STATEMENT

EFAMA calls for legal certainty and a compatible approach between the provisions of the new regime for investment firms and relevant existing provisions already applying to investment firms

Brussels, 12 March 2019 EFAMA welcomes the intention of the EU policy makers to conclude as soon as possible the trilogue negotiations concerning the new prudential regime for investment firms (IFD/IFR).

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Net sales of UCITS and AIFs dropped to EUR 245 billion in 2018, a level not seen since 2011

Brussels, 8th March 2019 - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest Quarterly Statistical Release describing the trends in the European investment fund industry in the fourth quarter of 2018 with key data and indicators for each EFAMA member country.

Highlights on the developments in 2018 include:

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UCITS and AIFs continued to record positive sales in 2018, despite global growing social and political instability

Brussels, 1st March 2019 - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales of UCITS and AIFs for December 2018.

Twenty-nineassociations representing 98 percent of total UCITS and AIF assets provided us with net sales data.

The main developments in December 2018 can be summarized as follows: