On 19 August 2026, the Council of the EU published a letter from the European Commission (Commission) to the European Banking Authority (EBA) (dated 20 July 2026) regarding endorsement of the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 on the timing for the application
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Published in OJ – Commission Delegated Regulation on EBA fees for validation of pro forma models
On 17 August 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1000 of 5 May 2026 supplementing the European Market Infrastructure Regulation by specifying the method for the determination of fees charged by the European Banking Authority for the validation of the pro forma models…
ESMA confirms go-live for weekly commodity derivatives position reporting
On 14 August 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority announced that the new weekly commodity derivatives position reporting framework will go live on 3 September 2026.
From this date, market participants will be required to submit weekly position reports in accordance with the updated requirements, technical specifications and validation rules introduced by XML schema…
Published in OJ – Implementing Regulation amending ITS on benchmarking of internal approaches for 2026 benchmarking exercise
On 12 August 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1872 of 29 July 2026 amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 as regards benchmark portfolios, reporting templates and reporting instructions to be applied in the Union for the…
Compartments Without the Product-Law Price Tag: A New Structuring Option for Luxembourg Partnership AIFs
Luxembourg fund managers now have a route to statutory ring-fencing between pools of assets within a single SCS (Société en Commandite Simple) or SCSp (Société en commandite spéciale) without accepting a product-law wrapper. Bill 8814, filed on 30 July 2026, proposes to decouple the two.
The Bill would amend the AIFM…






