The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has examined the key information documents made available to Belgian retail clients who purchase insurance-based investment products or structured products. The objective was…
The CSSF has published guidelines on the UCITS risk reporting (URR). The document gives further guidance on the UCITS risk reporting and contains definitions, explanations and examples for the items…
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1187, the “ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021” (“Act”), by a 215-214 vote. This bill requires an issuer of…
On 15 June 2021, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation 2018/990 with regard to requirements for assets received by money market funds as part of reverse…
ESMA has published the AIFMD MoUs singed by EU Authorities. It should be noted that, in addition to the supervisory cooperation arrangements, the AIFMD sets out other conditions that need…
The PRA published a statement on its approach to firm authorisation under the Temporary Permissions Regime (TPR), relevant to European Economic Area (EEA) banks and insurers within scope. The statement…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated the UCITS FAQs. The following question have been updated: Performance reference period for the benchmark model Question 3: Based on paragraph…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated the AIFMD FAQs. The following question have been updated: Section III: Reporting to national competent authorities under Articles 3, 24 and…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers on the following topics: AIFMD UCITS EMIR implementation MiFID II and…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the Final Report on Guidelines on the calculation of positions in SFTs by Trade Repositories (TRs) under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR).…
