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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.
20/06/2012 2012/378 Operation of notifications of MiFID Article 41 suspensions and removals of financial instruments from trading MiFID - Secondary Markets Reference PDF
353.3 KB		 This protocol has been created to ensure effective co-operation between Competent Authorities (CAs) with respect to their obligations under Article 41 of MiFID (Suspension and removal of in-struments from trading).The purpose of the notification obligations under Article 41 is to afford investors across all Mem-ber States the same level of protection regardless of where they trade. In order to achieve this outcome, a shared understanding of the different circumstances under which trading may be suspended in different Member States according to their national law and the expected course of action under Article 41 is helpful. To ensure trading is suspended or an instrument is removed from trading in an effective and timely way, an effective communication process is necessary.The protocol will be kept under review in light of practical experience.
25/07/2012 2012/478 ESMA MiFID database- description of webservice MiFID - Secondary Markets Reference PDF
123.71 KB		 This document provides useful information for developers wanting to use the webservice provided in ESMA's MIFID databases.
04/02/2013 2013/14 Call for expressions of interest: Consultative Working Group for ESMA’s Investment Management Standing Committee Fund Management Reference PDF
129.5 KB		 To apply, please use the below Application form
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.
19/07/2013 MOU ACER ESMA MoU between ESMA and ACER concerning the consultation and cooperation regarding their regulatory responsibilities in relation to EU wholesale energy market MiFID - Secondary Markets Reference PDF
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13/08/2013 2013/611 SV Key concepts of the AIFMD Fund Management Reference PDF
84.4 KB		 Riktlinjer Riktlinjer om nyckelbegrepp i direktivet om förvaltare av alternativa investeringsfonder
20/08/2013 2013/1119 Opinion on draft regulatory technical standards on types of AIFMs under Article 4(4) of Directive 2011/61/EU Fund Management Reference PDF
247.02 KB		 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) submitted its formal opinion to the European Commission on 13 August, in response to the letter received on 8 July, on draft regulatory technical standards under Article 4(4) of Directive 2011/61/EU. The opinion was issued in accordance with Article 10(1) sixth subparagraph of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.
15/11/2013 2013/1359 Consolidated AIFMD reporting template (revised) Fund Management Reference XLSX
4.15 MB		 Questions regarding technical support should be sent to info.it.aifmd[at]esma.europa.eu.
15/11/2013 2013/1360 Tables 8-9-10 of Annex 2 of ESMA guidelines on AIFMD reporting obligation (revised) Fund Management Reference XLSX
310.05 KB		 Questions regarding technical support should be sent to info.it.aifmd[at]esma.europa.eu.
15/11/2013 2013/1586 AIFMD Reporting- Annex 2-Tables 1-7 Fund Management Reference XLSX
30.46 KB		 Questions regarding technical support should be sent to info.it.aifmd[at]esma.europa.eu.
29/11/2013 2013/998 DA Retningslinjer for modellen til aftalememorandum om høring, samarbejde og informationsudveksling vedrørende tilsyn med AIFMD-enheder Fund Management, Guidelines and Technical standards Reference PDF
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29/11/2013 2013/998 SL Smernice o vzorcu memoranduma glede posvetovanja, sodelovanja in izmenjave informacij v zvezi z nadzorom subjektov iz direktive UAIS Fund Management, Guidelines and Technical standards Reference PDF
246.77 KB
02/12/2013 2013/1792 Call for expressions of interest regarding the establishment of the Consultative Working Group of the ESMA Market Data Reporting Working Group MiFID - Secondary Markets Reference PDF
98.24 KB		 Deadline for applications is 3 January 2014.
20/02/2014 2014/160 Draft implementing technical standards on notification- EuVECA Fund Management Technical Standards PDF
175.99 KB
20/02/2014 2014/161 Draft implementing technical standards on notification- EuSEF Fund Management Technical Standards PDF
29.18 KB
15/03/2014 2014/bonds Categories of covered bonds and issuers of covered bonds Fund Management Reference PDF
473.21 KB
25/03/2014 2013/1361 AIFMD- Reporting- XML documents- V1.2 [updated] Fund Management Reference ZIP
32.73 KB		 The description of changes performed on the xsd documents and IT technical guidance are included in the IT technical guidance (2013/1358) in sheet “change history. Each new version of xsd will increment the version number (from 1.1 to 1.2 version for example). Questions regarding technical support should be sent to info.it.aifmd[at]esma.europa.eu. Each AIFM should contact directly the national competent authorities to know how the filling of the XML reports will be handled at national level.
18/06/2014 2014/639 Call for expressions of interest regarding the renewal of the Consultative Working Group of the ESMA Secondary Markets Standing Committee MiFID - Secondary Markets Reference PDF
131.06 KB		 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is looking to newly constitute a Consultative Working Group (CWG) for the ESMA Secondary Markets Standing Committee (SMSC) as the two-year-term of the existing CWG has recently expired. ESMA is therefore calling for expressions of interest from stakeholders to become a member of the CWG by 13 July 2014. The application form should be accompanied by a CV. The model European CV is recommended.It is optional for applicants, though recommended, to attach a letter of motivation.
23/09/2014 2013/1358 AIFMD reporting IT technical guidance (rev 4) [updated] Fund Management Reference ZIP
155.52 KB		 The IT technical guidance (2013/1358) contains the following set of documents: IT technical guidance in which is included the description of changes performed on the technical guidance and/or XSD documents in sheet “change history. XML samples for AIFM and AIF reports Excel version of Annex III – “Table of geographical areas” Previous version of XSD documents (Version 1.1) The current IT technical guidance revision 4 contains modifications on the IT technical guidance to take into account the last published version of Questions and Answers (Q&A) on the application of the AIFMD (2014/868) as well as some clarifications and correction of inconsistencies with XSD documents. Questions regarding technical support should be sent to info.it.aifmd[at]esma.europa.eu. Each AIFM should contact directly the national competent authorities to know how the filling of the XML reports will be handled at national level.

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