Laws and Regulations

Nearly half of all complaints to CSSF come from Germany, UK
Laws and Regulations
September 12, 2022

Nearly half of complaints to CSSF come from Germany, UK

The number of complaints received about financial services in Luxembourg last year rose by 25…
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A green maze. Photo by Benjamin Elliott on Unsplash.
Asset Managers
September 7, 2022

Firms reluctant to discuss sustainability with clients

One month after the EU ordered the investment sector to ask clients for their sustainability…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Laws and Regulations
July 27, 2022

CSSF warns funds offering crypto assets not supervised

Private consumers seeking to invest in virtual assets through investment funds, despite the massive…
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Verena Ross, chair of Esma
News
July 22, 2022

Esma sees room to improve prospectus approvals

A European screening exercise of prospectus approvals that involved Luxembourg’s financial…
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Bitcoin. Image via Coincu CC-BY-2.0
Laws and Regulations
July 20, 2022

Apex: EU crypto crack-down ‘not a threat’ to Luxembourg

A recent European Union agreement to crack down on the “wild west” in international crypto markets…
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Esma's head office in Paris. Photo; Esma.
Laws and Regulations
July 11, 2022

Five Luxembourg officials named to Esma committees

Five representatives of the financial services sector in Luxembourg have been named as members of…
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Patrick de Cambourg, chair of the EU Taskforce on Sustainability Reporting Standards. Photo: Mazars.
Laws and Regulations
July 11, 2022

EU places ESG reporting on par with financial data

A new EU law from 2025 will require companies in Europe to accept a future in which their reporting…
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Tanguy van de Werve, EFAMA
Laws and Regulations
June 29, 2022

Efama calls for tax action to shield savers from inflation

Europe’s asset management industry on Wednesday called on governments across Europe to take…
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Assets coins stacked. Image Springwater CC BY-ND 4.0
Laws and Regulations
June 28, 2022

Alfi supports more lenient ‘opt-up’ rules for retail

Luxembourg’s fund industry supports the introduction in new EU retail finance legislation of more…
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MEP Pascal Durand, (France, Renew Europe), the EU Parliament's chief negotiator on CSRD. Photo: EP.
Laws and Regulations
June 27, 2022

EU agrees new CSRD rules to stop green-washing

The European Council and the European Parliament have taken an important step towards the…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Laws and Regulations
June 21, 2022

CSSF tells AIFMs to use eDesk for marketing notifications

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Monday ordered alternative investment managers to…
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CSSF's Martine Wagner (left), head of department for the supervision of investment firms, and Cécile Gellenoncourt, Head of Supervision of Information systems, address the new outsourcing rules in the ABBL-CSSF webinar.
Supervision
June 20, 2022

CSSF clarifies new rules for financial sector outsourcing

New rules, new details and a new terminology regarding financial sector outsourcing are being…
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Hadewych Kuiper, managing director at Triodos Investment Management.
Laws and Regulations
June 15, 2022

Green funds: ‘omission’ in AIFMD2 to hurt impact funds

Alarmed efforts by European green and microfinance fund providers, led by Dutch firms Triodos and…
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uclear power plant in Doel, Belgium. Photo via Flickr CC BY 2.0.
Laws and Regulations
June 14, 2022

EU Taxonomy at risk as MEPs reject nuclear, gas

Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday rejected a proposal by the European Commission to…
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