The European Commission has adopted a decision declaring that a number of United States exchanges supervised by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are equivalent to EU regulated markets. As a result, derivatives traded on these US exchanges will now be treated as exchange-traded derivatives under EU law.
Last month the CSSF announced the launch of the eRIIS, its new online portal for those subject to major shareholder notifications under Articles 11(2) and 18(2) of the Transparency Law. The eRIIS is already live and can be used for filings and replaces the current CSSF filing process via email for the major shareholding disclosures. With this in mind, we thought we would highlight some of the key questions regarding the new reporting portal:
In July 2021, the FCA consulted (in CP21/23) on proposals to address the most serious and persistent concerns regarding the onshored PRIIPs regulation.
The FCA have published a letter outlining the key risks that custody and fund services firms need to manage in order to protect investors and the integrity of the markets in which they operate. In the letter, the FCA outline the necessary action they expect firms to take to ensure that risks are appropriately mitigated.
On 25th February 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposals that would provide greater transparency to investors and regulators by increasing the public availability of short sale related data.
SEC Propose Amendments to Schedule 13D & G Reporting On the 10th February 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposals amending the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under…
On the 26th January 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to Form PF.
The proposed amendments would apply to large hedge fund advisers, private equity advisers, and large liquidity fund advisers. The proposals are designed to enhance FSOC’s ability to monitor systemic risk, bolster the Commission’s regulatory oversight of private fund advisers, and enhance investor protection efforts.
Due to increased volatility on the financial markets in 2020 triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, ESMA decided to temporarily lower the reporting threshold of 0.2 % to 0.1 %, effective from 16 March 2020. The temporarily lowered reporting threshold of 0.1 % was effective until 19 March 2021, after which the reporting threshold was set back to 0.2 %.
With the publication of the updated European PRIIPs Template (EPT) for consultation, FinDatEx are now in the final stages of revising their European PRIIPs template (EPT) used extensively throughout the industry. EPT 2.0 is now under public consultation until 22 November 2021.
In 2020, Japan tightened foreign investment rules with the amendments to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA). When the amendment entered into force on 7th June 2020, it expanded the scope of foreign investment reviews, lowered the threshold for screening the purchase of listed companies’ shares to acquisitions at 1 percent or more, and introduced a new prior notification exemption scheme for share acquisitions.
