Laws and Regulations

Tobias Seidl, co-founder at STOKR.
Laws and Regulations
February 3, 2022

A surging virtual assets market awaits regulation

Luxembourg companies from small to large are taking strides in the realm of virtual assets. This…
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Supervision
January 26, 2022

Regulators to examine investment fund valuation 

Top-level European securities markets regulator ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) has…
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Emil Stavrev, IMF, from UEL
Laws and Regulations
January 21, 2022

Impact of OECD “structured formal garden” for tax rules

The new corporate taxation rules from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development…
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Benjamin Angel, Director for Direct Taxation at the European Commission
Laws and Regulations
January 20, 2022

Funds caught in EU’s “Unshell” plans

Unshell – the name given to the third anti tax-avoidance directive (ATAD III) – would have a “huge…
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Keith O’Donnell, Chair of the ALFI tax commission
Laws and Regulations
January 13, 2022

Luxembourg and new OECD tax rules

Luxembourg business representatives have said that the OECD’s Inclusive Framework Pillar One and Two…
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Supervision
January 12, 2022

Systemic fund risks daunting challenge for regulators, industry

International financial regulators, considering lessons learned from defusing systemic risks in the…
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Kees Verbaas, Altis
Laws and Regulations
January 12, 2022

Despite SFDR postponement, providers hard at work

Fund selectors are by no means in pause mode around the introduction of the next level of…
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Borssele nuclear power station
Laws and Regulations
January 5, 2022

Fuss over natural gas and nuclear power in EU taxonomy

On the last day of the year, the European Commission secretly circulated a plan to classify the…
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Sylvester Eijffinger, Tilburg University
Asset Managers
December 13, 2021

Cryptos, highly undesirable alternative liquidity

Cryptocurrencies are causing the European Central Bank increasing concern. This exotic market…
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Charlotte Chopping, Clifford Chance
Laws and Regulations
December 9, 2021

ALFI: Industry pleased with limited AIFMD reform proposals

The reaction to recent European Commission proposals for AIFMD II reform from Luxembourg finance…
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Corinne Prinz, Arendt & Medernach
Laws and Regulations
November 25, 2021

Green light for PRIIPs KID

Goodbye to the UCITS KIID and hello to the PRIIPs KID for UCITS and retail AIFs. The European…
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Ronald Janssen of Ortec Finance and Tom Loonen of Free University of Amsterdam
Laws and Regulations
November 24, 2021

Which bank you invest with matters

There is still no uniform European investor protection as envisaged by MiFID II, according to…
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Laws and Regulations
September 9, 2021

Covid-19 undermines KYC compliance

A majority of nearly 3,000 risk managers admit that the pandemic has led to more careless due…
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CSSF building
Laws and Regulations
September 2, 2021

CSSF finds fund liquidity gaps during Covid

The CSSF was pleased with how Luxembourg’s fund sector withstood the acute phase of the Covid crisis…
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