EU – ELTIF II published in the Official Journal, will apply from 10 January 2024

24th March 2023

Last week, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier communicated on a new filing method made available to AIFMs for their Annex IV reporting. From 2 November 2023, alternative investment fund managers will therefore be able to transmit their AIFM reporting through this new solution.

On 19 September 2023, the FCA communicates on the Temporary Marketing Period Regime for funds. Background Introduced by the FCA in the context of the Brexit, the TMPR allows certain EEA-based funds that were passporting into the UK at the end of the transition period to continue to be marketed in the UK in the […]

On 14 September 2023, the European Commission launched two consultations on the implementation of SFDR. A first consultation especially targets an audience familiar with this regulation and a second public consultation is aimed at a wider range of stakeholders. These consultations are an important part of the assessment process of the implementation of this regulation […]

CSSF published yesterday the Circular 23/840 informing in-scope entities that it will apply the ESMA Guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements as from 3 October 2023. We have communicated extensively on the changes ESMA made on the Guidelines in a previous notification.

On 4 September 2023, the CSSF published an amended version of its standardised UCITS prospectus template. We provide attached a track changes version together with the new template.

On 6 September, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier in Luxembourg published a Communication informing that on 29 August 2023, it had contacted by email Luxembourg-based UCITS managers and AIF managers falling within the scope of the Common Supervisory Action (CSA) on the integration of sustainability risks and disclosures. Based on a harmonised methodology […]

On 3 August 2023, ESMA published its revised Guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements in all official European languages meaning that they will become applicable beginning of next month.

Last week, the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier published its report on marketing communications under the regulation on cross-border distribution of funds covering the period 2021 to date. This report is based on the thematic review launched in 2022. The Commission collected information on marketing communication from a sample of fund managers to […]

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority lats month the new tariff for the annual supervisory fees. Foreign UCITS notified in Denmark to be marketed in this country will pay DKK 5,000 if they market less than 10 sub-funds or DKK 11,000 if they market 10 or more sub-funds in Denmark.

Taking care of the increasing use of fundraisers by management companies to market venture capital funds and the flock of non-professional investors into these financial products, the Portuguese regulator has taken an interest in the business models these companies put in place to limit risks.