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Reset all filters| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 16/11/2011 | 2011/379 | Final report- ESMA's technical advice to the European Commission on possible implementing measures of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 3.51 MB |
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| 21/02/2012 | 2012/113 | Questions and Answers- A Common Definition of European Money Market Funds- updated February 2012 | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 83.79 KB |
The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the guidelines on a Common Definition of European Money Market Funds developed by CESR by providing responses to questions posed by the general public and competent authorities. The content of this document is aimed at competent authorities to ensure that in their supervisory activities their actions are converging along the lines of the responses adopted by ESMA. However, the answers are also intended to help management companies by providing clarity as to the content of CESR’s guidelines on a Common Definition of European Money Market Funds, rather than creating an extra layer of requirements. | |||
| 02/04/2013 | 2013/413 | Final Report- Draft regulatory technical standards on types of AIFMs | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 116.08 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) to determine types of alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs), where relevant in the application of the AIFMD. The draft RTS distinguish AIFMs managing alternative investment funds (AIF) of the open-ended type and AIFMs managing AIFs of the closed-ended type, in order to apply the rules on liquidity management, the valuation procedures and the transitional provisions of the AIFMD. ESMA was required to develop these RTS by Article 4(4) of the AIFMD and they are aimed at ensuring uniform conditions of application of the AIFMD across the European Union. | |||
| 20/02/2014 | 2014/160 | Draft implementing technical standards on notification- EuVECA | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 175.99 KB |
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| 20/02/2014 | 2014/161 | Draft implementing technical standards on notification- EuSEF | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 29.18 KB |
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| 27/03/2014 | 2014/312 | Technical advice to the European Commission on the information that competent authorities should provide to ESMA pursuant to Article 67(3) of the AIFMD | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 330.79 KB |
Reasons for publication ESMA is issuing this technical advice in response to the mandate received from the European Commission on 20 December 2013 for advice on the possible content of the delegated act required by Article 67(5) of the AIFMD, concerning the information that EU competent authorities have to provide quarterly to ESMA pursuant to Article 67(3) of the Directive. This information is needed in order to allow ESMA to produce the opinion and the advice required in Article 67(1) of the AIFMD, in relation to the possible extension of the AIFMD passport to non-EU AIFs and non-EU AIFMs. Contents Section II describes the background of the proposal. Section III specifies the timing for the provision of the information to ESMA and lists the information that the competent authorities should provide quarterly to ESMA. The list of information is divided into three parts: the first refers to the information about the functioning of the passport for EU AIFMs; the second deals with the functioning of the national private placement regime for non-EU AIFs and non-EU AIFMs; and the third refers to the issues arising from the functioning of both systems. Finally, Section IV reproduces the mandate for advice issued by the European Commission. Next steps ESMA will cooperate closely with the European Commission in order to facilitate an expeditious adoption of the delegated act required by Article 67(5) of the AIFMD. | |||
| 28/11/2014 | 2014/1417 | ESMA's technical advice to the European Commission on delegated acts required by the UCITS V Directive | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 469.49 KB |
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| 16/02/2015 | 2015/227 | Final Report- ESMA’s technical advice to the European Commission on the delegated acts of the Regulations on European Social Entrepreneurship Funds and European Venture Capital Funds | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 609.09 KB |
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| 01/07/2015 | 2015/1005 | Questions and Answers: Investment-based crowdfunding: money laundering/terrorist financing | Innovation and Products | Q&A | PDF 157.73 KB |
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| 30/07/2015 | 2015/1236 | ESMA's advice to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the application of the AIFMD passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 1.36 MB |
Executive summary Reasons for publication In accordance with Articles 36 and 42 of the Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMD), non-EU alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) and non-EU alternative investment funds (AIFs) managed by EU AIFMs are subject to the national private placement regime (NPPR) of each of the Member States where the AIFs are marketed or managed. However, the AIFMD makes provision for the passport, which is currently reserved to EU AIFMs and AIFs, to be potentially extended in future. Article 67(1) of the AIFMD establishes that, by 22 July 2015, ESMA shall issue to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission advice on the application of the passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs in accordance with the rules set out in Article 35 and 37 to 41 of the AIFMD. This document sets out ESMA’s advice on the application of the passport to six non-EU countries: Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, Switzerland, Singapore and the United States. Contents Section 1 of the advice sets out the background to ESMA’s work, while the detailed assessment of each of the aforementioned non-EU countries is contained in section 2. Annexes 1 to 7 contain a summary of the feedback to the call for evidence that ESMA launched in November 2014. Annex 8 gives a detailed breakdown by non-EU country of the number of non-EU AIFs and non-EU AIFMs active in Member States in accordance with Articles 36 and 42 of the AIFMD. Next Steps ESMA will continue to work on its assessment of other non-EU countries not covered in this advice with a view to delivering further submissions to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in the coming months. For those non-EU jurisdictions with which there are currently no supervisory cooperation arrangements in place for the purposes of the AIFMD, ESMA will continue its efforts to agree a MoU with the authorities concerned. | |||
| 18/09/2015 | 2015/1409 | Draft Implementing Technical Standards on penalties and measures under Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS Directive) | Fund Management | Technical Standards | PDF 339.52 KB |
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| 31/05/2016 | 2016/774 | Q&A on the Application of the EuSEF and EuVECA Regulations | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 212.93 KB |
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| 12/09/2016 | 2016/1140 | Final advice on AIFMD passport | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 621.95 KB |
This version of the advice includes the following clarifications with respect to the assessment of the Isle of Man:
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| 21/11/2016 | 2016/1586 | Questions and Answers on UCITS Directive | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 454.07 KB |
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| 16/12/2016 | 2016/1669 | 2016-1669 Q&A on AIFMD | Fund Management | Q&A | PDF 436.68 KB |
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| 10/04/2019 | JC 2019 25 | Joint ESA advice on the costs and benefits of developing a coherent cyber resilience testing framework for significant market participants and infrastructures | Innovation and Products, Joint Committee | Technical Advice | PDF 785.49 KB |
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| 10/04/2019 | JC 2019 26 | Joint ESA advice on the need for legislative improvements relating to ICT risk management requirements | Innovation and Products, Joint Committee | Technical Advice | PDF 1.34 MB |
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| 03/11/2020 | ESMA71-99-1423 | QA Fast Track Peer Review- Wirecard | Corporate Disclosure, Guidelines and Technical standards, Supervisory convergence | Q&A | PDF 248.14 KB |
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| 17/12/2021 | ESMA34-32-352 | Q&A on the Application of the AIFMD | Fund Management, Supervisory convergence | Q&A | PDF 691.07 KB |
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| 28/01/2022 | ESMA74-362-893 | QAs on SFTR data reporting | Post Trading, Securities Financing Transactions, Trade Repositories | Q&A | PDF 398.17 KB |