Laws and Regulations

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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John Berrigan, European Commission
Events
June 9, 2022

The EU’s Capital Markets Union: ready for the next push

It’s been nearly a decade since the European Commission set out its ambitious plans for a Capital…
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Moscow. Photo via Unsplash.
Laws and Regulations
June 8, 2022

Luxembourg freezes 4.3 billion euro in Russian assets

Luxembourg has frozen some 4.3 billion euro in Russian assets, mostly held in shares, bonds and bank…
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The ECB's governing council will meet in the Grand Hotel in Amsterdam. Photo: Sofitel.
Laws and Regulations
June 8, 2022

In Amsterdam, ECB council faces eurozone conundrum 

European central bank policy makers will meet in Amsterdam on Thursday at the invitation of Klaas…
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Verena Ross, chair of Esma
Laws and Regulations
June 8, 2022

EU regulators add details to sustainable finance rules

As the financial industry continues to call for more clarity and guidance to handle what even…
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Luxembourg finance minister Yuriko Backes leaving for London on Tuesday. Photo: Luxembourg government via Twitter.
Laws and Regulations
June 7, 2022

Yuriko Backes: EU & Brexit translator

Luxembourg Finance Minister Yuriko Backes is visiting London this week, at a time when advocates of…
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Deutsche Bank trading floor
Laws and Regulations
May 31, 2022

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided for suspected greenwashing

Frankfurt investigators on Tuesday raided Deutsche Bank and the nearby offices of asset management…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Laws and Regulations
May 25, 2022

CSSF modernises regime for fund administrators

Fund administrators active in Luxembourg will be required to produce an annual report on their…
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