Draft Law Transposing the European Directive on the Automatic Exchange of Information submitted to Parliament -
The draft Luxembourg law to transpose Council Directive 2014/107/EU (of 9 December 2014, which amends...more
CCSF Lifts Suspensions on Trading in Certain Financial Instruments in Relation to Greece -
Following recent developments concerning the situation in Greece, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has...more
Luxembourg Holds Presidency of the Council of the EU for 12th Time
One of Luxembourg’s priorities, as it takes on presidency of the Council of the European Union, is to stimulate investment to boost growth and...more
ALFI Responds to ESMA's Discussion Paper on UCITS Share Classes -
On 27 March 2015 ALFI submitted its response to the ESMA Discussion Paper on share classes of UCITS. Issues addressed in this paper relate to the...more
UCITS: New KIID Q&A -
ESMA published revised Q&A’s on the KIID on 26 March 2015. The Q&A includes a new question on the treatment of past performance information in case of fund mergers....more
4/28/2015
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Funds ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
MiFID II ,
Money Market Funds ,
Shadow Banking ,
Singapore ,
Swaps ,
UCITS
Luxembourg Fund Sector Continues to Grow -
The CSSF press release 15/15 dated 26 March 2015 provides an overview of regulated UCIs at the end of February 2015 and confirms total assets under management of more than EUR...more
2014 - A Good Year for Luxembourg – ALFI Press Release -
ALFI issued a press release on 3 February 2015 stating that 2014 was a historical year for the Luxembourg fund centre. For the first time in its history, assets...more
EU Passes New Council Directive to Implement “EU-FATCA" -
The Council Directive passed by the EU on 1 December 2014 implements the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) in Europe. The Directive has to be implemented...more
3/10/2015
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Benchmarks ,
CCPs ,
EIOPA ,
EMIR ,
ETFs ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FATCA ,
Insolvency ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID II ,
Money Market Funds ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sovereign Debt ,
Swap Clearing ,
Swaps ,
UCITS
On 15 January 2015, the German Investment Fund Association BVI issued its latest investment statistics report, giving an overview of the net assets and net sales within the German investment fund and asset management markets....more