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  • AIFMD II Passport Notifications: New CSSF Templates From 31 July

    From 31 July 2026, a Luxembourg UCITS management company or authorised AIFM that notifies a cross-border management activity has to use a new set of forms. On 30 July 2026 the CSSF published updated notification-letter templates and confirmed that the earlier versions stop being valid the next day. The same cut-off applies to the eDesk…

  • COFREP Validation Rules: The CSSF List Banks Must Recheck

    On 21 July 2026, the CSSF updated its COFREP guidance workbook to add the EBA small validation rules package dated 10 June 2026. The workbook states that this package applies to credit institution reports submitted to the CSSF from 15 July 2026. It identifies the applicable EBA package and links to the EBA source material;…

  • CSSF Branch Termination Annexes: What AIFMs and UCITS ManCos File

    On 15 July 2026 the CSSF updated the two forms a Luxembourg fund manager reaches for when it closes a branch it had opened in another Member State: the CSSF branch termination annex under Article 33 of Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD), and its counterpart under Article 17 of Directive 2009/65/EC (the UCITS Directive). Both moved to…

  • CSSF Remuneration Reporting: Who the Guide Really Covers

    Open the wrong remuneration file in a Luxembourg fund house and you can lose a week building a return nobody asked for. The CSSF updated its User Guide for remuneration reporting page on 3 June 2026, and the title alone sends fund teams down the wrong road. CSSF remuneration reporting, as that guide defines it,…

  • CSSF AML/CFT Standardised Data Collection – What the New AMLA Template Requires

    Your compliance team filled out the CSSF Questionnaire on Financial Crime last year. This year, you can forget everything about that format. The CSSF has replaced its annual questionnaire with a standardised template developed by the European Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA). The data points are different, the structure is different, and the purpose extends…