On 28 July 2023, the law of 21 July 2023, which modernises the laws governing UCITS, Part II UCIs, SIFs, SICARs, RAIFs and Luxembourg asset managers, enters into force (the Law). ...more
Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of 27 November, 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, as amended by Regulation (EU) of 18 June, 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate...more
The growth of Luxembourg-domiciled alternative investment funds remains on an upward trajectory as they become increasingly attractive outside of the EU, Preqin showed. The average size of a private equity fund domiciled in...more
Law on 21-month grandfathering period in a "hard Brexit" scenario - Parliament has adopted legislation that will allow UK financial service providers to continue rendering certain services in Luxembourg for a period of up...more
Bill to set up a 21-month grandfathering period in a "hard Brexit" scenario - The Luxembourg government has proposed legislation which would allow UK financial service providers to continue rendering certain services in...more
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
Parliament adopts general data protection law - Parliament has adopted the law of 1 August 2018 on the organisation of the National Commission for Data Protection and implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the...more
Circular of the Central Bank of Luxembourg on statistical data collection for non-regulated AIFs - The Central Bank of Luxembourg published circular BCL 2018/241 entitled “New statistical data collection for non-regulated...more
ALFI Notes the Commission’s Plans to Amend the UCITS and AIFM Directives - ALFI issued a press release pointing out that they believe that a wider scope for the clarification of marketing and pre-marketing would have been...more
CSSF issues press release on approach to permissible investments by Luxembourg UCITS in non-UCITS ETFs - The CSSF clarified their position on deciding to take a more restrictive approach to permissible investments by...more
CSSF Circular CSSF-CPDI Dated 19 April 2017 - The CSSF published its Circular addressed, inter alia, to investment firms as well as AIFMs and UCITS management companies who manage portfolios on a discretionary basis...more
CSSF Press Release 17/06 Dated 13 February 2017 - The CSSF confirmed that it follows ESMA on its opinion in relation to the requirements for UCITS share classes....more
For the past two years, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), Europe’s main securities regulator, has had UCITS share classes in their sights. It has issued two discussion papers on the topic and has now...more
ALFI Response to IOSCO Consultation Report on Good Practices for the Termination of Investment Funds - ALFI responded to the IOSCO Consultation Report on Good Practices for the Termination of Investment Funds which...more
CSSF Press Release 16/17 on Global Situation of UCIs and SIFs at the End of February 2016 - CSSF press release 16/17 of 31 March 2016 summarizes the global situation of Undertakings for Collective Investment and...more
The Luxembourg supervisory authority (“CSSF”) recently issued a circular letter (“Circular Letter”) that requires all Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS to provide the CSSF with information – pursuant to the filing of additional...more
Latest Statistics Regarding Luxembourg UCITS - ALFI (the Luxembourg Fund Association) released figures outlining the footprint of Luxembourg domiciled UCITS on 9 March 2016, showing the volume of assets under management...more
Latest Fund Statistics for Luxembourg Illustrate Continued Growth - ALFI has issued the fund statistics as of 30 September 2015. Luxembourg continues to be the number one location for Funds in Europe, with both number of...more
ALFI releases FAQs on RQF II - Further to the announcement by the People’s Bank of China on 29 April 2015 of a RMB 50 billion Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (“RQFII”) quota being granted to Luxembourg, the...more
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
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