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Investment Management Client Alert June 2025

K&L Gates LLP on 6/30/2025

ESMA Publishes Final Report on the Preparation of Securities Prospectuses -On 12 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report with regulatory technical standards (RTS) for the...more

FCA supports move towards faster settlement cycle for fund trades

A&O Shearman on 6/9/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a press release welcoming a joint statement from asset management trade associations supporting the transition to faster settlement of trades in funds. Effective from 11...more

Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent Funds, Legal, and Regulatory Developments to Look out for in the coming...

Goodwin on 6/2/2025

In this horizon scan for private investment funds, which is aimed at managers based in Europe, we have set out the some of the principal legal and regulatory-focused developments to look out for in the coming months....more

EC launches targeted consultation on barriers to EU capital markets integration

A&O Shearman on 4/23/2025

The European Commission (EC) has published its targeted consultation on the integration of EU capital markets under its savings and investments union (SIU) strategy, accompanied by a press release and updated webpage. The...more

European Commission communication on the Savings and Investments Union

A&O Shearman on 3/28/2025

The European Commission has unveiled its strategy for the Savings and Investments Union (SIU), an initiative to improve the way the EU financial system channels savings to productive investments. Alongside the communication,...more

Regulation Round Up - February 2025

Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/10/2025

Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

European Regulatory Timeline 2025

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/16/2025

Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2025 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more

Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Report: Asset Management and Investment Funds October - December 2024

Walkers on 1/10/2025

Welcome to the October - December 2024 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds....more

Great Fund Insights: ELTIF Regulation: consolidated text including ELTIF 2.0

A&O Shearman on 11/8/2024

The ELTIF-RTS, the final piece of the puzzle for the ELTIF framework, have been published in the Official Journal on October 25, 2024 and entered into force on October 26, 2024. This marks the end of a long and complex...more

ESMA finalises the draft RTS on ELTIFs

A&O Shearman on 12/28/2023

The ELTIF regime was revised earlier this year to address the low uptake of the product in the market. The amended ELTIF regulation will enter into force on 10 January 2024 but many asset managers were awaiting the regulatory...more

A step closer to SFDR changes under ESAs’ Final Report

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 12/15/2023

On 4 December 2023 the European Supervisory Authorities (the “ESAs”) published their final report on updating the regulatory technical standards of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR Level 2”). The...more

Regulation Round Up - April 2022

Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/6/2022

Key developments in April 2022: 29 April - The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published for consultation an interim report that recommends measures to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing...more

August Changes to Fund Distribution in the EEA

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 8/2/2021

This week sees the introduction of significant changes to the rules and regulations governing the marketing of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) to investors in the Member States of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”)...more

Offsetting the Loss of Passporting Rights in Financial Services Regulation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/4/2021

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) does not provide a comprehensive free trade arrangement for financial services between the EU and the UK. In particular, the TCA contains no measures to offset the loss of the EU-wide...more

Brexit: the Italian legal framework on UK financial entities operating in Italy after the end of the transition period (December...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/8/2020

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In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/25/2018

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

Regulation Round Up - June 2017

Proskauer Rose LLP on 7/4/2017

2 June - The ESMA published its final report on guidelines on product governance requirements under the MiFID II Directive (2004/65/EU). The guidelines (set out in Annex IV) to the final report aim to promote greater...more

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