, at the end of 2020, will not be met because of an extension required to the public consultation period, the European Commission says.

On 13 January 2019 the Luxembourg parliament adopted a new law relating to the register of beneficial owners (hereafter the "Law").