Regulatory Round-up: May 2022

Regulatory Round-up: May 2022

Regulatory Round-ups

Welcome to the Funds-Axis Regulatory Round Up! The past month has brought a number of important developments on topics including ESG, UCITS, AIFMD II and Money Market Funds. The month also saw: The Central Bank of Ireland approve the process for UCITS side-pocketing arrangements, The ESAs publish recommended changes to make the PRIIPS Key Information Document more consumer friendly, and The UK Takeover Panel publish a consultation on presumptions of the definition of “Acting in Concert”.

Regulatory Round-up: February 2022

Regulatory Round-up: February 2022

Regulatory Round-ups

Welcome to the Funds-Axis Regulatory Round Up! The past month brought a number of important developments on topics impacting ESG, the Money Market Funds Regulation, liquidity, UCITS eligible market due diligence, short selling and major shareholdings disclosures. This month’s regulatory round-up includes updates from: ESMA on proposed reforms to Money Market Funds; The SEC with…

Regulatory Round-up - January 2022

Regulatory Round-up: January 2022

Regulatory Round-ups

January started off the new year with several important regulatory developments in the investment funds and asset management industry. The most notable developments include: The proposed amendments to Form PF ESMA launching a Common Supervisory Action on the valuation of UCITS and AIFs across the EU The EU lowering of the reporting threshold for net…

Regulatory Round-up: October 2021

Regulatory Round-up: October 2021

Regulatory Round-ups

Welcome to the Funds-Axis Regulatory Round Up! This month’s regulatory round-up includes updates from: The FSB on Money Market Fund reform proposals, The Central Bank of Ireland with amendments to the UCITS and AIFMD FAQs, ASIC with guidance on crypto-asset related investment products, The FCA with new rules on the Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) regime.

Regulatory Round-up: June 2021

Regulatory Round-up: June 2021

Regulatory Round-ups

The past month brought several important regulatory developments, particularly on regulatory supervisory feedback, with the FCA unimpressed with UK AFMs governance and operations processes, Belgium’s FSMA expecting vast improvements to PRIIPs KIDs and New Zealand’s FMA less than impressed with MIS Managers liquidity risk management.

Regulatory Round-up: May 2021

Regulatory Round-up: May 2021

Regulatory Round-ups

Welcome to the Funds-Axis Regulation Round Up! The past month brought a number of important regulatory developments, most significantly on funds’ marketing communications and the extension of the PRIIPs exemption of UK UCITS funds. There were also notable update on topics such as AIFMD, UCITS, Liquidity and EU short selling reporting.