Today, the Commission des Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published a press release to confirm that it expects all Luxembourg UCITS to comply with ESMA’s opinion on UCITS share classes (the Opinion). Share classes that are not compliant with the Opinion, but established prior to 30 January 2017 should be closed for subscription by new investors by 30 July 2017 at the latest, and for additional investment by existing investors by 30 July 2018 at the latest. New share classes of...

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Standort: Deutschlandweit AIG ist ein weltweit führendes Versicherungsunternehmen in den Bereichen Sach- und Haftpflichtversicherung sowie allgemeine Schadenversicherung mit weltweit über 40 Millionen Versicherungsnehmern in mehr als 160 Län­dern und Jurisdiktionen. AIG verfügt über eine mehr als 90-jährige Erfahrung, eine der größten Produkt- und Ser­vice­paletten in der Versicherungsbranche, umfassende Fachkompetenz im Schadenbereich und eine aus­ge­zeich­nete finanzielle Ausstattung. Damit ermöglicht AIG sowohl seinen Geschäfts- als auch seinen Privat­kun­den eine erfolgversprechende Bewältigung ihrer Risiken. In der Position des Cyber-Risk-Engineers (m/w) analysieren Sie als Sachverständiger...

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ING Group announced today it will redeem USD 1,100 million 7.20% ING Perpetual Debt Securities on the call date of 15 March 2017, in line with ING's goal to continuously optimize its capital structure. The securities (CUSIP: 456837301) will be redeemed in full in accordance with their terms on the redemption date which is 15 March 2017 The redemption price payable for the securities on the redemption date will equal 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the securities, plus...

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As employers catch their breaths after an action-packed 2016, they need to gear up for another turbulent year for international data privacy issues in 2017. The top five international data privacy issues follow. 1.      Preparation for the GDPR Although the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will not take effect until May 2018, it is critical that employers begin preparations for compliance in 2017 to timely implement the new obligations imposed by the GDPR. Among other requirements, the GDPR will require...

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One of the cases we are following closely in 2017 is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Nos. 2014-1335, 2015-1029 (Fed. Cir.), which involves the test for determining damages available for infringement of a design patent On February 7, 2017, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit declined to address the key remaining legal issue in the Apple v. Samsung case – how a court should go about identifying the relevant “article of manufacture” for which...

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