We are delighted to present the 2025 edition of our award-nominated private funds report, "FundsTrack: Trends in the Private Funds Market." 2024 was yet again an interesting time for private funds. Multiple elections...more
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
On 7 November 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) sent a communication to the Irish funds industry outlining the timeframes for receipt of: QIAIF / professional ELTIF authorisations / approvals and...more
The ELTIF-RTS, the final piece of the puzzle for the ELTIF framework, have been published in the Official Journal on October 25, 2024 and entered into force on October 26, 2024. This marks the end of a long and complex...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 supplementing the European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation with regard to certain regulatory technical standards was published in the Official Journal of the European...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The “retailisation” of private funds has been one of the industry’s most significant trends in recent years, with fund managers seeking sources of capital beyond their usual institutional, professional and sophisticated...more
In a challenging fundraising environment, private wealth investors are filling the gap, aided by investment platforms, intermediaries, and evolving legal structures. In recent years, inflationary pressures, interest rate...more
On 19 July 2024, the European Commission (the "Commission") adopted a delegated regulation and accompanying annexes containing its regulatory technical standards ("RTS") supplementing Regulation EU 2015/760, as amended by...more
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
Background - On 19 July 2024, the European Commission published final regulatory technical standards (the “RTS”) in respect of Regulation EU/2023/606 relating to the European long-term investment fund (“ELTIF 2.0”). This...more
On 19 July 2024, the EU Commission formally adopted its delegated regulation supplementing the ELTIF Regulation. The delegated regulation seeks to set out the regulatory technical standards specifying when derivatives will be...more
L’ordonnance n°2024-662 du 3 juillet 2024 portant modernisation du régime des fonds d'investissement alternatifs (l’ « Ordonnance ») constitue une avancée majeure, longtemps réclamée par les acteurs de la place de Paris, en...more
Financial Markets Infrastructure: The Bank of England published a speech by Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, on operational resilience and its expectations of financial market infrastructures...more
ESMA has responded to the EU Commission’s March 2024 proposed amendments to the ELTIF 2.0 RTS. ESMA has notably rejected the EU Commission’s alternative option of determining the maximum redemption amount by reference to...more
On 22 April 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) provided its response to the European Commission’s request on amendments to the draft regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) in respect of Regulation...more
Welcome to the January – March 2024 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for Asset Management and Investment Funds. This report covers key developments during the quarter, such as: ...more
European Securities Market Authority (ESMA) submitted draft ELTIF 2.0 Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to the European Commission in December 2023. European Commission has informed ESMA it will only adopt the RTS once...more
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
On 6 March 2024, the European Commission published a letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), in which it proposed certain amendments to the draft regulatory technical standards (“Draft RTS”) that...more
On 10 January 2024, Regulation (EU) 2023/606 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/760 as regards the requirements pertaining to the investment policies and operating conditions of European long-term investment funds and the scope of...more
On 11 March 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") reached a significant milestone in finalising its framework for authorisations under the revised European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation (EU) 2023/606...more