The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is to insurance what MiFID is to investments. It repeals the directive on insurance mediation and regulates specific insurance-based investments, including inducements.

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has recently published its proposed amendments to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts

In this era, data protection has become a main concern for European legislators—and no less for the public—as the volume of information generated and exchanged has only been growing.

Hitherto, firms have been encouraged by investors, by regulators, or by governments to adhere to recognised principles for responsible investment such as the United Nations'....

It was about two years ago that articles about regtech first began hitting newsstands.

In this article we'll look at how this exchange of information is being implemented in Luxembourg within both the OECD and EU frameworks.

few days ago, Luxembourg's Council of Government approved a draft of the Grand-Ducal Regulation (GDR) that would determine the content of the new Luxembourg Standard Chart of Accounts (PCN).

On 17 February 2017, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ("CSSF"), together with the Financial Intelligence Unit ("FIU") have published a new circular...

In today's digital era, enterprises across industries are moving from paper-based to digital means of retaining records of their clients' transactions and the footprints of day-to-day operations.

The Government outlines the main measures being currently contemplated, as described below, without giving more concrete details at this stage.

RPA, chatbots, machine learning… whispers about these technologies are getting louder and louder.

Recent European regulations related to fees are delivering new requirements for the Fund industry.

The world to leave behind is one of unsustainable, high-emissions practices.

International Accounting Standard (IAS) 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation defines rules for when a financial instrument is to be classified as equity or liability.

In an increasingly digital world, there are crucial questions that every organization should be asking:...

It's not always easy to determine if an acquired set of activities and assets results in a business or only in an asset acquisition.

The EU Council has proposed a new EU directive to protect whistleblowers who report EU law breaches.[1] The current draft of this directive was passed by the European Parliament's legal

The European Parliament (EP), in its plenary last Wednesday, voted in favour of its ECON Committee's ‘Motion for a Resolution.'

My last article treated the topic of customer profitability—but this is just one dimension of profitability.

Not too long ago, the hype around digital currencies exploded, with bitcoin being the flagship cryptocurrency in popular conversation.