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On May 18 th 2018, the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg (“ BCL”) released Circular BCL 2018/241 on new statistical data collection for non-regulated alternative investment funds (the “ Circular”). The purpose of the Circular is to inform non-regulated alternative investment funds of their reporting

On March 8 th 2018, the European Commission released a new proposal for a European Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (“ CSP”) for Business (the “ Proposal”). The Proposal has come about due to the current lack of consistency across the European Union in the treatment of CSPs, and

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The Luxembourg Law of April 17 th 2018 on indices used as benchmarks (“ Luxembourg Benchmark Law”) was adopted in order to implement Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1011 of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks (" Benchmarks Regulation" or “ BMR”), which came into effect on January 1 st 2018. This

On April 19 th, the law of April 17 th 2018 on key information documents for packaged retail investment and insurance products (formerly draft Law 7199) (the “ Law”) was published in the Official Journal of Luxembourg. The law implements provisions of Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2014 (the “ Regulation”

The EU Commission, following the publication of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan in March 2018, published on May 24 th 2018 the following legislative proposals: (i) proposal for a regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investments (the “ Taxonomy Proposal”), (ii)

On March 23 rd 2018, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/480 (“ Level 2 Regulation”) aimed at supplementing the European Long Term Investment Fund Regulation (“ ELTIF”) (Regulation (EU) 2015/760) (the “ ELTIF Regulation”) was published. Hedging derivatives The Level 2 Regulation sets out the

On March 12 th 2018, in the context of the Capital Markets Union action plan, the European Commission issued legislative proposals to amend the existing legal framework for the cross-border distribution of investment funds in the EU. These proposals contain a directive and a regulation (the “

On March 1 st 2018, a law was published to modify, inter alia, the law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment (the “ 2010 Law”). Luxembourg Parliament voted to clarify the depositary regime for funds subject to Part II of the 2010 Law (“ Part II-UCIs”). It is worth recalling

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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