Supervision

AMF president AMF voorzitter Mari-Anne Barbat-Layani (left) and her AFM counterpart Laura van Geest.
Supervision
July 23, 2026

AFM and AMF challenge Luxembourg over ESMA role

The Dutch and French market regulators have told EU governments to move beyond debating whether ESMA…
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Maria Luís Albuquerque, European Commissioner for Financial Services. Photo: EU.
Laws and Regulations
July 6, 2026

Banking Union faces credibility test

The European Union is reopening one of the hardest questions left from the global financial crisis…
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Supervision
June 30, 2026

AFM: Generative AI makes investment fraud scalable and sophisticated

Generative AI is enabling fraudsters to produce increasing amounts of investment-related content…
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Europese vlag in Straatsburg. Photo: Philippe Buissin, EU.
Supervision
June 25, 2026

Fault lines visible as EU gears up for market supervision push

Europe’s plans to centralize capital markets supervision are sharpening tensions inside the EU…
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CSSF's headquarters in Luxembourg. Photo: IO.
Supervision
April 8, 2026

Governance gaps draw CSSF scrutiny

Luxembourg’s fund regulator is shifting its supervisory focus from rule-setting to enforcement…
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Catalina Secreteanu. Photo: Morningstar.
Supervision
March 31, 2026

New EU rules raise the bar for ESG rating providers

A sweeping new EU regulation for ESG rating providers is set to reshape a market that Morningstar…
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“Centralized supervision at the EU level will not unlock the capital Europe needs,” said Luxembourg finance minister Gilles Roth on Tuesday. Photo: ALFI.
Laws and Regulations
March 25, 2026

Luxembourg slams idea of centralized EU supervision

The elephant in the room, centralized supervision, was impossible to avoid during the Association of…
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The demolition of the East Wing in progress last October. Photo: Wikimedia.
Supervision
February 27, 2026

Washington is rewinding the clock on investor protection

Washington is rewinding the clock on investor protection. Under chair Paul Atkins, the U.S…
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Laws and Regulations
February 11, 2026

For EU regulation, 2026 is the year of supervisory friction

EU financial regulation in 2026 will mean tougher scrutiny from supervisors and fewer new rules…
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Euro notes in a suitcase. Photo: Istock.
Supervision
December 23, 2025

Enforcement and transparency weigh on Europe’s AML scores

De Europese antiwitwaskaders behoren formeel tot de meest uitgebreide ter wereld, maar in de…
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Photo: ESMA.
Supervision
December 9, 2025

Simplification push by ESMA risks raising costs before relief

The European Union’s push to simplify financial reporting faces a complex reality, with industry…
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Photo: ESMA.
Supervision
November 6, 2025

ESMA warns on high costs in fund distribution

Almost half of European fund investors’ costs go to distribution, according to a new report by the…
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Claude Marx, director-general of CSSF. Photo: Marion Dessard/Bloomberg.
Supervision
November 3, 2025

CSSF chief warns financial sector risks missing the AI revolution

Claude Marx, head of Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF, has sent a stark warning to the…
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