Regulatory notices

The ESMA has recently updated its table of AIFMD Memoranda of Understanding signed between the EU Member States and the third countries.

Yesterday, the Swedish financial market regulator Finansinspektionen published an update of its cross-border notification maintenance procedure.

The Central Bank of Ireland updated its website section dedicated to the marketing of Alternative investment funds in consequence of the implementation of the Cross-Border Distribution of Funds Directive (CBDF).

On 31 August 2021, the CSSF published a press released related to the revision of the non-judicial liquidation of funds. The update of the procedure has an immediate effect.

Yesterday, the “Banque de France” published its final guidance for the new reporting framework dedicated to the collective investment schemes “OPC2”.

Some amendments have been made to the documents released in July. The final versions are attached.

The CSSF has updated two new forms used to notify pre-marketing activities of AIFMs to potential professional investors in Luxembourg. These forms have been introduced following the implementation of the regulation on cross-border fund distribution at the beginning of August.

On 17 August 2021, the BaFin published an updated version of its guideline for the marketing of EEA UCITS in Germany.

Currently, only the German version is available. We have supplemented this notice with a non-binding translation. We will update the notice once the English version will be made available on the BaFin website.

On 17 August 2021, the CSSF published several updated FAQs impacting the collective investment schemes.

On 12 August 2021, the German financial services watchdog published a consultation paper on the revision of its FAQ on distribution of funds following the introduction of the CBDF beginning of the month.