In our recent alert Loan Origination Under AIFMD2: A Guide, on loan origination under the revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD2), we noted that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...more
9/20/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Compliance ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investment Funds ,
Liquidity ,
Liquidity Management ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Loan Origination Funds ,
Open-Ended Fund Companies (OFCs) ,
Risk Management ,
UCITS
In our previous alerts (here and here), we noted critical feedback that the European Commission (Commission) gave to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on its December 2023 draft Regulatory Technical...more
8/1/2024
/ AIFMD Passport ,
AIFs ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Markets Union ,
ELTIF ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Liquidity ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Stock Redemption
In our previous alert, we looked at the draft revised Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) supplementing the amended ELTIF Regulation (ELTIF 2.0) published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in its...more
In our previous alert AIFMD II (Near) Final Text Agreed: What’s New? and in our recent update in our Horizon Scan, we noted that the Council of the European Union (EU) had published the final compromise amending text setting...more
2/14/2024
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Amended Regulation ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Member State ,
Portfolio Managers ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
UCITS
Q: What is DORA?
“DORA” stands for the Digital Operational Resilience Act, an EU regulation that creates a new framework for the EU financial sector with regard to information and communications technology (ICT)....more
1/29/2024
/ AIFM ,
Compliance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cybersecurity ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fund Managers ,
Information Technology ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Funds ,
Luxembourg ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
UCITS
In our previous alert ELTIF Reform: A Milestone in the Development of an EU Private Fund Structure for Accessing Wholesale Markets, we discussed the EU Commission’s adoption of a revised regulation for the European Long-Term...more
The European Commission published its Retail Investment Package (the Package) in May 2023. The Package aims to streamline and modernise investor protection rules in EU laws, including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers...more
6/27/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
ELTIF ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
MiFID ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Retail Investors ,
UCITS
On 23 May 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) supplementing the amended ELTIF Regulation (Amending Regulation), heralded as...more
Various measures have been implemented in Luxembourg to help Luxembourg funds tackle the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak...
This is a fast-moving crisis and it is important to closely monitor the outbreak, its business...more