SEC Approves New Rules to Address Run Risks in Money Market Funds
Welcome to the January – March 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 under...more
1.1 ESMA UCITS Q&A updates On 20 July 2022, ESMA published an updated version of its UCITS Q&As with the following new Q&As: Section X: Depository – new Q&As 7 and 8 on reconciliations; and - • Section XIII: Delegation...more
Selected regulatory updates of interest to the funds and asset management sector. This edition reports on UCITS liquidity risk management and the EU MMF Regulation. ...more
ESMA guidelines on liquidity stress testing in UCITS and AIFs: FCA comment - Among other things covered in its latest Regulation round-up, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) comments on the European Securities and...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published, in an economic report, a stress simulation framework for investment funds, which is intended for use by national regulators...more
In March 2018 the European Commission published a draft package of measures aimed at reducing barriers to the cross-border distribution of investment funds. The proposed approach involves aligning the rules between different...more
Parliament adopts general data protection law - Parliament has adopted the law of 1 August 2018 on the organisation of the National Commission for Data Protection and implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the...more
MIFID II – end of “no LEI” exemption for transaction reporting; ESMA takes stock of MiFID II achievements - ESMA confirmed on 20 June that the current exemption from using Legal Entity Identifiers for certain transactions...more
MiFID II update - The Autorité des Marchés Financiers continues to update its doctrine following the entry into force of MiFID II. As a result, on 26 June, the AMF published updated versions of 14 of its positions,...more
As a result of the 2008 financial crisis, and to help make money market funds (“MMFs”) more resilient to the potential for heavy redemptions in times of stress, the European Commission issued a proposal for a regulation on...more
A compact summary of the most recent regulatory developments relevant to the UK asset management industry. In this issue we look at the extension of the PSC regime to Scottish limited partnerships and AIM listed companies,...more
SEC/CORPORATE – SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Five Additional C&DIs Relating to Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule – On October 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance...more
The U.K. referendum vote to leave the European Union has focused attention on Brexit’s potential impact on the U.K.’s financial services industry. The U.K. is home to a wide array of asset managers, banks, insurers,...more
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
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
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published final guidelines on repurchase (repo) and reverse repurchase agreements for UCITS funds on 4 December 2012. This is a follow-up to ESMA’s publication in July...more