Asset Management

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  • ESMA’s updated Q&As on UCITS KIIDs – key changes and action points for managers

    Article

    Submitted: 08 April 2019

    The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) updated Q&As bring in various changes to a UCITS’s Key Investor Information Document (KIID). This Note looks at some of the more important implications of ESMA’s guidance and offers some action points which managers should be taking to ensure compliance.

  • Financial Markets Legal Update 2019

    Seminar

    Event date: 23 May 2019

    Join us for our annual Financial Markets Legal Update in our Amsterdam office. Throughout the day we will cover a broad range of topics relevant to the financial markets and asset management sectors.

  • Financial Services Alerter - February 2019 developments

    Newsletter

    Submitted: 04 April 2019

    Issue 133 of this regular bulletin summarising significant legal and regulatory developments of relevance to the fund management and investment banking communities.

  • ESMA updates its Market Abuse Q&As

    Article

    Submitted: 04 April 2019

    On 29 March 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its Q&As, “On the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)” providing clarification on (a) the obligation of an undertaking with no legal personality to disclose inside information, (b) the meaning of "parent" and "related undertakings" and (c) the disclosure of inside information concerning emission allowances.

  • Calculation of leverage - ESMA updates Q&As on the AIFMD

    Article

    Submitted: 04 April 2019

    On 29 March 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its Q&As, "Application of the AIFMD" to include two new Q&As, which provide guidance on how, and how frequently, an AIF’s leverage should be calculated.

  • UCITS KIIDs - ESMA updates its Q&As with clarification on disclosure of past performance and benchmark indices

    Article

    Submitted: 03 April 2019

    On 29 March 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published updated Q&As on the UCITS Directive. In modifying one existing Q&A, deleting another and including four new ones, ESMA has clarified how a UCITS should disclose past performance and benchmark indices in its Key Investor Information Document (KIID).

  • The Global LEI System and Other Unique Identifiers

    Article

    Last Reviewed: 31 March 2019 / Submitted: 10 February 2014

    An overview of the Global LEI System considering some of its practical implications for financial institutions and, in particular, its relationship to the reporting obligations under EMIR including Unique Transaction Identifiers and Unique Product Identifiers.

  • EMIR Newsflash: ESMA public statement on calculation against clearing thresholds

    Article

    Submitted: 29 March 2019

    ​An overview of the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) statement on the implementation of the new EMIR Refit regime for the clearing obligation for financial and non-financial counterparties.

  • ESG - Sustainable Investment from a Regulatory Perspective

    Seminar

    Submitted: 26 March 2019

    ​On 12 March 2019, our "ESG - Sustainable Investment from a Regulatory Perspective" Breakfast Briefing took place in our Frankfurt office.

  • The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR)

    Article

    Last Reviewed: 25 March 2019 / Submitted: 12 October 2015

    This article discusses the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) which introduces new trade repository reporting requirements, new requirements in relation to collateral reuse arrangements and new transparency and disclosure obligations for UCITS and AIFs.

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