The Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA) has issued a new circular letter (23/10) that will affect how insurance and reinsurance companies operate from September 1, 2023. The circular sets out the CAA's expectations on...more
When the European Parliament announced that political agreement on the EU Green Bond Regulation (the Regulation) had been reached with the Council on 28 February 2023, rapporteur Paul Tang was quoted as saying...more
With new rules on the governance of insurance company boards coming into force from the end of this month, Paul Péporté and Helena Finn outline the main changes....more
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A series of amendments were introduced into the amended act of 12 November 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (the AML Act 2004)...more
Clarification changes in relation to the Luxembourg Act dated 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements, as amended (the Luxembourg Collateral Act)....more
On 9 February 2022, the Luxembourg parliament adopted law no. 7825 (Law) amending, among others, the Luxembourg act dated 22 March 2004 on securitisation, as amended (Securitisation Act 2004) to Parliament. ...more
To position itself as an attractive listing venue for the booming European market for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has created a framework to provide sponsors with...more
The Luxembourg legislator has just eliminated almost five years of uncertainty by clarifying that the financial assistance regime provided for by the Luxembourg Companies Act does not apply to private limited liability...more
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has launched a new service, named PLUS for Perma Link Upload Service, to help issuers in referencing their documents via hyperlinks in their prospectuses, as required by the Prospectus...more
A new Luxembourg act dated 16 July 2019 on prospectuses for securities and implementing the Prospectus Regulation (the New Prospectus Act) was published in the Luxembourg Official Gazette on 18 July 2019. ...more
On 31 January 2019, the Ministry of Finance has submitted a bill of law to the Luxembourg Parliament (the Bill 7401) as regards the measures to be taken in relation to the Luxembourg financial sector in the case of the exit...more
This is to inform you of the publication on 22 August 2018 of the Luxembourg law implementing EU directive 2016/97 on insurance distribution (IDD) and amending other aspects of the Luxembourg insurance sector legislation (the...more
This is to inform you of the publication on 22 August 2018 of the Luxembourg law implementing EU directive 2016/97 on insurance distribution (IDD) and amending other aspects of the Luxembourg insurance sector legislation (the...more
On 26 June 2018, the new Luxembourg law on “green covered bonds” amending certain provisions of the Luxembourg Act of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector* (the Law) was published in the Mémorial. Luxembourg is well-known in...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
Luxembourg finally implements the Transparency Amending Directive. In line with the Directive, the Transparency Act 2008, amongst others: -
reinforces rules on the disclosure of major shareholdings, including a new...more