On 2 October 2026 the CSSF published version 1 of its FAQ on tokenisation, a nine-page document with six questions about Luxembourg investment funds that issue units or shares on a distributed ledger and about the control agents created by Blockchain Law IV. The CSSF tokenisation FAQ splits its answers evenly: three for fund managers…
On 1 October 2026 the CSSF published Regulation No 26-03, which keeps the Luxembourg countercyclical capital buffer at 0.50% for the fourth quarter of 2026. Dated 30 September and printed in Memorial A No 482, the regulation entered into force on its publication day, so the rate for relevant credit exposures located in Luxembourg through…
On 28 September 2026 the CSSF published press release 26/19 announcing operational guidance for incident handling: nine rulebooks written jointly by cybersecurity experts from the High Commission for National Protection (HCPN, acting as ANSSI and as GOVCERT.LU), CIRCL, the CSSF and the ILR. The practical question for Luxembourg DORA entities is whether the CSSF incident…
On 25 September 2026 ITI Capital Ltd, an FCA-authorised broker that helped customers invest in shares and bonds and looked after those investments, entered special administration. Two insolvency practitioners from Teneo Financial Advisory Ltd were appointed as special administrators, and the FCA published a customer notice the same day. The firm had agreed on 10…
Directive 2024/825 applies in Luxembourg from Sunday 27 September 2026. On 23 September the CSSF published a two-paragraph communication reminding market participants that Directive (EU) 2024/825, known as the ECGT Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition, has been transposed by the Law of 9 June 2026 amending the Consumer Code. The CSSF expects…
The ESPREP-STT reporting template that Luxembourg banks filed for years now sits in the CSSF archive. Circular CSSF 08/338, the instrument behind it, and the ESPREP-STT workbook itself have both been archived since 6 August 2025, and the CSSF catalogue records the circular as repealed. What that return measured, the interest rate risk in the…
On 14 September 2026 the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) promulgated two reporting amendments with different commencement and application rules. Decree 32/2026 enters into force on 1 October 2026. Most of Decree 33/2026 entered into force on 15 September 2026, while specified quarterly reporting changes under 33/2026 apply first to the third quarter of 2026. These…
Firms in scope of Chapter 18 of the PRA Rulebook must submit the Remuneration High Earners Report annually. The report is due to the PRA within four months of the firm’s accounting reference date and, under Rules 18.4 and 18.5, covers high earners who mainly undertook their professional activities within the UK; Rule 18.6 reports…
Swedish credit institutions, investment firms and the branches and groups within section 1 of FFFS 2014:14 are subject to the Standardrapport (STND) in applicable parts, unless Finansinspektionen grants an exemption under section 4; from the reference date 31 March 2026 the filing uses the amended form. Finansinspektionen’s regulation FFFS 2014:14, on the reporting of quarterly…
The European Union will move to a T+1 securities settlement cycle on 11 October 2027. ESMA identifies 7 December 2026 as the first regulatory deadline for allocations and confirmations. The European Commission adopted the amending Delegated Regulation on 6 July 2026 as C(2026) 4640 final; it is currently under scrutiny by the European Parliament and…