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Addressing AML/CFT Risks
in the Asset Management Industry
The evolving AML/CTF regulatory landscape in Europe is driving stricter expectations around consistent implementation, oversight, and demonstrable risk management outcomes. For Luxembourg asset managers, this means adapting frameworks to complex cross-border fund structures while ensuring proactive, documented, and business-specific governance.
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What makes Luxembourg’s asset management industry particularly exposed to AML/CTF risks, and how are regulators responding?
The Luxembourg’s asset management industry is shaped by complex structures, cross-border distribution, and the delegation of key functions. These operational features, while essential to the competitiveness of the Luxembourg market, give rise to specific money laundering and terrorist financing risks that require appropriate oversight.
In this context, AML/CTF frameworks must be built on a risk-based approach, ensuring that customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and internal controls are adapted to the nature and scale of the business. The objective is to manage risk effectively without placing disproportionate constraints on legitimate activity.
Supervisory expectations have evolved accordingly, with a growing focus on the consistent application and operational effectiveness of AML/CFT controls. Governance structures, including the roles of the compliance function and the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), are expected to support this objective by ensuring that policies and procedures are implemented in a meaningful and risk-responsive manner.
The evolving regulatory
landscape
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Key AML/CTF risks inherent to Luxembourg’s fund model
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Role of the
MLRO
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