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Articles - Money market funds (“MMFs”) provide short-term finance to financial institutions, corporations, and governments. The (non-binding) Guidelines on a common definition of European money market funds” (“Guidelines”), which were adopted by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on 19 May 2010, were applied by 12 Member States only. In view of this, the Council of the European Union (“Council”) adopted the Regulation on money market funds (“MMF Regulation” or “MMFR”) on 16 May 2017, which will apply directly in all Member States.

Short Reads - The EU Audit Regulation (EU) nr. 537/2014 and the EU Audit Directive (2014/56/EU) came into effect on 17 June 2016. The Act implementing the Amending Directive and Regulation on statutory audits of annual accounts ("Implementation Act") and the ancillary Decree implementing the Directive and Regulation ("Implementation Decree") entered into force (for the most part) on 1 January 2017.

Articles - On 1 March, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) published two communications on the marketing, and notification (also referred to as “registration”) thereof, of units or shares in alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) by alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”) under Articles 32, 36 and 42 Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMD”).

Short Reads - The End of the Year approaching quickly, our Luxembourg tax experts have gathered 7 important topics to optimize your Luxembourg income tax situation. 

Articles - In 2013, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on Collective Redress. It invited Member States to adopt a collective redress framework by July 2016 that would include the features mentioned in the Recommendation and then by July 2017, to report to the Commission about the extent to which they had done so. On the basis of the Member States’ report, the Commission will assess whether further actions by the EU is required.

Short Reads - De Nederlandse zorgvastgoedsector is in beweging. Afgelopen jaar alleen al is circa 465 miljoen euro in zorgvastgoed geïnvesteerd. Het gaat veelal om transacties waarbij een professionele zorgvastgoedinvesteerders 'stenen' verwerft en vervolgens voor langere periode wenst te verhuren aan een zorgexploitant die het op haar beurt aan de daadwerkelijke bewoners in gebruik zal geven. Deze bewoners zijn dan veelal ouderen die zorg behoeven.

Short Reads - Wanneer een onroerende zaak (of beperkt recht) geleverd wordt kan deze levering onderworpen zijn aan heffing van overdrachtsbelasting, omzetbelasting of een combinatie van beide. Indien de levering is onderworpen aan omzetbelasting dan dient de verkopende ondernemer – die niet uitsluitend vrijgestelde prestaties verricht – een btw-factuur uit te reiken.

Articles - In de strijd tegen witwassen en financieren van terrorisme streeft de Europese wetgever ernaar om de nationale UBO registers per 1 januari 2017 operationeel te hebben.