14/06/17 ESMA issues guidelines on target market assessment under MiFID II The Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments ("MiFID II") has introduced product governance requirements to ensure that investment services firms that either manufacture or distribute financial instruments and structured deposits, act in the clients' best interests during all the stages of the life-cycle of products or services.
09/06/17 IFRS news: 20 years in the making - IFRS 17 has finally been issued Gail Tucker, Global Insurance Accounting Leader, walks through the main elements of the new standards.
08/06/17 Private Equity Information Brief - June 2017 Welcome to the 26th edition of PwC Luxembourg's Private Equity Information Brief
29/05/17 New CSSF circulars on IT outsourcing On 17 May 2017, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published four new circulars concerning IT outsourcing.
08/05/17 IFRS news: Solving the mystery of carve-out financial statements Rich Jones, divestment specialist, explains what carve-out financial statements are and what they may be used for.
05/05/17 The Luxembourg cost-sharing VAT exemption is too wide, says EU Court The Court of Justice of the European Union released its decision in the first of a series of cases on the "independent group of persons" (also referred to as the cost-sharing VAT exemption).