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Embracing change in the virtual asset space The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“ CSSF”) has recently revised its frequently asked questions (“ FAQ”) on virtual assets for undertakings for collective investment (“ UCI”) , marking another significant regulatory adjustment following a

In 2012, the European EMIR regulation came into force to improve the transparency of over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange-traded (ETD) derivatives markets and reduce credit and operational risks. Twelve years later, a regime update reinforcing the requirements applicable to derivatives processing is

In a press release dated January 31, 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “ CSSF”) announced changes to the method of exchanging information between UCI departments and investment fund managers in accordance with CSSF circular 19/721 - Dematerialisation of requests to the

In a press release dated 31 January 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the "CSSF") announced that a new channel is available for alternative investment fund managers to submit their AIFM reports via Application Programming Interface (“API”) the eDesk platform. Key changes

The UK Government confirmed that investment funds regulated under Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (“

Background Regulation (EU) 2023/606 of 15 March 2023 (the “ELTIF 2.0”) entered into force on 10 January 2024. These awaited amendments to the ELTIF Regulation (EU) 2015/760 (the “ELTIF Regulation”) were expected to combine the best of different investment fund types- professional and retail, open

On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ ECJ”) adopted a ruling, in case C-333/21 European Superleague Company, on the interpretation of Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ( TFEU). In the ruling, the ECJ held that the Fédération

Article 9 (1) subparagraph 1 of Directive 2021/2167 on credit servicers and credit purchasers (the “ Credit Servicers Directive” or “ CSD”), requires that Member States “ ensure that the competent authorities (CA) establish and maintain at least a list or, where considered more appropriate, a

On 6 February 2024, ESMA published a warning for people posting investment recommendations on social media (the “ ESMA Warning ”). While aiming to raise awareness on the requirements established by Regulation (EU) 2023/2779 of 6 September 2023 (the “ Market Abuse Regulation” or “ MAR”), it also

Updates to ESMA Q&A On 2 February 2024, ESMA updated its questions and answers on MiFIR data reporting. With this update, ESMA updated the list of national client identifiers for natural persons to be used in transaction reports pursuant to the priority specified in Annex II of the Commission

On 15 February 2024, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/584 of 7 November 2023 (the “ New Delegated Regulation ”) amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1851 (the “ 2019 Delegated Regulation”) as regards the homogeneity of the underlying