Regulatory Updates

Regulatory updates from the EBA, ECB, ESMA, FCA, PRA, and other competent authorities, with practical analysis of what changes for reporting teams. Coverage includes EBA framework releases (4.x DPM packages), CRR3 implementation milestones, MiCAR and AML rule developments, sanctions packages, supervisory reporting simplification proposals, CSRD sustainability reporting, and resolution framework changes (CMDI, MREL, SRB consultations). Each article translates the regulator’s announcement into what your firm needs to map, prepare, or change before the deadline. The focus is on banks, fund administrators, payment institutions, CRA-regulated firms, and supervised investment firms across the EU and UK. Use this section to track upcoming compliance deadlines and consultation responses.

Regulatory Updates

AIFMD II Liquidity Management Tools: What Changes April 2026
April 11, 2026April 11, 2026

AIFMD II liquidity management tools apply from 16 April 2026. What Luxembourg fund managers must select, calibrate, document and notify to the CSSF now.
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DORA ICT Third-Party Risk: What the Axios Supply Chain Attack Means for Your Register of Information
April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

How the Axios NPM supply chain attack affects DORA third-party risk, your Register of Information, and ICT incident reporting for Luxembourg firms.
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ESMA/EBA Suitability Assessment Guidelines: What the 2026 Consultation Means for Luxembourg Boards
April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

Last updated: April 2026 Get a board appointment wrong in Luxembourg and the CSSF will tell you to fix it. That conversation is not one any institution wants to have, and under the proposed updated suitability guidelines, the scope of what “wrong” looks like just got wider. The joint ESMA-EBA consultation paper (ESMA35-243228190-8034 / EBA/CP/2026/03),…
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EBA MREL Impact Assessment 2024: What the Findings Mean for Your Reporting
March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Last updated: March 2026 If your MREL reporting has settled into a routine since the 1 January 2024 binding target deadline, the EBA just gave you a reason to reopen the file. On 24 March 2026, the EBA published its second Impact Assessment Report on the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL),…
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CSRD Sustainability Reporting: What Luxembourg Entities Need to Know
March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

Last updated: March 2026 If you work in reporting at a Luxembourg bank, fund manager, or insurance company, the CSRD has probably been on your radar since 2023. You may have started a gap analysis. You may have budgeted for an ESG data platform. And then the Omnibus hit, the scope shrank by roughly 80%,…
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DORA ICT Incident Reporting – How to Classify, Escalate, and Report Major Incidents
March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

Last updated: March 2026 Your payment processing system goes down at 2:15 PM on a Tuesday. Client-facing services are unavailable. Internal teams are scrambling. At some point in the next few hours, someone needs to answer a question that has nothing to do with fixing the problem: does this incident meet the classification criteria for…