UCITS

Financial Services – Update on UK and European Regulatory Developments - May 2013

by Richard Frase | Dechert LLP on 5/10/2013

This update summarises current regulatory developments impacting the asset management sector in the UK and throughout the European Union. In this issue: - Part A – Regulation of Financial Markets - Part B –...more

2013 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/10/2013

In this presentation: - General Counsel’s Address - Keynote Address - General Session — It’s a Small World After All: How Non-U.S. Regulators Affect Your Business - General Session — Closer to...more

Financial Services Quarterly Report - First Quarter 2013: The UCITS Agenda

by Barbara Cronin, Declan O’Sullivan | Dechert LLP on 3/30/2013

The first item on the UCITS agenda for 2013 – the ESMA Guidelines on ETFs and Other UCITS Issues (the “Guidelines”) – has gone live. This article provides an update and clarity around the recently finalised Guidelines2 since...more

Financial Services Quarterly Report - First Quarter 2013: The Regulation of Managers and Funds in France Following the...

by Olivier Dumas | Dechert LLP on 3/30/2013

The French financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (“AMF”), hosted a public presentation on 17 January 2013 for French asset management industry professionals, regarding the implementation of the Alternative...more

UCITS V Bonus Plans and Remuneration Rules for Fund Managers

by Emma McDonnell, Declan O’Sullivan | Dechert LLP on 3/22/2013

First bankers, now managers of UCITS funds are in the firing line for the European Union assault on bonuses. As widely reported in the financial press this week, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs...more

Door to PRC Domestic Funds Market Nudged Open?

by Angelyn Lim | Dechert LLP on 1/29/2013

While Hong Kong's retail market remains dominated by European Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferrable Securities (UCITS) (up to about 70% of the funds authorised in Hong Kong for retail distribution are...more

The European Commission Adopts AIFMD Implementing Regulation

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/21/2012

On 19 December 2012, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted implementing rules (the Regulation) for the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the AIFMD or Directive). The Regulation supplements certain...more

Financial Services – Update on UK and European Regulatory Developments

by Dechert LLP on 12/20/2012

This update summarises current regulatory developments impacting the asset management sector in the UK and throughout the European Union. In this issue: - Part A – Regulation of Financial Markets - Part B –...more

ESMA’s Final Guidelines on Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements for UCITS Funds

by Declan O’Sullivan | Dechert LLP on 12/14/2012

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

ESMA Issues Guidelines on Repo Arrangements for UCITS Funds

by Edward Black | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/13/2012

On December 4, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published final guidelines on repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements for UCITS funds established under the Undertakings for Collective Investment in...more

ESMA Rules that UCITS May Not Invest In Unregulated Hedge Funds

by Dechert LLP on 11/26/2012

In a further indication of policy orientation at European level that is seeking to limit the instruments that UCITS funds may invest in, on 20 November 2012, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published a...more

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