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ESMA cautions investors against being caught up in the hype surrounding the sudden and significant increase in the value of certain crypto-assets, advising them to carefully consider their financial needs and objectives before making any decisions. ESMA highlights the forthcoming Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA),…
Fact-finding exercise on issuers’ sustainability reporting December 2024
The CSSF has published today an update of its FAQ concerning the Luxembourg Law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for collective investment. This update introduces a new question (12.1) providing specific guidance on the portfolio transparency requirements for actively managed UCITS ETFs. The…
Starting from 2 January 2025, the CSSF makes available two new procedures related to the audit profession in eDesk: Annual declaration for “Réviseurs d’entreprises agréés” Annual declaration for approved audit firms The procedures allow audit professionals to complete their annual declarations and submit it. A…
This communiqué is a follow-up to the CSSF communiqué published on 21 October 2024 announcing the publication of Circular CSSF 24/863, thereby implementing the Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”) into the Luxembourg regulatory framework and a priority processing procedure…
The FAQs aim at providing further clarity on aspects of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial sector (SFDR). Version 4
The new Circular CSSF 24/856 on the protection of investors in case of an NAV calculation error, an instance of non-compliance with the investment rules and other errors at UCI level enters into force on 1 January 2025. It repeals Circular CSSF 02/77 at the…
La CSSF souhaite attirer l’attention sur les publications suivantes : Le règlement grand-ducal du 25 octobre 2024 portant rehaussement des critères de taille1 (« RGD du 25 octobre 2024 ») qui a été publié en date du 7 novembre 2024 au Journal officiel et qui est…
Modification of the statistical data collection for money market funds (MMFs) and non-MMF investment funds
(published on 9 December 2024, updated on 11 December 2024) The CSSF will launch its annual AML/CFT questionnaire for the year 2024 on 24 February 2025. The final submission of responses has to be completed through the CSSF eDesk platform the latest by 4 April…
regarding amendments to Circular CSSF 19/719: Implementing the EBA Guidelines on the STS criteria for non-ABCP securitisation and the STS criteria for ABCP securitisation
Update of Circular CSSF 19/724 on technical specifications regarding submission to the CSSF of documents under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and the Law of 16 July 2019 on prospectuses for securities and general overview of the regulatory framework on prospectuses
As the application of DORA on 17 January 2025 is approaching, the ESAs published today a short joint statement aiming at addressing requests from Financial Entities who seek greater clarity on the expectations of the supervisory community towards the financial entities as the application of…
Themes and issues to be monitored specifically in 2025
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Press release 24/32
Le résultat avant provisions et impôts du secteur bancaire luxembourgeois1 s’élève à 7.588,3 millions d’EUR pour les trois premiers trimestres de l’année 2024, ce qui représente une augmentation de 14,6% par rapport à la même période de l’année précédente. Postes en…
concerning systemically important institutions authorised in Luxembourg
Press release 24/31
Luxembourg, 2 December 2024 The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has signed a strategic agreement on artificial intelligence with Clarence, Luxembourg’s sovereign air-gapped cloud designed to meet the needs of businesses, administrations, and public institutions. Clarence’s solution will enable the…
Press release 24/30
As at 31 October 2024, the total net assets of undertakings for collective investment, comprising UCIs subject to the 2010 Law, specialised investment funds and SICARs, amounted to EUR 5,665.580 billion compared to EUR 5,659.544 billion as at 30 September 2024, i.e.…
The CSSF draws attention to the Final Report providing the assessment of the shortening of the settlement cycle in the European Union (EU) which was published on Monday 18 November 2024 by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In its report ESMA proposed a…