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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EFAMA responds to Commission consultation on digital operational (cyber) resilience in financial services

Management Companies

Operational resilience

23 March 2020

EFAMA responds to Commission consultation on digital operational (cyber) resilience in financial services

As players in a globalised and technologically-driven financial services industry, asset management companies face cyber-security risks on a daily basis. Cyber-attacks aim mainly at obtaining, or restricting access to, sensitive data, related to clients and/or to portfolio construction and composition, trading and risk management, among other asset management functions.

Policy position

EFAMA Policy Recommendations for the Next European Commission

Capital Markets Union

Competitiveness

Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures

PRIIPs

EU Fund regulation

UCITS

Investor Education

Management Companies

AIFMD

Pensions

Supervision

Sustainable Finance

17 June 2019

Policy Recommendations for the Next European Commission

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FinDatEx supports standardised technical templates

Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures

PRIIPs

Management Companies

29 May 2019

FinDatEx supports standardised technical templates

Monthly Statistics August 2020 | UCITS and AIFs continue to record net inflows in August

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 August 2020*.

Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director for Economics and Research commented: "Thanks to positive news on the global economic recovery, long-term UCITS continued to record net inflows in August, albeit at a slower pace than during the previous four months."

Press Release

Competitiveness

EU Fund regulation

UCITS

Management Companies

AIFMD

28 September 2020

Monthly Statistics July 2020 | Investors remained confident in investment outlook in July

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 July 2020*.

Press Release

Competitiveness

EU Fund regulation

UCITS

Management Companies

AIFMD

24 September 2020

International Statistics Q2 2020 | Solid growth of worldwide fund assets in second quarter as global financial markets post strong recovery

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), has today published its latest International Statistical Release describing the trends in worldwide investment fund industry in the second quarter of 2020*.

Worldwide regulated open-ended fund assets increased by 9.8 percent to EUR 51.7 trillion in the second quarter of 2020. Worldwide net cash flow to all funds amounted to EUR 818 billion, compared to EUR 617 billion in the first quarter of 2020.

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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.

Publication

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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