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28 Apr 2025
EMIR: Third counties CCPs and the UK, a long story
The possibility for UK CCPs to offer their service to European clearing houses has been a recurring issue since Brexit...
Regulatory
The possibility for UK CCPs to offer their service to European clearing houses has been a recurring issue since Brexit and their new status as "third country CCPs".
EMIR: Third counties CCPs and the UK, a long story
28 Apr 2025
Shareholder Rights Directives (SRDs): French market cited as an example by the European Commission
In March 2025, the European Commission published a report assessing the application of the Shareholder Rights Directives...
Regulatory
In March 2025, the European Commission published a report assessing the application of the Shareholder Rights Directives (SRDs) approximately four years after the entry into force of SRD2.
Shareholder Rights Directives (SRDs): French market cited as an example by the European Commission
28 Apr 2025
Sustainable Finance: What is the ESG Omnibus Directive?
In Europe, sustainable finance regulations aim to regulate financial operations in order to support sustainable...
Regulatory
In Europe, sustainable finance regulations aim to regulate financial operations in order to support sustainable development, encourage asset managers to take ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) aspects into account and increase the transparency of financial product providers. Here, we will focus on the new directive proposed by the European Commission:...
Sustainable Finance: What is the ESG Omnibus Directive?
08 Apr 2025
T+1 in Europe: The future is faster and more efficient
Addressing market challenges, liquidity risks and establishing an appropriate deployment roadmap: Europe's post-trading...
Regulatory
Addressing market challenges, liquidity risks and establishing an appropriate deployment roadmap: Europe's post-trading agenda.
T+1 in Europe: The future is faster and more efficient
05 Mar 2025
Private Market, just another asset?
The multiple strategies of the unlisted market are attracting all types of investors seeking to diversify their...
Market Perspectives
The multiple strategies of the unlisted market are attracting all types of investors seeking to diversify their portfolios. Once considered a niche activity, as new players emerge, the unlisted market has begun the shift towards consolidation and normalisation.
Private Market, just another asset?
19 Feb 2025
Revision of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive: the regulator’s willingness to be open
Financial intermediation by Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) has always been...
Regulatory
Financial intermediation by Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) has always been popular with general public investors in France.
Revision of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive: the regulator’s willingness to be open
29 Jan 2025
ESMA formalises European governance for the transition to T+1 in the European Union
Following the ESMA Final Report published in November 2024 and the Joint Communication of the European Commission, ESMA...
Regulatory
Following the ESMA Final Report published in November 2024 and the Joint Communication of the European Commission, ESMA and the ECB on future governance, a new step has been taken.
ESMA formalises European governance for the transition to T+1 in the European Union
16 Jan 2025
CSDR Refit: the future penalty mechanism
The consultation launched by the European Markets Authority (ESMA) in the winter of 2023 provided an opportunity for the...
Regulatory
The consultation launched by the European Markets Authority (ESMA) in the winter of 2023 provided an opportunity for the European regulator to propose a wide range of possible changes to the penalty regime, ranging from a simple change in the rates applied to complete overhauls of the system through the simple or convex introduction of progressive rates,...
CSDR Refit: the future penalty mechanism
14 Jan 2025
The FASTER directive: New tax rules to encourage cross-border investments
On 10 December 2024, the Council of Europe adopted a directive with new rules for withholding tax procedures (FASTER).
Regulatory
On 10 December 2024, the Council of Europe adopted a directive with new rules for withholding tax procedures (FASTER).
The FASTER directive: New tax rules to encourage cross-border investments
19 Dec 2024
Success of the wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency trial by the Eurosystem with Societe Generale
At the request of the management company Ofi Invest AM and the insurer Generali France, Societe Generale participated,...
Regulatory
At the request of the management company Ofi Invest AM and the insurer Generali France, Societe Generale participated, from April to November 2024, in the projects led by the Banque de France and the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning the use of a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC), i.e. “exploratory” euro cash tokens, for the settlement of...
Success of the wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency trial by the Eurosystem with Societe Generale
06 Dec 2024
The rise of Evergreen funds in Luxembourg’s private equity sector
The Private Equity sector has witnessed a shift towards Evergreen funds. According to the Association of the Luxembourg...
Market Perspectives
The Private Equity sector has witnessed a shift towards Evergreen funds. According to the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), Private Equity funds in Luxembourg increased by 15% in 2023 with total assets under management of €800 billion (AUM) and the growth of Evergreen structures.
The rise of Evergreen funds in Luxembourg’s private equity sector
22 Nov 2024
Publication of ESMA's final report on the transition to T+1 in the European Union
While ESMA's preliminary report published last March suggested a potential move to T+1, the final report, available...
Regulatory
While ESMA's preliminary report published last March suggested a potential move to T+1, the final report, available since November 18, 2024, leaves no room for the conditional. Not only is the move to T+1 in Europe now a fact, but it also even has a date (admittedly, this is only a proposal from the regulator; to become official, it will have to go through a...
Publication of ESMA's final report on the transition to T+1 in the European Union

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