The Luxembourg government and the CSSF recently have taken a number of measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. In other developments: the current Luxembourg Brexit laws will be rendered inapplicable by...more
1/23/2020
/ AIFM ,
Anti Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
CSSF ,
Digital Data ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
IOSCO ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Luxembourg ,
MiFID ,
New Circular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
UCITS ,
UK Brexit
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
The scope of the New Law is quite broad, and applies to all forms and types of entities.4 This encompasses companies and partnerships, whether or not regulated, including Luxembourg investment funds such as UCITS, Part II...more
1/18/2019
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banks ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Criminal Fines ,
Corporate Entities ,
EU Directive ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Investment Funds ,
Luxembourg ,
Member State ,
Partnerships ,
Registration Requirement ,
Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIF) ,
SICARs ,
SIFs ,
UCITS
Luxembourg recently published two important bills to combat money laundering and terrorism financing – one transposes the EU AML4 Directive1 into Luxembourg law; the second establishes a central register of beneficial owners,...more
1/17/2018
/ Amended Legislation ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Company Law ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
EU ,
Financial Action Task Force ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Internal Controls ,
Luxembourg ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Transparency