On May 16, 2022, the CSSF issued a new circular 22/811 regarding the authorisation and organisation of entities acting as UCI administrator (the Circular) replacing Chapter D of Circular IML 91/75.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published on November 16 its final advice to the European Commission on the detailed rules underlying and implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.

Discover our analysis of the latest developments in the AIFMD II legislative process regarding distribution and national private placement regimes.

The approval of UCITS V by the European Parliament shortly before its dissolution for elections last month has ensured that it will not be held hostage to second thoughts.

The CSSF published the CBDF FAQ on 20 September 2022 to clarify the supervisory expectations of the CSSF regarding the application of the CBDF Regulation and the ESMA marketing communication Guidelines.

Four and a half years after Luxembourg introduced the law creating the Specialist Investment Fund regime for alternative vehicles, the grand duchy's government has drafted legislation amending the SIF rules.

On 30 June 2023, the Luxembourg tax authorities (LTA) released an update to their FAQ regarding DAC 6 (the Updated FAQ).

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published on October 1st the final guidelines on the reporting obligations for alternative fund managers under Articles 3 and 24 the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which took effect on July 22, after incorporating changes arising from a consultation exercise with market stakeholders in June.

The Luxembourg legislation introduces changes designed to make the grand duchy significantly more attractive as jurisdiction for the management and structuring of private equity, venture capital and real estate fund vehicles.

The public health emergency and economic slump precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted the authorities to amend various rules and regulations applicable to companies in Luxembourg ...

The CSSF has set out in a press release of December 7 the implications for the fund industry of the end of the UK's 11-month transition period following its withdrawal from the EU on January 31.

With little more than five months to go before alternative managers active in Europe must be fully compliant with the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, Luxembourg is perfectly positioned to accommodate fund firms, from global investment houses to specialist boutiques, eager to exploit the potential of a passport to an EU-wide market.

On 27 January 2023, the Luxembourg low-tier administrative court (Tribunal Administratif) issued an interesting ruling on many levels, and greater emphasis should be put on the tax treatment of alphabet shares.

Prospects are clouded for Cyprus as a domicile for investment and transaction structures set up by entrepreneurs and investors from Russia and other eastern European countries such as Ukraine following a levy on bank deposits and capital controls imposed by the government as part of a package of measures to stabilise the country’s banking sector.

The public health emergency and economic slump precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted the authorities to amend various rules and regulations applicable to the fund industry in Luxembourg.

The law of 10 August 2016 modernising the law concerning commercial companies of 10 August 1915 and amending the Civil Code as well as the law of 19 December 2002 on the register of commerce...

Discover our analysis of the latest developments in the AIFMD II legislative process regarding delegation.

Corruption impacts every sector, but some areas are particularly vulnerable, especially those handling large public funds or delivering essential services like healthcare.

Discover our analysis of the latest developments in the AIFMD II legislative process regarding activities and services performed by AIFMs.

The law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements, as amended from time to time (the "Collateral Law"), has been updated by the Luxembourg Parliament on 7 July 2022...