FCA and PRA Finalise New Remuneration Code for “Dual-Regulated” Firms -
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a joint policy statement (FCA PS15/16 and PRA PS12/15)...more
EU Capital Markets Union: FCA Responds to European Commission Green Paper -
The FCA published its response to the European Commission's green paper on 27 May 2015 on building a capital markets union (CMU).
The FCA...more
7/8/2015
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Enforcement – FCA Fines £13.2 Million for Transaction Reporting Failures -
The FCA fined Merrill Lynch International (MLI) £13.2 million on 22 April 2015 for incorrectly reporting 35,034,810 transactions and failing to...more
6/6/2015
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UCITS: New KIID Q&A -
ESMA published revised Q&A’s on the KIID on 26 March 2015. The Q&A includes a new question on the treatment of past performance information in case of fund mergers....more
4/28/2015
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Money Market Funds ,
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Singapore ,
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Tax: HMRC Publishes Filing Dates for New AIFM Mechanism for Partnership Deferred Remuneration Arrangements -
The Finance Act 2014 introduced a provision intended to help partnerships (including LLPs) that are AIFM...more
4/23/2015
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MiFID II ,
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Introduction -
This is a follow up to our recent publication on Starting a Hedge Fund in 2015 and provides an overview of our thoughts on the start-up market in 2014 and themes for 2015 and beyond....more
EMIR: Non-Deliverable FX Forwards and Interest Rate Swap Clearing -
Non-deliverable FX forwards -
ESMA confirms that EMIR clearing requirements will not apply to non-deliverable FX forwards, though reserves its...more
4/2/2015
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FCA Study on Competition in Investment and Corporate Banking Services -
The FCA has announced plans to launch its first wholesale market study into investment and corporate banking to assess whether competition in the...more
Hedge funds are well into the transition from bastions of alternative investment to being accepted into the mainstream investment marketplace. It is now estimated that global hedge fund assets under management amount to in...more
EU Passes New Council Directive to Implement “EU-FATCA" -
The Council Directive passed by the EU on 1 December 2014 implements the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) in Europe. The Directive has to be implemented...more
3/10/2015
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AIFMD – FCA Publishes Information to Assist Alternative Investment Fund Managers with Annex IV Reporting -
New FCA Q&As on GABRIEL for Annex IV reporting: On 20 January 2015, the FCA published a new Q&As document to...more
CSSF Reminder Regarding Nomination of Depositaries of Bearer Shares -
The Luxembourg regulator for the financial services industry (CSSF) has issued a press release and a FAQ in relation to the immobilization of bearer...more
2/20/2015
ICAV Update - Bill Passed by Lower House of Parliament:
On 28 January 2015, the lower house of the Irish Parliament, the Dail, approved the draft legislation, including various amendments recommended during the Report...more
On 15 January 2015, the German Investment Fund Association BVI issued its latest investment statistics report, giving an overview of the net assets and net sales within the German investment fund and asset management markets....more
According to a change of the German Investment Code (Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch – KAGB), which entered into force on 21 December 2014, a German Investment Management Company’s risk management process has to ensure that the...more
In November 2014, the German Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, issued a guidance notice with regard to the minimum investment criteria of German retail closed-ended funds, with a view to avoid so-called blind pool...more
On 4 November 2014, the German Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, issued a guidance notice with regard to the requirements that have to be met to extend the term of a German retail closed-ended fund. According to Bafin,...more
On 26 January 2015, the AMF clarified both content and modalities of the reporting obligations by financial investment advisors associations, submitted on an annual basis. ...more
The AMF introduces new technical data requirements in the authorization procedure for the management of new regulated markets or multilateral trading facilities (MTF)....more
On 1 January 2015 article 315-67 of the General Regulation of the AMF, which was enacted on 10 September 2014, entered into force. Under the terms of this investment services providers...more
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (the “Directive” or “AIFMD”) states in Recital 94 that its objective is:
...to ensure a high level of investor protection by laying down a common...more
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) published its new Investment Services Rulebooks on 27 June 2013. The MFSA is now accepting applications for licences for managers which wish to be authorised as Alternative...more