Regulatory framework

Update of Circular CSSF 01/27 and Circular CSSF 07/325 following amendments to CSSF Regulation No 12-02

on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties and amending Regulations (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 600/2014, (EU) No 806/2014 and (EU) 2015/2365 and Directives 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2014/59/EU and (EU) 2017/1132

(Text with EEA relevance)

EBA Statement regarding Brexit addressed to consumers

laying down the implementing measures of Article 100(1) of the Law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for collective investment as regards the marketing of foreign UCIs other than the closed-ended type to retail investors in Luxembourg

on the setting of the countercyclical buffer rate for the first quarter of 2021

on the implementation of restrictive measures in financial matters

amending CSSF Regulation No 20-02 of 29 June 2020 on the equivalence of certain third countries with respect to supervision and authorisation rules for the purpose of providing investment services or performing investment activities and ancillary services by third-country firms

Version of 7 January 2025

Guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs

amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards changes to the composition, functioning and management of colleges for central counterparties

This publication is a CSSF FAQ  in relation to the use by Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS of the following Securities Financing Transactions: securities lending transactions, reverse repurchase agreement transactions and repurchase agreement transactions. The objective of the FAQ is to bring further clarity concerning the use by UCITS of these SFTs, thereby taking into account the applicable regulatory framework as well as the supervisory experienced gained by the CSSF over the last years.

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum information content of the document to be published for a prospectus exemption in connection with a takeover by means of an exchange offer, a merger or a division (Text with EEA relevance)

ESMA34-49-289

on liquidity risks arising from margin calls

Update of Circular CSSF 08/338, as amended by Circular CSSF 16/642, on the implementation of a stress test in order to assess the interest rate risk arising from non-trading book activities following the adoption of the European Banking Authority (EBA) guidelines on the management of interest rate risk arising from non-trading book activities (EBA/GL/2018/02)

Repeal of the ad hoc report to be issued by the réviseur d’entreprises agréé (approved statutory auditor) for the reconciliation between the accounts published under LUX GAAP or LUX GAAP with “IAS options” and the final FINREP version

laying down the conditions for granting loans for residential property located on Luxembourg territory

concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses