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EU New Net Short Position Disclosure Threshold at 0.1%—ESMA Confirms Disclosure of Existing Positions Required

As previously notified, the European Commission has revised rules to permanently lower the initial net short position reporting threshold from 0.2 per cent to 0.1 per cent under the EU Short Selling Regulation (EU SSR) and...more

Reminder to Managers of New Fund Marketing Rules in the EU

1. Overview The new rules on the promotion of funds introduced by the new Cross-Border Distribution of Collective Investment Undertakings Directive and Regulation (Cross-Border Distribution of Funds (CBDF) Rules) are due to...more

ESG: European Regulators Confirm Approach to SFDR Compliance from 10 March 2021

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published a Supervisory Statement to clarify the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in anticipation of the requirements applying in the...more

ESG: New Disclosure Rules for Investment Managers

1. New EU and UK disclosure requirements - The new disclosure requirements for investment managers and advisers with respect to their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies will apply in the European...more

BaFin Confirms Which Euro Indices Can Be Traded

BaFin, the German financial regulator, issued on 19 March 2002 a clarification statement confirming that the recent prohibitions on establishing and increasing net short positions imposed by the European Union regulatory...more

EU Countries Issue Temporary Short Selling Restrictions

As a result of the disruption experienced in a number of markets, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Italian securities regulator (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)) and the Spanish...more

EU Commission Confirms No SFTR Reporting for Non-EU Funds

The European Commission has clarified in a letter to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) published on February 10, 2020, further to AIMA’s request for clarification, that the requirement to report...more

A Change in FCA Process for Submitting Net Short Position Notifications

On 25 February 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its process for the notification and disclosure of net short positions under the European Union Short Selling Regulation (SSR). To be able to submit a...more

Securities Financing Transactions Regulation—Update

Regulation (EU) 2015/2365, the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), imposes a number of requirements on EU fund managers (see the previous Akin Gump client alert on SFTR, The New Securities Financing...more

Transparency Directive II and Changes to the DTRs

Summary - On 26 November 2015, the United Kingdom’s major shareholding notification rules will be amended in order to implement the requirements of the revised Transparency Directive (“TD2”, as amended by Directive...more

UK Budget 2015: Key Implications for Alternative Asset Managers

In a speech crammed full of digs aimed at opposition parties (and the French), the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his final pre-election Budget this afternoon....more

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