Regulatory Updates

Local updates

18/10/2021 - Revised Implementing Procedures Part I
Link to the release can be found here.

International updates

21/10/2021 - High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action - October 2021
Link to the release can be found here.

28/10/2021 - Updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers 
Link to the release can be found here.

10/2021 - Digital transformation of AML/CFT for Operational Agencies
Link to the release can be found here.

22/10/2021 - Cross Border Payments Survey Results
Link to the release can be found here.

10/2021 - Revisions to Recommendation 24 and its Interpretive Note - Public Consultation
Link to the release can be found here.

Local updates

01/10/2021 - The Implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) - Notification on the process to be adopted for the submission of updates to the pre-contractual document (prospectus) by PIFs and de Minimis AIFMs
Circular can be found here.

04/10/2021 - Circular on Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (“MiFIR”)
Circular can be found here.

06/10/2021 - Circular on Updates to the Q&As on Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 - the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (‘EMIR’ or the ‘Regulation’)
Circular can be found here.

06/10/2021 - Circular on Updates to the Q&As on Regulation N0 2015/2365 - Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (‘SFTR’ or ‘the Regulation’)
Circular can be found here.

08/10/2021 - Circular on the Updates made to Part A of the Investment Services Rules for Investment Services Providers’
Circular can be found here.

11/10/2021 - Investment Firms Classification & XBRL Submissions Testing Phase
Circular can be found here.

20/10/2021 - Update on CBM Reporting & Appendix 2B for Fund Managers
Circular can be found here.

26/10/2021 - Reporting according to Annex IV to Article 3 and 24 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU and Annex 5 to Appendix 13 of the Investment Services Rules for Investment Services Providers Qualifying as AIFMs and De-Minimis AIFMs (“AIFMD Reporting”) – New Validation Rules on the Reporting Files
Circular can be found here.

International updates

01/10/2021 - ESMA seeks Stakeholder Input on Shaping Advice on Retail Investor Protection
Link to the publication can be found here.

19/10/2021 - EBA publishes final draft regulatory standards on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms
Link to the publication can be found here.

22/10/2021 - ESAS Propose New Rules For Taxonomy-Related Product Disclosures
Link to the publication can be found here.

Local updates

04/10/2021 - Consultation on Review of the MiFID II Framework on Best Execution Reports issued by ESMA
Circular can be found here.

15/10/2021 - Call for Evidence on the European Commission Mandate on Certain Aspects relating to Retail Investor Protection
Circular can be found here.

Local update

28/10/2021 - Asset Management Strategy
Link to the release can be found here.