Luxembourg: Financial Services

A proposed bill of law seeks to modernize Luxembourg's securitization framework by expanding financing options beyond traditional instruments, introducing cross-compartment investment mechanisms, and extending active portfolio management capabilities to include equity positions. The reforms aim to enhance legal certainty around asset ring-fencing in insolvency scenarios while aligning the regime with contemporary market practices, particularly for Islamic finance structures and multi-compartment vehicles.

The European regulatory framework's distinction between open-ended and closed-ended funds has significant implications for alternative investment fund managers, particularly with AIFMD 2 taking effect in April 2026. This analysis examines how semi-liquid evergreen funds—including rolling-vintage and run-off models—should be classified under EU rules, and why a mechanical application...

The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the CSSF, has taken two major steps that impact the investment in and the use of crypto assets by Luxembourg UCITS and AIFs.