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The European Commission yesterday confirmed that it intends to delay the next round of the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulations, otherwise known as Level 2 RTS rules, by six months.

The rise of Irish management companies (Mancos) show few signs of abating, with assets under management continuing to climb and private equity behemoths like the Carlyle Group looking to cash in on the trend.

Mancos become a major force in the EU investment management industry.

Now in its 15th edition, the ALFI European Risk Management Conference has become a staple among European risk managers, with the one day event providing a whirlwind tour of the risk landscape – and a fantastic opportunity to network with peers.

Here, we present the five things they need to know before the rules go live in August 2022.

  Welcome to AQMetrics regulatory round-up, a monthly initiative that keeps readers abreast of all the latest regulatory news and events.   May proved to be another busy month for regulators, with liquidity again a key focus. Following an ESMA consultation two months ago, the...

CBI puts Irish UCITS firms on notice, warning in a Dear Chair Letter that they must do more to bolster their Liquidity Risk Management (LRM) frameworks before the end of the year.

Kepler Cheuvreux had a need to replace its incumbent solution, and undertook an extensive search to find a platform authorised as an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) that could meet its needs - and offer the simplest migration path possible.

CBI this week warned that UCITS firms must do more to bolster their Liquidity Risk Management (LRM) frameworks.

Efama has called on EU supervisors to delay its SFDR reporting rules, citing what it says are an unrealistic deadline, inconsistent reporting standards and high costs of procuring and processing data.

The FCA issues the third edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid, outlining its regulatory roadmap for the next six months in its latest bi-annual report.

Are you getting the most out of your MiFID II transaction reporting platform?

FCA appointed its first ever Director of ESG this week, tapping Legal & General Investment Management’s (LGIM) Sacha Sadan for the new role.

ESMA highlights the potential liquidity issues within EU alternative funds, in its third annual statistical report on the Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) sector.

By far the biggest regulatory change this year has been the SFDR regime, which went live on 10 March 2021.

ESMA publish Final Report on the review of transaction and reference data reporting obligations under MiFIR.

ESMA this week published the results of its 2020 Common Supervisory Action on UCITS liquidity risk management (LRM), outlining a number of key areas that still need improving.

Panelists looking at issues as diverse as market abuse, cross-border distribution, costs and fees, SFDR and, of course, liquidity risk management.

This year’s Funds Congress was starkly different to that at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster last year, just weeks before Covid-19 upended traditional events and networking.

IOSCO board, which includes regulators from some 34 countries globally, identified three main areas for improving disclosures by companies and asset managers.