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The CSSF’s updated UCITS Q&A dated July 6th 2017 includes the following new topics: Independence requirements set forth in Chapter 4 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/438 o

On July 20th 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) issued its opinion on asset segregation and application of depositary delegation rules to central securities depos

Regulation (EU) 2015/2421 of 16 December 2015 (the “Regulation”) amending Regulation (EC) No.

On July 11th 2017 the EU Council announced its action plan to tackle Non-Performing Loans (“NPLs”) in Europe (the “Action Plan”).

On July 20th 2017, Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Dir

According to the Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments (“MiFID II”), Member States must transpose the directive in national law by July 3rd 2017 and apply

Level 3 and 4 measures relating to the Commission Delegated Regulation on Key Information Documents (“KIDs”) for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (“PRIIPs&rdqu

Over the past several decades, there has been a major push to provide uniform and harmonised intellectual property coverage worldwide.

The ESMA UCITS Q&A was updated on July 11th 2017 with two new questions. The first question relates to issuer concentration and whether the limit set out in Article 52(2) of the UCITS Directive w