By its circular 19/718 (https://bit.ly/2LDTG2k), the CSSF has endorsed the Guidelines on complaints-handling for the securities (ESMA) and banking (EBA) sectors of 4 October 2018 (JC 2018 35) (the Guidelines)....more
As already mentioned in our previous e-Alert of 16 January 2019, payment service providers must provide, at least on an annual basis, statistical data on fraud relating to different means of payment, to the Luxembourg...more
The Grand Ducal regulation specifying certain practical requirements under the act establishing the register of beneficial owners (registre des bénéficiaires effectifs) (the RBE) was adopted on 15 February 2019 (the...more
The long awaited Luxembourg act of 13 January 2019 pertaining to the register of beneficial owners (the Act) has just been published in the Official Journal on 15 January 2019. It will enter into force on 1st March 2019....more
By a circular 18/704 of 17 December 2018 (the Circular 18/704), the Luxembourg regulator of the financial sector, the Commission de surveillance du secteur financer (the CSSF) formally endorsed the Guidelines of the European...more
Professionals subject to the law of 12 November 2004 relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, as amended (the AML Law) (the Professionals) should be aware of a few changes introduced by the law...more
Since our e-alert of 15 February 2018, the last three pieces of legislation aimed at formally transposing the fourth anti-money laundering directive (AMLD IV) in Luxembourg have been amended in the course of the legislative...more
While significant efforts have been deployed by investment firms and credit institutions offering investment services to comply with MiFID II product governance obligations, particular attention should also be paid to...more
Since our e-alert of 15 February 2018, the last three pieces of legislation aimed at formally transposing the fourth anti-money laundering directive;(AMLD IV) in Luxembourg have been amended in the course of the legislative...more
The provisions of the long awaited act of 27 February 2018 (the 2018 Act) which aim at smoothing (especially in the context of outsourcing arrangements) the professional secrecy regime that credit institutions, professionals...more
The Luxembourg Parliament has now finally adopted bill n° 71281, which implements most of the provisions of the Directive (EU) 2015/849, the so-called 4th anti-money laundering directive (AMLD IV), into Luxembourg law. The...more
At the time we released our last e-alert on the bill of law n°7024 aiming, among others, at amending article 41 of the Luxembourg act of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended (the Banking Act 1993) on professional...more
Since our last e-alert on the bill of law n°7024 (the Bill of Law 7024), aimed, among others, at amending article 41 of the Luxembourg act of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended (the Banking Act 1993), which...more