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Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - European Regulatory Initiatives

AIFMD Marketing/Pre-marketing – Cross-border distribution of investment funds - Changes to EU law on the cross-border distribution of AIFs and UCITS came into effect on 2 August 2021. Following Brexit, UK AIFMs are out of...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - LIBOR

Focus remains on the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a key interest rate benchmark that is referenced across many of the agreements that you, funds you manage or advise or entities that you...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - ESG

Of most significance are the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the Taxonomy Regulation that impact “Financial Market Participants” (FMPs) (which includes, amongst others, AIFMs, UCITS ManCos, Portfolio...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - April 2021

This note sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed with regard to ESG, LIBOR and Brexit. The paper also...more

Central Bank of Ireland’s Thematic Review on Closet Indexing: A Shot Across the Bows for UCITS Boards?

The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) on 18 July 2019 published a ‘Dear Chair’ letter to the industry (the “Industry Letter”) highlighting the key supervisory issues identified in a thematic review of Irish...more

Brexit Manoeuvres: Potential Implications of a "Hard Brexit" for Fund Managers: A UK Perspective - September 2019

With six months to go until the UK’s departure from the EU, Dechert’s ‘Brexit Manoeuvres’ guide sets out at a high level, from a UK perspective, the practical implications of a “hard Brexit” as it relates to: - Alternative...more

Investment Funds Update Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA statement on authorisation for firms offering cryptocurrency derivatives - The (Financial Conduct Authority) FCA has stated that cryptocurrency derivatives are capable of being financial instruments under the Markets...more

Investment Funds Update Europe - Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA Publishes a Closet Tracking Fund Webpage - The FCA published a new webpage on 14 March 2018, outlining its recent work on closet tracking funds. The FCA considers that closet tracking funds look like, and charge...more

Investment Funds Update: Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA Publishes Draft Rules to Extend the Senior Managers and Certification Regime to all Firms - The FCA published its long-expected consultation paper (CP17/25) on 26 July, with proposed rules to extend the senior managers...more

Investment Funds Update: Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA Issues New Guidance on Cyber Resilience and Notification of Cyber Attacks - The FCA published a new page on its website providing informal guidance on cyber resilience on 18 May 2017. Following the recent global...more

Investment Funds Updatea: Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

HM Treasury Finalises Private Fund Changes to Limited Partnerships Act 1907 - As previously reported, HM Treasury published on 16 January 2017, a draft Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2016...more

Investment Funds Updatea: Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA Publishes Dealing Commission Review Findings - The FCA have published their findings from a review that analysed dealing commission expenditure across 31 investment managers. The policy statement on the use of...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

UK Supreme Court Rules UK Parliament Must Approve Brexit Notice to EU - Under Article 50 of the EU Treaty, the process for the UK to leave the EU is commenced by service of a notice on the European Council, which starts...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA Publishes Third MiFID II Consultation Paper - The FCA published its third consultation paper on 29 September 2016, on the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)....more

Investment Funds Update - Europe - Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA Chief Executive Comments on FCA Mission and Brexit - The FCA has published a speech by Andrew Bailey, FCA Chief Executive, at the FCA's 2016 annual public meeting on 19 July 2016. Mr Bailey stated that the FCA...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

Brexit: UK Votes to Leave EU - The 23 June 2016 referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the EU resulted in a vote to leave the EU. Under the EU Treaty, the exit process should take at least two years. During...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

PRA and FCA Reject the Position Taken on CRD IV Bonus Cap Proportionality in the EBA’s New Remuneration Guidelines - The PRA and FCA notified the European Banking Authority (EBA) that they will comply with all aspects of...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

UCITS Regulations 2016 Published - The Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/225) were published on 25 February 2016. These implement provisions of the UCITS V...more

What's Happening on UCITS V?

Where are we on implementation? Are we nearly there yet? Yes and no. The UCITS V directive comes into force on 18 March 2016. But: Additional implementing rules (known as "Level 2") on the duties of UCITS...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

FCA MiFID II Roundtable Notes Delays in Consultation Timetable - The FCA published minutes of its MiFID II implementation roundtable meeting of 14 September 2015 on 25 September 2015. These included the following...more

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