Regulatory Round-up: February 2021
February saw a number of developments on a range of areas, including: SFDR; Potential money market fund reforms in the US; The new UK short selling threshold entering into force;…
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Do Not Pass Go
The UK’s Competitions and Markets authority has announced it will be running a number of antitrust investigation’s and probes into big tech including Google and Amazon. This has come off…
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Can a Leopard Change its Spots?
Theres a line from the famous F Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby that comes to mind at the moment, ‘You can’t repeat the past.’ ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he…
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Refresher Series: US Liquidity Risk Rules
This week we return to our refresher series on liquidity risk rules around the world, and in particular, the rules in the United States. With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout well…
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US Money Market Fund Regulation – More Work Needed!
Earlier this month the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a request for public comment on potential reform measures to improve the resilience of money market funds. The request follows the report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued in December 2020.
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Refresher Series: UCITS KIIDs
UCITS IV requires UCITS to make an updated KIID available to investors for each sub-fund/standalone fund within 35 business days of 31 December each year. With the deadline fast approaching…
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UK 0.1% Short Selling Notification Threshold Here to Stay
This week, on the 1st February 2021, the Statutory Instrument (SI) amending the initial notification threshold under Article 5(2) of the Short Selling Regulation (SSR) entered into force. The SI…
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UCITS Eligible Markets
Key questions when conducting your UCITS Eligible Markets due diligence Following the end of the transition period, on the 1st January 2021, COLL 5.2.10 was updated to include the “United…
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Regulatory Round-up: January 2021
Welcome to the first monthly regulatory round-up of 2021. Each month we will be summarising the key announcements and regulatory developments impacting the fund industry. The past month brought developments…
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