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Basel III finalisation: CRD VI and CRR III have been published The Capital Requirements Directive ( Directive 2013/36/EU), and the Capital Requirements Regulation ( Regulation 2013/575/EU) and aiming to ensure resilience of the EU banking sector against economic shocks, have been amended to

On 27 May 2024, ESMA published new questions and answers regarding Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers for business (the “ Crowdfunding Regulation”). With respect to prudential requirements for control functions (compliance, risk and audit) of crowdfunding service

On 20 June 2024, the CSSF has released an update on its Frequently Asked Questions concerning Circular CSSF 02/77 on protection of investors in case of NAV calculation errors, non-compliance with investment rules and other types of errors at UCI level (which will be replaced by Circular CSSF 24/856

Background Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on market abuse (the “ Market Abuse Regulation” or “ MAR” ), in the 30 days before the publication of half yearly and annual results of an issuer whose securities are admitted to trading, persons discharging managerial responsibilities (“ PMDR”)

On 8 May 2024, the Luxembourg Lower Administrative Tribunal (the “ Tribunal”) (n° 47267) ruled on the tax qualification of interest-free loans (“ IFLs”) granted by a parent company to a Luxembourg subsidiary (the “ Company”) as well as the non-existence of a Malaysian permanent establishment (the “

Background Article 26a(2) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation (the “ EU Securitisation Regulation”) provides that the EBA (in close cooperation with ESMA and