The Luxembourg Stock Exchange in cooperation with the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has announced today the publication of the second edition of the compendium of Luxembourg laws and regulations on investment funds.
The compendium, which is available in English, French and German, is made up of two separate publications in each language. The first publication covers undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) established under Luxembourg law and contains the amended Law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment as well as the main regulatory texts relating thereto.
The second publication covers alternative investment funds (AIFs) established under Luxembourg law and other investment vehicles which are neither UCITS nor AIFs. It contains the amended Law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investment fund managers (AIFM), the amended Law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment, the new Law of 23 July 2016 on reserved alternative investment funds (RAIF), the amended Law of 13 February 2007 on specialised investment funds (SIF), the amended Law of 15 June 2004 on the investment company in risk capital as well as the main regulatory texts relating thereto.
Denise Voss, Chairman of ALFI, comments: “The compendium has proved an invaluable tool for legal experts and practitioners dealing with Luxembourg collective investment vehicles. An update of the first edition was necessary because of two major regulatory developments in 2016 which were the transposition of UCITS V into the Luxembourg legislation and the adoption of the Law on reserved alternative investment funds, a new vehicle that is attracting much attention from asset managers.
These publications have been extremely useful to our members and to the international investment fund community, and I’m sure they will continue to be so”.
Robert Scharfe, Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, adds: “Investment funds are the second largest sector on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange,with more than 6,500 listings. As an international exchange serving a global base, we believe that these two publications respond to a clear need from the fund industry and provide an essential reference”.
These two publications of the main legal and regulatory texts were produced by the two Luxembourg law firms, Arendt & Medernach and Elvinger Hoss Prussen, who have cooperated to select, consolidate and compile the legal and regulatory texts relevant to the different types of investment vehicles concerned. The two law firms also prepared the English and German translations.