Published on April 29, 2025, the ESMA final report (ESMA75-453128700-1408) outlines the guidelines (Guidelines) for competent national authorities (NCAs) to prevent and detect market abuse in the context of the Markets in...more
5/6/2025
/ Blockchain ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptoassets ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Market Abuse ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
On April 8, 2025, Natasha Cazenave, executive director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), addressed the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, offering key insights into the...more
Against the backdrop of reinforced European and international anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements, the Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA (AED) has...more
3/12/2025
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
EU ,
FATF ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
Luxembourg ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations
The European Union has significantly overhauled its product liability regime with a new directive concerning liability for defective products (Product Liability Directive). EU member states have until December 9, 2026, to...more
2/18/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance Dates ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Liability ,
Manufacturers ,
Member State ,
Product Defects ,
Risk Management ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) aims to harmonize provisions related to cybersecurity and information and communication technology (ICT) risk management in the financial sector. Its scope covers nearly all entities...more
1/17/2025
/ Compliance ,
CSSF ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Information Technology ,
Luxembourg ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
On 13 December 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published the first FAQ to assist professionals in the investment sector supervised, authorised, or registered by the CSSF in complying with...more
1/17/2025
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Luxembourg ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
With the arrival of the Regulation on Digital Operational Resilience (DORA) and the Network and Information Security 2 (NIS2) Directive, the security of information systems and the protection of critical infrastructures have...more
12/2/2024
/ Compliance ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
France ,
Luxembourg ,
Member State ,
New Regulations ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation
The European Commission’s adoption on 23 October 2024 of the two regulations (Regulations) supplementing the [the Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector Publications Office (europa.eu)] (DORA)...more
10/28/2024
/ Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Member State ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Service Provider
The act’s rules kick in on a rolling basis over the next few years, with the first set of prohibitions coming into effect in February 2025.
The European Union's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is the first comprehensive...more
The publication by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) on (a) 17 July 2024 of the second batch of implementing materials and (b) 26 July 2024 of the sub-contracting of information and...more
7/30/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Compliance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) ,
Information Sharing ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
UK
The new EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) is a risk-based framework, ranging from outright prohibitions on certain types of systems to light regulation of others. The AI Act sets out to define AI systems, their levels...more