Tag Archives: UCITS
ESMA publishes opinion on asset segregation and depositary delegation
On 20 July ESMA published its opinion on asset segregation and the application of depositary delegation rules to central securities depositaries (CSDs). In the opinion, ESMA outlines its view on: the optimal approach to asset segregation under the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive frameworks; and how the depositary delegation rules should apply to CSDs. ESMA believes […]
ESMA updates funds FAQs
ESMA has updated its FAQs in relation to UCITS and the AIFMD. The additions relate to: on the AIFMD, reporting requirements for loans purchased on the secondary market, conversion of total value of AUM and currency of the net asset value and on UCITS, issuer concentration and group links, independence and cooling off periods.
ESMA updates funds FAQs
ESMA has updated its FAQs on the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive. Both address the exemption for intra-group transactions for the purposes of EMIR. The AIFMD set also addresses notifications of AIFs domiciled in another Member State and on reporting to supervisors on the breakdown between retail and professional investors.
ESMA reports on fund notifications
ESMA has published a report on notification frameworks and home-host responsibilities under the UCITS and AIFMD regimes. It carried out a study looking at the cross-border management and marketing activities of UCITS and their managers. It found many examples of good practice by supervisors and firms. A similar study looking at the mirroring activities of […]
ESMA updates funds FAQs
ESMA has updated its FAQs on AIFMD and UCITS. The additions focus on: clarifying that the AIFMD marketing passport under Article 32 AIFMD can be used only for marketing to professional investors as defined in AIFMD and cannot include any additional categories of investor that individual Member States have introduced (such as “qualifying” or “semi-professional”); and […]
ESMA updates funds FAQs
ESMA has published updates to its FAQs on: the AIFMD: this includes questions on whether creating a new share class of an AIF which is to marketed cross-border with existing share classes, constitutes a material change to the original notification and a confirmation that where an AIFM notifies a material change to a notification it […]
ESMA publishes fund remuneration guidelines
ESMA has published its guidelines on remuneration practices under the AIFMD and for UCITS. The guidelines are new for UCITS management companies, and amended for AIFMs to address how to apply the rules in a group context where some group members are banks. The guidelines apply from 1 January 2017.
ESMA updates funds FAQs
In early October, ESMA updated its FAQs on the AIFMD in respect of the impact of the SFTR on AIFM reporting, and its FAQs on UCITS in respect of this and other questions including on regulated markets and reinvestment of cash collateral.
