A Fund Manager’s Guide to 2022
In our first Asset Management & Investment Funds Update of the year, we analyse the key dates and deadlines in 2022 to assist funds' and fund manag...
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The EU has launched a wide-ranging and highly impactful programme to re-orient private investment in support of its Green Deal with a target invest...
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On 11 March 2020, the AMF published a Position - Recommendation entitled 'Information to be provided by collective investment schemes incorporating...
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Read our FAQ on the new disclosure rules for reporting the environmental performance of activities and investments, as published for consultation b...
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On 13 December 2019, IOSCO published recommendations for the measurement and monitoring of leverage in investment funds.
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New sustainability reporting rules for all large EU companies and all EU-listed companies applicable from next January.
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An analysis of the key takeaways from the European Commission SFDR Q&A
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On 21 April 2021, the EU published the first of two planned sets of performance criteria for environmentally sustainable activities under the Taxon...
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On 3 April 2020, ESMA published its Guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs (the Guidelines). The Guidelines will apply ...
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The last two days has seen Spain, France, Italy and Belgium introduce temporary restrictions on net short positions on shares
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Final deadlines for the exchange of initial margin for non-centrally cleared derivatives to be delayed by one year
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On 25 May 2022, a second SFDR Q&A from the Commission was published which is highly likely to impact both fund management companies' approach to co...
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The Central Bank has published its findings following a thematic inspection of investment firms and fund service providers' management of cybersecu...
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On 17 December 2021, the Central Bank published, with immediate effect, cross-industry guidance for the management of outsourcing activities.
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On 17 December 2021, the Central Bank published, with immediate effect, cross-industry guidance for the management of outsourcing activities.
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Following on from our June briefing (ESMA supports targeted review of corporate debt and property funds) the Central Bank has begun contacting UCIT...
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Regulators' interest in the development of a more comprehensive macroprudential framework for funds is not new, however, the current crisis would s...
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Welcome to the September edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.
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ESMA has issued a statement outlining its decision, effective immediately, to temporarily lower the reporting threshold of net short positions in E...
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Welcome to the June 2022 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update
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To date in 2022, the EU has adopted four sanctions packages in response to the developing situation in Ukraine. Each package includes one or more ...
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Welcome to the May 2022 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update
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ESMA issues expectations for MiFID firms' use of tied agents in light of post-Brexit 'circumvention' of MiFID framework.
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In a wide-ranging briefing, ESMA sets out guidance for the supervision of SFDR compliance and combating greenwashing. While the briefing is addres...
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Welcome to the November 2021 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.
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On 29 January 2020, the agreed text of the EU's framework for classifying which activities are 'green' or 'sustainable' (the Taxonomy) was publishe...
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The EU has proposed amendments to the Benchmarks Regulation to address issues arising from the coincidence of Brexit and the cessation of LIBOR alo...
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An analysis for Irish fund management companies of the impact of the decision in the Blackrock VAT case.
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ESMA has confirmed to market that it does not believe there is a risk to compliance with the MiFIR Derivatives Trading Obligations post 31 December...
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On 6 January 2020, ESMA published its Level 3 Guidelines for compliance with the obligation to report securities financing transactions under the S...
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The Central Bank has published a new consultation with draft guidance for PE funds and other closed-ended QIAIFs in addition to two new Q&As for ILPs.
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Following its recent deep-dive liquidity review of corporate debt and property funds, ESMA has recommended that liquidity and valuation policies be...
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The evolving COVID-19 crisis poses a profound set of challenges for all regulated financial service providers including UCITS managers and AIFMs (F...
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As the end of the UK/EU transition period draws near, fund promoters and management companies can use our Q&A checklist tool to do a health-check o...
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Funds remain in-scope of FSB framework for haircuts on non-centrally cleared SFTs.
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On 9 December 2019, the first of the legislative measures in the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan were published.
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Each month our Asset Management & Investment Funds team write a 'Legal & Regulatory Update'. Welcome to the our October edition.
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