Demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is rapidly growing across the decentralized finance (DeFi) community, with growing interest among existing crypto-native participants and across the traditional finance industry...more
On Monday, nearly 850 fund finance professionals from all over the world attended the FFA’s 7th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. The event was one of the most well...more
The Luxembourg law on securitisation dated 22 March 2004 (the “Securitisation Law”) has been tremendously successful in providing a flexible and secure framework for Luxembourg securitisation vehicles (“SVs”), attracting a...more
The Central Bank of Russia did another “shot” at the rights of cryptocurrency holders on July 19, 2021. The Bank issued an Information Letter No. IN-06-59 / 52 “On certain types of financial instruments” on this day. Now...more
UK rules will diverge from the much-criticised EU framework. On 20 July 2021, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP21/23) on amending the UK PRIIPs Regulation. The FCA has long held concerns about the PRIIPs...more
On 23 November 2020, the Belgian FSMA launched a consultation on its draft Q&As regarding the requirements applicable to advertisements for investment instruments (the Draft Q&As).The Draft Q&As aim to ensure compliance with...more
Following its commitment within the report issued on 30 October 2018 by the UK’s Cryptoassets Taskforce1, on 23 January 2019 the FCA issued a Consultation Paper (“CP 19/3”)2 setting out draft regulatory guidance in respect of...more
Le 22 novembre 2018 est entré en vigueur, le décret 2018-1004 du 19 novembre 2018 portant modernisation du cadre juridique de la gestion d'actifs et du financement par la dette. Publié le 21 novembre au Journal Officiel, ce...more
Le 22 novembre 2018 est entré en vigueur, le décret 2018-1004 du 19 novembre 2018 portant modernisation du cadre juridique de la gestion d'actifs et du financement par la dette. Publié le 21 novembre au Journal Officiel, il...more
Law on benchmarks published - Parliament voted bill 7164 implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority published Model Written Arrangements for Benchmark Colleges (dated September 30, 2016)...more
ESMA published a consultation paper (ESMA/2016/723) on the technical implementation of the proposed Regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of...more
1. Question: What is the Volcker Rule, and when does it take effect? Answer: The Volcker Rule was enacted into law as section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank...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
Suspension from Trading of Certain Financial Instruments Apropos Greece - Following a decision of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), the competent authority of Greece, to suspend the trading of certain...more