On 14 February 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched, in accordance with the announcement hereafter, a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with National Competent Authorities (NCAs) on Compliance and Internal Audit Functions of UCITS Management Companies (“UCITS Managers”) and authorised Alternative Investment Funds…

The CSSF and the ABBL are jointly organising a conference on the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing for the banking sector. The conference will host speakers from the CSSF, the CRF and the ABBL. They will, among others, provide an outcome of the…

(published on 30 January 2025, updated on 2 April 2025)
As a reminder, starting from 1 July 2025, the transmission method for the internalised settlement reporting (CSDR Art.9) will change. The reports will be exclusively collected through the two methods below, free of charge: ZIP…

On 28 March 2025, the department of supervision of investment firms of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) held its annual AML/CFT conference at the Chamber of Commerce. The Luxembourg Financial Investigations Unit (CRF), together with the CSSF, provided insights on the following…

In accordance with Article 28(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA), the financial entities subject to DORA shall maintain and update at entity level, and at sub-consolidated and consolidated levels, a register of information in relation to all contractual arrangements on the use of ICT services…

Press release 25/06
As at 28 February 2025, the total net assets of undertakings for collective investment, comprising UCIs subject to the 2010 Law, specialised investment funds and SICARs, amounted to EUR 5,957.264 billion compared to EUR 5,929.317 billion as at 31 January 2025, i.e.…

The CSSF publishes an updated version of the Reporting Handbook for investment firms (v.1.4), which integrates precisions with respect to the possibility to adjust the reference and remittance dates of EU reporting templates for entities with accounting closing dates other than 31 December, as well as…

As a reminder, the collection procedures for the Bank prudential reporting (EBA ITS Reports) will change starting from 1 April 2025. Indeed, from 1 April, these reports will be collected exclusively through the following two methods, free of charge: Submission of the XBRL file via…

We would like to inform you that a technical maintenance is scheduled for Thursday, 27 March 2025 between 6 pm and 7 pm. Our services may potentially be unavailable during this period. Our teams are fully committed to ensure the continuity of our services throughout…

The CSSF highlights recommended controls to prevent the most frequent type of rejection reasons and reminds entities of the importance of avoiding rejected reports when reporting under Article 9 of EMIR.
With the entry into force of EMIR REFIT reporting on 29 April 2024, and…

We would like to inform you that a technical maintenance is scheduled for Tuesday, 11 March 2025 between 5.30 pm and 7 pm. Our services may potentially be unavailable during this period. Our teams are fully committed to ensure the continuity of our services throughout…

In April 2025, a new “e-Identification” system will replace the current VISA procedure for the prospectuses of UCITS, Part II UCIs, SICARs and SIFs. This new e-Identification of fund prospectuses will be composed of: a unique identification number (YYYY/NNNNNN-NNNNNN-N-PC) and an e-Identification date. Both will…