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ESMA Proposes Significant Reforms to UCITS Eligible Assets Rules

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ESMA has recently recommended notable amendments to the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive, which sets the standards for permissible investments by UCITS funds across Europe. These reforms could redefine permissible investment...more

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ESMA advice on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive

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On 26 June 2025, ESMA published its keenly awaited technical advice to the Commission on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive 2007/16/EC (EAD). The report assesses EAD implementation across member states and...more

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ESMA Publishes Four Principles for Clear, Fair and Not Misleading Sustainability-Related Claims

On 1 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a thematic note on making clear, fair and not misleading sustainability-related claims, to address greenwashing risks (the “Thematic Note”)....more

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ESMA publishes technical advice on eligible assets for UCITS

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (EAD) accompanied by a press release. The EAD...more

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ESMA progresses streamlined reporting efforts with call for evidence, discussion paper and final reports

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a call for evidence (CfE) as part of its Data Strategy to gather feedback on how to simplify and streamline supervisory reporting. The aim is to reduce the...more

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Industry associations urge ESMA to issue a no-action letter on EMIR 3 AAR implementation

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Four industry associations—EFAMA, EACP, ISDA, and FIA—have published a letter addressed to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission (EC), raising concerns about the implementation of...more

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Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Report: Asset Management and Investment Funds January - March 2025

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Welcome to the January - March 2025 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more

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Open End Credit Funds – ESMA Is Looking for Answers

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The ESMA Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standards on open-ended loan-originating AIFs (OE LO AIFs) under the AIFMD, published on the 12 December 2024, aims to set out the requirements which OE LO AIFs must...more

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ESMA CSA on fund manager compliance and internal audit functions launched

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a press release confirming the launch of a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with national competent authorities on compliance...more

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

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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

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Great Fund Insights: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names: Tell me your fund name, I’ll tell you your fund strategy

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On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more

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The Anti-Greenwashing Rule Comes Into Force: A Legal Lens

On 31 May 2024, a new anti-greenwashing rule is being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) as part of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”). We cover here the introduction of the FCA’s...more

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Neufassung der AIFM- und UCITS- Richtlinien

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Die überarbeiteten Fassungen der AIFM- und der UCITS-Richtlinie stehen fest und sollen Mitte 2024 in Kraft treten. Die Mitgliedstaaten haben dann zwei Jahre Zeit zur Umsetzung. Änderungen sind insbesondere bei den Themen...more

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Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Report - Asset Management and Investment Funds July - September 2023

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Welcome to the July – September 2023 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more

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ESMA Proposes Rules for Taxonomy-Alignment of Non-Financial Undertakings and Asset Managers

Further to our Clients & Friends Memo of 22 June 2020, the Sustainability Taxonomy Regulation (2020/852) (the “Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal on 22 June 2020 and entered into force on 12 July 2020....more

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