Regulatory notices

Yesterday 21 of April 2020, the French insurance sector supervisory authority published a press release urging its supervised entities to pay attention to their relationships with their customers especially during the Covid-19 crisis.

Yesterday, FCA has published its recommendations towards the use of electronic signature to sign agreements or forms instead of a wet ink signature in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Friday 17 April 2020, EIOPA published a public statement on principles to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the occupational pensions sector.

On 16 of April, ASIC updated its FAQ on measures taken to face Covid-19 crisis impact on Superannuation funds management.

The Central Bank, the Irish asset management supervisor, has allowed flexibility in respect of the remittance dates of a number of regulatory returns due from investment firms, fund service providers and investment funds over the COVID-19 period.

Yesterday, the CSSF has again updated its FAQ Covid-19. Some questions related to funds have been either added or amended.

In Germany, the BaFin updated its Covid19 Q&A as regard to insurance pensionfonds.

The Luxembourg CSSF has updated its user guide for the newly implemented Weekly IFM Questionnaire.

Yesterday the Australian Securities and Investments Commission published a certain number of measures in favour of Australian savers facing particular financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.