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

26 October 2021

EFAMA's response to the EBA consultation on draft RTS criteria for the identification of shadow banking entities

Ever since the term “shadow banking” has emerged from the FSB’s working circles in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis[1], our association has consistently argued that its use as a reference to regulated asset management companies and their funds is inaccurate and mis-leading.

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Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures

Management Companies

29 September 2021

Distance marketing of consumer financial services – Review of EU rules

EFAMA provided high-level comments to the Commission’s consultation on the potential review of the Directive on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services.

We agree with the Commission’s interpretation that the Directive is seen as a “safety net” for financial services not already subject to product-specific legislation. Fund and asset managers are already subject to various, more stringent and detailed sectoral legislations, such as (but not limited to) UCITS, AIFMD and MiFID as well as the (more recent) Cross-Border Fund Distribution Directives.

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Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures

PRIIPs

EU Fund regulation

Management Companies

04 August 2021

EU retail investments: comprehensive strategy to increase retail investor participation required

EFAMA wholeheartedly supports a retail investment strategy that gives EU citizens the necessary tools and the confidence to put their savings to work by investing in capital markets.

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 Union

Competitiveness

EU Fund regulation

UCITS

Management Companies

AIFMD

Statistics

21 January 2021

Monthly Statistics November 2020 | News of vaccines drove record net sales of 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 November 2020*.

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Competitiveness

EU Fund regulation

UCITS

Management Companies

AIFMD

Statistics

22 December 2020

Monthly Statistics October 2020 | Inflows in bond funds drive positive UCITS net sales in October

Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director for Economics and Research commented: "Net sales of UCITS equity funds, although remaining positive, fell to a very low level in October against the backdrop of increases in Covid-19 cases and new lockdown measures."

The main developments in October 2020 can be summarized as follows:

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Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures

EU Fund regulation

Management Companies

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Sustainable Finance

15 December 2021

Asset Management Report 2021

This is our 13th edition of the Asset Management in Europe report, which provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends in the European asset management industry, focussing on where investment funds and discretionary mandates are managed in Europe.

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Management Companies

AIFMD

04 November 2021

Infographic | The delegation process

The AIFMD is one of the pillars of EU regulation for investment funds, which will be crucial to the development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the post Covid-19 economic recovery in the European Union. One subject that the AIFMD covers is the delegation process. We created the below infographic to shine a light on how delegation works under the current AIFMD, including how the delegation process is controlled, what activities can be delegated and what the benefits of delegation are for end investors and the asset management industry.

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