UK Overseas Fund Regime. Prepare for Landing! There seems still to be some misunderstanding in the industry around some of the acronyms used to define the legal fictions introduced post-Brexit in the context of the transition from European passport-based permissions to local UK authorisations for EU investment firms and products. We are referring to the…
The New Process for UCITS and AIF De-registration Summer 2021 marked the entry into force in Europe of the Cross-Border Distribution Directive and, with it, also of a new – more streamlined – process for UCITS and AIF de-registration. So far governed exclusively by local national rules and practices, imposing expensive publication requirements in certain…
ELTIF Regulation Review. Less European, more Sustainable The long-awaited European Commission proposal for the ELTIF Regulation review is now out. Taking stock of the hard facts and that the full potential of the ELTIF is still far from having been achieved, the proposal for the ELTIF regulation review is based on some laser focused measures…
God Save the UK Sustainability Disclosure Regime In conjunction with the COP26 held in Glasgow, the UK takes another step forward on the path to supporting sustainable finance with the FCA discussion paper on the UK Sustainability Disclosure Regime. Largely driven by the compelling need to build trust in the market towards investment products with…
La Nuova Procedura di Deposito KID PRIIPs presso la Consob ***UPDATE: A seguito della pubblicazione di questo post, la Consob ha annunciato lo slittamento del termine previsto per l’entrata in vigore della nuova procedura di deposito KID PRIIPs, in uno ad altre novita’ relative ai fondi. L’Italia fa parte di quella sparuta minoranza di Stati…
European Distribution for US Managers. The Compound Effect. Travel bans are recently being lifted across the world. The news was welcomed by many as a clear – undeniable – sign that business is finally set to go back to the pre-pandemic ways and that includes hugs, handshakes and crowded industry events. And whilst we don’t…
Supervision of costs in UCITS and AIF. What US Fund Managers Need to Know. ESMA kicked off in 2020 another supervisory convergence exercise, this time having as object undue costs and fair treatment of unitholders of UCITS and AIFs. Part of the broader paradigm of investor and market protection, the supervision of costs in UCITS and AIFs is set to be one of the prevailing supervisory themes in Europe for the years to come. Centred primarily on the…
SFDR for Non-EU AIFMs Marketing in EU. Whilst the dust settled on the first round of implementation, completed in March 2021, uncertainty lingered for a while around the applicability of SFDR for non-EU AIFMs. Notwithstanding a narrative on its extra-territorial effects, unfolded in the financial industry for a few months since introduction of the new…
Cross Border Distribution Directive and Facilities Agents One of the promises of the Cross Border Distribution Directive is to remove hurdles to the distribution of UCITS funds in Europe. For the cost of abiding to certain formalities imposed at local level being one of the main obstacles, it is clear how no single measure could…
ManCo Due Diligence. Quick Facts for US Fund Managers ManCos, a term most commonly used in the investment management world to refer to both UCITS management companies as well as authorised alternative investment fund managers, have been recently – once again – under the spotlight of the Central Bank of Ireland. The results of a…