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Crossborder investment services and activities license in Denmark

14th May 2019Attilio VenezianoFund Distribution, InternationalNo Comments

Crossborder investment services and activities license in Denmark. An Update for Brexit The Danish Financial Business Act contains provisions under article 33 for foreign credit institutions and investment firms intending to obtain a crossborder investment services and activities license in Denmark, with or without ancillary services, to deal exclusively with eligible counter-parties or professional clients….

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Distance Marketing of Investment Funds and a New EU Evaluation

11th May 2019Attilio VenezianoFund Distribution, InternationalNo Comments

A directive on the distance marketing of investment funds and broader consumer financial services was introduced in 2002 (please find the directive here). The main aim of the initiative was to further ensure the free movement of financial services in the single market in Europe. The directive, amongst other things, defines some of the main…

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UK NPPR Connect Platform. Update from the UK FCA

10th May 2019Attilio VenezianoFund Distribution, InternationalNo Comments

At the beginning of September this year the Financial Conduct Authority announced one more change in the process to notify requests for marketing authorisations under the UK NPPR. As part of this change, whilst all notifications will be made via the Connect Platform of the UK FCA, only notifications to market under AIFMD UK regulation…

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Do’s and Don’ts of Appointing a Facilities Agent for ELTIFs

15th April 2019Attilio VenezianoELTIFs, Fund Distribution, InternationalNo Comments

ELTIFs can be marketed to both professional and retail investors across Europe. In addition to specific suitability tests to be carried out on retail investors, ELTIFs regulation also imposes to appoint a Facilities Agent for ELTIFs in all the EU domiciles where marketing will take place. The Facilities Agent for ELTIFs is not necessarily a…

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Fund Distribution and PRIIPs KIDs. What You Didn’t Know.

8th April 2019Attilio VenezianoELTIFs, Fund Distribution, International, PRIIPs KIDsNo Comments

EU Fund Distribution and PRIIPs KIDs notification are two interrelated subjects. Despite the fact that the European Parliament ordered at the end of 2018 a two-year delay for the application of PRIIPs rules for UCITS, these rules remain current for other funds, like retail AIFs and ELTIFs. In this post we will briefly touch on…

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Italian Brexit Law Decree – Should I Stay or Should I Go?

31st March 2019Attilio VenezianoFund Distribution, InternationalNo Comments

An Italian Brexit Law Decree entered into force last 26th March, introducing measures to establish a transitional regime in Italy in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The provisions of the Italian Brexit Law Decree will help mitigating risks for Italian clients and investors inherent to an unorganised discontinuation of business activities of UK firms…

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Rules on Marketing non-EU AIFs under NPPR. AIFMD Review

19th March 2019Attilio VenezianoFund Distribution, InternationalNo CommentsAIFMD, AIFMD NPPR rules, AIFMD review, NPPR

AIFMD was introduced in 2011 with a very ambitious underpinning aim to create a wider regulatory and oversight blanket for actors in the financial markets, whose activities, so far unregulated, had exposed European markets to significant systemic risks in the years coming to the financial crisis of 2008. With the introduction of harmonised requirements across…

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ELTIFs marketing in Europe 5 quick facts for US Fund Managers

14th March 2019Attilio VenezianoELTIFs, Fund Distribution, International, PRIIPs KIDsNo CommentsELTIF, ELTIF marketing retail investors EU, ELTIF Marketing rules EU

Introduced with a regulation in 2015, ELTIFs is another acronym in the European regulation on financial services and stands for European Long-term investment funds. One of the unique features of this type of funds is that it is open to retail investors. ELTIFs are set to become very important tools for alternative capital raising to…

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Equivalence assessments by the EU Commission and Passporting Rights.

4th March 2019Attilio VenezianoBrexit, Fund Distribution, InternationalNo CommentsEquivalence and Brexit, Equivalence and passporting rights, Equivalence assessments EU Commission

With end of October 2019 looming, same as the possibility of a no deal case scenario for the future relationship between the UK and the EU, it is useful to refresh some of the main concepts surrounding the existing alternative avenues to ensure third country access to EU markets. Equivalence assessments by the EU Commission…

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Luxembourg Brexit Laws and How to De-dramatize a Divorce – UPDATE

13th February 2019Attilio VenezianoBrexit, Fund Distribution, International, UCITSNo Comments

Luxembourg Brexit Laws were enacted earlier in April 2019 containing measures to mitigate the consequences that a hard Brexit will have on the stability and orderly functioning of both the financial market in Luxembourg and the activities of its participants. Please find the related CSSF press release 19/18 here. The CSSF also recently issued two…

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