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The law of February 13 th 2018 (“ AMLD Law”) which entered into force on February 18 th 2018 has now implemented most of the outstanding provisions of the 4 th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“ 4th AML Directive”) into Luxembourg Law. This law introduces amendments to the Luxembourg Law of November

WHAT? By definition, a cryptocurrency or virtual currency ( VC) is a digital or virtual representation of value using cryptography to secure its transactions. Contrarily to centralised electronic money and traditional/fiat currencies ( central banking system), cryptocurrencies use decentralized

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On December 8 th 2017, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued the new circular L.G.-A. No. 61 (replacing the previous Circular dated February 12 th 2015, please see our previous newsletter dated March 2 nd 2015) which aims to cover the procedure applicable to the request of tax residency certificates

As a reminder, as from January 1 st 2018, all entities advising on or selling a packaged retail and insurance-based investment product ( PRIIP) to retail investors in the European Union are required to deliver a PRIIP compliant KID to their retail investors before any investment. Regarding the

The Grand-ducal Regulation of December 21 st 2017 relating to the fees to be levied by the CSSF (the “ New Grand-ducal Regulation”) entered into force as of January 1 st 2018 and has created a number of changes to the fees levied on investment fund vehicles and management companies. In general