Management Companies

EFAMA has been looking at legislative proposals with a direct impact on asset management companies and services, and closely follows any regulatory developments of critical importance to the sector. In addition to issues related to risk management and financial stability, high up on the agenda of EFAMA members is the framework for a prudential regime for Investment Firms (IFD/R), and related implementing measures directly descending from such framework.

EFAMA is focused on minimising the impact of the rules on asset management companies, in particular those holding a limited MiFID license. Key to the sector is the need for proportionality, especially firms that are not authorised to hold client money/securities, or to deal on their own account.

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Management Companies

AIFMD

01 March 2022

Tweaking the AIFMD/UCITS Framework

EFAMA welcomes the decision of the European Commission to adopt a targeted approach in its review of the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD), along with key harmonising provisions within the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferrable Securities Directive (UCITSD). This focus on targeted improvements recognises the role this framework has played in encouraging the growth in the European Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) market over the past decade and its resilience even throughout recent market stresses.

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Management Companies

Anti-Money Laundering

08 December 2021

FATF Consultation on Recommendation 24

EFAMA welcomes the work of the FATF in reviewing and reinforcing its existing recommendations to ensure that these remain fit for purpose in tackling global financial crime.

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Management Companies

AIFMD

25 November 2021

AIFMD review - how to tweak a successful framework

EFAMA welcomes the European Commission’s review of the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD), setting out targeted improvements to key provisions in the current framework. Such targeted improvements will make strides in advancing the Capital Markets Union.

Monthly Statistics January 2021| January another strong month for UCITS equity funds

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for January 2021.

Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director for Economics and Research commented: “For the third consecutive month, net inflows into UCITS equity funds exceeded EUR 50 billion, a level that had never been reached before November 2020. This exceptional outcome can be traced to the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines, which restored investor optimism about future growth prospects.”

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Capital Markets Union

Competitiveness

EU Fund regulation

Management Companies

Statistics

Sustainable Finance

Tax ＆ Accounting

01 March 2021

European Statistics Q4 2020 | 2020 Trends | Inflows into UCITS and AIFs bring European fund assets to an all-time high

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet for Q4 of 2020, together with an overview of the full year.

The main developments through the quarter are as follows:

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EU Fund regulation

Management Companies

AIFMD

29 January 2021

European Alternative Fund Managers Directive stands the test of time

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published today its response to the European Commissions public consultation on the review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

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Capital Markets

Data

EU Fund regulation

Management Companies

AIFMD

Tax ＆ Accounting

26 November 2020

Asset Management in Europe - An Overview of the Asset Management Industry - November 2020

The report aims to provide a unique and comprehensive set of facts and figures on the state of the industry at the end of 2018 but also to highlight the fundamental role of asset managers in the financial system and wider economy.

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EU Fund regulation

Exchange-traded Funds

Management Companies

19 November 2020

Demystifying ETPs: an EFAMA guide for the European investor

Through its ETF Task Force, EFAMA has produced an Investor Education Guide intended to draw out, in a simple form, the defining features for the three main types of ETPs (Exchange-traded products) listed across European markets. The association hopes this guide will primarily assist investors in having a clearer understanding of different ETPs and help investors appreciate the differences between them, especially from a risk and product complexity viewpoint.

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