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  • Benchmark Administrator Authorisation: Luxembourg IFMs and BMR Reform

    On 17 September 2026 the CSSF published Version 1 of a single application form, an Excel workbook, for a Luxembourg investment fund manager seeking benchmark administrator authorisation or registration under the EU Benchmarks Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/1011. The document names the two populations it is written for: alternative investment fund managers and management companies authorised…

  • 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…