The text of the directive to amend the AIFMD (so-called AIFMD 2.0) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 26 March 2024 and will enter into force on 15 April 2024.
Member States have 24 months to transpose the...more
As noted in our earlier OnPoint, on 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted a package of measures that aimed to deliver on several key commitments in the 2020 Capital Markets Union action plan,...more
5/31/2023
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Markets Union ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investment ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
MiFID II ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UCITS
The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), has published guidance regarding procedures to be followed by non-EEA firms when providing certain investment services in...more
7/10/2019
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
CSSF ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Branch Offices ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Luxembourg ,
MiFID II ,
Non-EEA Firms ,
Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIF) ,
SICAV
Luxembourg has transposed MiFID II into its national law, albeit five months after the deadline for doing so. In other matters, the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)...more
10/24/2018
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AIFs ,
Asset Management ,
CSSF ,
Depository Institutions ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Investment Funds ,
Luxembourg ,
Management Companies ,
MiFID II ,
New Circular ,
SICARs ,
SIFs ,
UCITS
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) issued a circular on 23 August 2018 (Circular), which consolidates into one document the requirements for Luxembourg UCITS management companies, self-managed UCITS,...more
A compact summary of the most recent regulatory developments relevant to the UK asset management industry. This issue includes details of the FCA’s statement on the implementation period for Brexit; the requirement for firms...more
4/20/2018
/ Asset Management ,
BEPS ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Cybersecurity ,
Derivatives ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
A compact summary of the most recent regulatory developments relevant to the UK asset management industry. This issue includes details of the FCA’s approach to authorisation; action taken on closet tracking funds; proposed EU...more
3/22/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Collective Investment Schemes ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Distribution Rules ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Stability Board ,
Investment Funds ,
Member State ,
MiFID II ,
Surveys ,
UK
A compact summary of the most recent regulatory developments relevant to the UK asset management industry.This issue includes details of proposed changes to the Financial Services Register to accommodate the Senior Managers...more
3/14/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Certification Requirements ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
FinTech ,
Legal Entity Identifiers ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
Senior Managers ,
SMCR ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
UK
Luxembourg recently has taken a number of actions in connection with the transposition or implementation of various EU directives and regulations, respectively, into national law. The Luxembourg government deposited a bill of...more
10/13/2017
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Copyright ,
CSSF ,
Financial Services Industry ,
IP License ,
Luxembourg ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
OECD ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIF) ,
Retail Investors ,
SICARs ,
SIFs ,
Software ,
Tax Incentives ,
Utility Patents
The law that transposed UCITS V1 into Luxembourg law (UCITS V Law) entered into force on 1 June 2016. Among other matters, the UCITS V Law: (i) implements a depository regime based upon – but more stringent than – the AIFMD...more
7/7/2016
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AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
CSSF ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
Luxembourg ,
Management Companies ,
MiFID II ,
Remuneration ,
Sanctions ,
SICAV ,
UCITS
Following hot on the heels of the introduction of the bill to implement the reserved alternative investment fund (RAIF), on 18 January 2016, the Luxembourg government deposited with Parliament a bill of law (Bill) to amend,...more