Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Following our September 2024 Alert “Liquidity Management Under AIFMD2: RTS for Open-Ended Funds,” the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now published Final Reports for “Guidelines on LMTs of UCITS and...more
On 15 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published draft regulatory technical standards (the “Draft RTS”) and final guidelines (the “Guidelines”) on Liquidity Management Tools (“LMTs”), as...more
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
In our recent alert Loan Origination Under AIFMD2: A Guide on loan origination under the revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD2), we noted that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...more
On 12 December 2024, ESMA published its consultation paper containing draft regulatory technical standards ("RTS") pursuant to Directive (EU) 2024/927 ("AIFMD II") on requirements with which loan-originating AIFs ("LOAIFs")...more
On 12 December 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a consultation paper (“Consultation”) on draft regulatory technical standards relating to open-ended loan originating AIFs under the...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General (i) EU - ESRB: Speech on old and new frontiers of the ESRB: Systemic risk, non-banks and data analysis - Status: Final - The ESRB has published a...more
In our recent alert Loan Origination Under AIFMD2: A Guide, on loan origination under the revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD2), we noted that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...more
On 7 May 2024, ESMA published its call for evidence ("CfE") on the review of the Commission Directive (2007/16/EC) on UCITS Eligible Assets ("EAD"). The CfE follows the formal request from the European Commission (the...more
31 July - ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more