The Solvency II Review will be informed by a wide range of sources of information and analysis. This includes responses to HM Treasury’s Call for Evidence (CfE), where respondents have…
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a thematic note that examines the behavior of exchange traded funds (ETFs) during the COVID-19 induced market stresses,…
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has updated its instructions DOC-2011-19, DOC-2011-20, DOC-2011-21, DOC-2011-22 and DOC-2011-23 relating to authorised UCITS and AIFs. It has also clarified and simplified a number…
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has published draft for its Guidelines on sustainability-oriented investment funds (only available in German). The draft sets out requirements that asset…
On 10th August 2021, the CSSF published the updated FAQs regard the CBDR notification procedure. The following question was updated: Q11. Marketing a new share class has to be notified as…
ASIC has announced the findings from its review of managed funds’ illiquid-asset valuation practices during the early stages of the COVID-19. ASIC gathered data between 1 March and early November…
The FCA are asking UK investment firms to provide feedback on the UK Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR). The IFPR will introduce a single, proportionate regime reflecting the size and…
The Federal Department of Finance (FDF) will ask the Federal Council to extend the transitional deadline for producing a key information document for complex financial instruments by six months. This…
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has amended its General Regulation and updated three policy documents in order to transpose into French law Directive (EU) 2019/1160 of 20 June 2019…
On 2 August 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published the official translations of its guidelines for funds’ marketing communications under Article 4 of the Regulation on the cross-border distribution…
