Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Welcome to the July – September 2023 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more
Regulator Takes Strict Approach - Managers seeking to rely on reverse solicitation by EU investors should take note of last year’s enforcement action by the French regulator. The enforcement action, while confirming that...more
Die Europäischen Aufsichtsbehörden haben am 1. Juni ihre Fortschrittsberichte über Greenwashing veröffentlicht. Die Berichte enthalten ein gemeinsames Verständnis von Greenwashing und helfen so, Marktteilnehmern und...more
On 24 March, the Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) issued a “Dear Chair” letter (the Letter) following its review in 2021 of the costs and fees charged to undertakings for collective investment in transferable...more
The issue of how investment research should be paid for by investors is controversial, long-standing and seemingly perennially the subject of legislative iterations, failure and unintended consequence and more reform. Before...more
Proposed changes seek to reflect the integration of sustainability considerations into MiFID II. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is consulting on updates to its Guidelines on the MiFID II suitability...more
BROKER-DEALER - Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Adopt a Supplemental Liquidity Schedule - The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comments on a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Acting SEC Chair Lee Provides Public Statement Welcoming Public Comment on Climate Change Disclosures - On March 15, Acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Allison Herren Lee made a public...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a letter addressed to the European Commission on the upcoming review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. In the letter, ESMA highlights areas that...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published two opinions on the application of post-trade transparency and position limits rules to third-country trading venues....more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published final guidelines on the compliance function requirements that are set out in the revised Markets in Financial Instruments package. The final guidelines replace...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a call for evidence on the impact of its product intervention powers prohibiting the marketing, distribution and sale of binary options to retail clients and imposing...more
ESMA published a consultation (the “Consultation”) on draft guidelines for UCITS performance fees (the “Draft Guidelines”) on the 16 July 2019. The objective of the Consultation is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues C&DIs Regarding Inline XBRL - On August 20, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission released...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Adopts Additional Rules for Security-Based Swaps - On June 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a panoply of final rules dealing with the following aspects of the regulation of...more
The EU sustainable finance market has developed organically, guided by voluntary but universally accepted principles. According to recent research, climate change could cost up to 19 per cent. of Global GDP by the end of...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Issues Information Notice Regarding Suspicious Email Sent to Member Firms - On February 13, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published an information notice alerting member firms...more
Currently in the European Union, no level playing field exists for asset management and rating agency activities when it comes to ensuring sustainability. The European Securities and Market Authority ("ESMA") is proposing...more
1 October - The Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") published a paper that was prepared jointly with the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") setting out the lessons that have been learned from the programme of work...more
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) issued a circular on 23 August 2018 (Circular), which consolidates into one document the requirements for Luxembourg UCITS management companies, self-managed UCITS,...more
3 November - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published an alert setting out key considerations for principals who have appointed representatives or introducer appointed representatives. Among other things, the alert...more
SEC Approves Rules to Ease Investor Access to Exhibits in Company Filings - On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt rule and form amendments that will require issuers to include a...more
Federal Reserve Announces Extension of Conformance Period under Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act - On July 7, 2016, the Federal Reserve announced that it will extend until July 21, 2017 the conformance period...more
On December 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a final report on guidelines for the assessment of knowledge and competence under the MiFID II Directive (2014/65/EU) (“Directive”)....more
Changes to the UCITS Directive (known as “UCITS V”) were published in the Official Journal of the European Union and came into force on 17 September 2014. EU Member States are required to transpose UCITS V into national law...more