A Fund Manager’s Guide to 2022
In our first Asset Management & Investment Funds Update of the year, we analyse the key dates and...
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In our first Asset Management & Investment Funds Update of the year, we analyse the key dates and...
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The EU has launched a wide-ranging and highly impactful programme to re-orient private investment...
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On 11 March 2020, the AMF published a Position - Recommendation entitled 'Information to be provi...
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Read our FAQ on the new disclosure rules for reporting the environmental performance of activitie...
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On 13 December 2019, IOSCO published recommendations for the measurement and monitoring of levera...
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New sustainability reporting rules for all large EU companies and all EU-listed companies applica...
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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 envi...
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On 3 April 2020, ESMA published its Guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of ...
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Commission signals delay to the application of ESA technical standards for compliance with the Su...
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The last two days has seen Spain, France, Italy and Belgium introduce temporary restrictions on n...
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Final deadlines for the exchange of initial margin for non-centrally cleared derivatives to be de...
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On 25 May 2022, a second SFDR Q&A from the Commission was published which is highly likely to imp...
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The Central Bank has published its findings following a thematic inspection of investment firms a...
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On 17 December 2021, the Central Bank published, with immediate effect, cross-industry guidance f...
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On 17 December 2021, the Central Bank published, with immediate effect, cross-industry guidance f...
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Following on from our June briefing (ESMA supports targeted review of corporate debt and property...
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Regulators' interest in the development of a more comprehensive macroprudential framework for fun...
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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 t...
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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 situati...
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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 'circumventi...
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In a wide-ranging briefing, ESMA sets out guidance for the supervision of SFDR compliance and com...
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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 'g...
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1 January 2022 is the next key compliance deadline for funds and fund managers under the EU Susta...
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The EU has proposed amendments to the Benchmarks Regulation to address issues arising from the co...
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An analysis for Irish fund management companies of the impact of the decision in the Blackrock VA...
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ESMA has confirmed to market that it does not believe there is a risk to compliance with the MiFI...
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On 6 January 2020, ESMA published its Level 3 Guidelines for compliance with the obligation to re...
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In a recent industry letter, the Central Bank specified good and bad practices in the identificat...
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The Central Bank has published a new consultation with draft guidance for PE funds and other clos...
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Following its recent deep-dive liquidity review of corporate debt and property funds, ESMA has re...
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The evolving COVID-19 crisis poses a profound set of challenges for all regulated financial servi...
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The ESAs have launched a consultation on technical standards for complying with obligations under...
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ESMA has recommended that the European Commission extend the scope of ESMA's (and national regula...
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As the end of the UK/EU transition period draws near, fund promoters and management companies can...
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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 ...
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Each month our Asset Management & Investment Funds team write a 'Legal & Regulatory Update'. Welc...
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