The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) relating to liquidity management tools (LMTs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...more
Welcome to the January - March 2025 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
On 21 October 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) implemented the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Guidelines regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) fund naming as...more
On 22 November 2024, the Department of Finance ("DoF") launched its public consultation on the exercise of the national discretions in Directive (EU) 2024/927 amending AIFMD (2011/61/EU) and the UCITS Directive (2009/65/EC),...more
New requirements concerning reporting by EU AIFs and UCITS of statistics on their assets have been introduced by the European Central Bank (ECB). The new reporting requirements will apply from 1 December 2025....more
The Irish government has been supportive of the development of the financial services sector in Ireland and this extends to fintech. The government’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services...more
In our recent alert Loan Origination Under AIFMD2: A Guide, on loan origination under the revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD2), we noted that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...more
On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more
On 14 May 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines ESMA34-472-440 Final Report on the Guidelines on funds names (europa.eu) on the use of ESG- or sustainability-related terms...more
On 14 May 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report on "Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms" (the "Guidelines"). The Guidelines aim to provide...more
Welcome to the January – March 2024 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for Asset Management and Investment Funds. This report covers key developments during the quarter, such as: ...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Die überarbeiteten Fassungen der AIFM- und der UCITS-Richtlinie stehen fest und sollen Mitte 2024 in Kraft treten. Die Mitgliedstaaten haben dann zwei Jahre Zeit zur Umsetzung. Änderungen sind insbesondere bei den Themen...more
In our previous alert AIFMD II Gathers Momentum: The European Parliament Finalises Its Proposed Text and recent update October 2023 Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds, we noted the draft text of the Alternative...more
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
In this quarter's edition of the legal and regulatory report, we include a number of key outputs from ESMA, including its updates to Q&As on the application of the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive (outlined at sections 1.2 and...more
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
Amongst the updates this week, the Council of the EU published a table comparing the initial position of the Commission, and the negotiating positions of the Council and the EP on the proposal for a Directive amending the...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking industry feedback in a discussion paper (DP)1 on potential regulatory reform of the asset management sector. If enacted, the UK Government’s Future Regulatory Framework...more
On 31 May 2022, the European Union (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 were published in Iris Oifigiúil and will come into operation on 1 January 2023. The...more
On 2 February 2022, the new ESMA guidelines on marketing communications under the Regulation on cross-border distribution of funds (EU) 2019/1156) (“Guidelines”) will start to apply....more
On 25 November, the European Commission published its long awaited AIFMD Review package including a proposal amending the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive on delegation, liquidity risk management, provision of depositary and...more
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a legislative proposal with targeted amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU (“the “AIFMD”) and (to a certain extent) the UCITS Directive (“AIFMD...more
The FCA’s Policy Statement published on 25 October 2021 provides feedback to its May 2021 consultation (the Consultation) and sets out the final rules and guidance for the new authorised open-ended fund regime to invest in...more
ESG and sustainable investment funds: FCA guiding principles On 19 July 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear Chair letter addressed to the chairs of authorised fund managers (AFMs) on improving the...more