Supervision

Sector
March 16, 2023

Credit Suisse wants to become ‘smaller, more focused bank’

Negative global market sentiment against Swiss bank Credit Suisse meant Europe’s banking sector was…
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Claude Wampach, director banking supervision at the CSSF. Photo: CSSF.
Supervision
March 15, 2023

Bank supervisor Claude Wampach: ‘The market is always right’

Now that the initial dust on SVB’s collapse has settled, one of Europe’s top bank supervisors has a…
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Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, addressing bankers at a Frankfurt conference. Photo: EBF CC-BY-2.0.
Sector
March 12, 2023

SVB crash: ECB is concerned over rate risk management

Answering questions about the bank run on Silicon Valley Bank, the European Central Bank on Sunday…
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CSSF seen drafting EU best practice for handling NAV errors 
Supervision
March 6, 2023

CSSF fines Intertrust over poor governance

Luxembourg’s financial regulator the CSSF announced last Friday afternoon that it had fined trust…
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Degroof Petercam's offices in Luxembourg. Photo: Degroof Petercam.
Sector
March 3, 2023

CSSF fines Degroof Petercam €1.56 mln for ‘deficiencies’

Financial supervisor CSSF has issued a fine of 1.56 million euros to the Luxembourg unit of Belgian…
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Cybersecurity problems worsened by lack of qualified staff
Supervision
March 2, 2023

Lack of qualified staff leads to higher cybersecurity risk

The announcement that some 500 Microsoft Exchange servers “need immediate attention”, issued by…
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Cyber warfare. Photo by US Air Force, CC via Flickr
Supervision
February 24, 2023

Cyber: CSSF echos ‘alarming’ warning on server updates

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Friday brought attention to a warning from the grand duchy…
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Verena Ross, chair of Esma
Investing
February 10, 2023

‘Prepare for further market corrections,’ says Esma

The European Securities and Markets Authority, the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Supervision
February 8, 2023

CSSF held back Alter Domus fine announcement for a year

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF this week announced that it, at the end of 2021, presented…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Asset Managers
February 8, 2023

CSSF fines FundRock €45,800 for benchmark violation

Luxembourg alternative investment fund manager FundRock, part of the Apex Group, has been given a…
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CSSF seen drafting EU best practice for handling NAV errors 
Supervision
February 8, 2023

CSSF to start collecting AML data next Wednesday

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF has said it will start collecting information from firms on…
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Luxembourg fund managers ordered to review costs and fees
Supervision
January 26, 2023

CSSF asks firms to use EBA’s threshold monitoring tools

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Thursday published an update to its Reporting Handbook for…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Asset Managers
January 25, 2023

CSSF fines Pemberton for ‘failures’ under AIFM law

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF has levied a 22,100 euro fine against alternative investment…
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Esma gets a new look, reflecting sustainability and innovation
Supervision
January 10, 2023

Esma’s new look reflects sustainability, innovation

The European Union’s top supervisory authority for financial markets has started the new year with a…
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