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Financial Services Brexit Update – Hard Brexit On The Horizon

The UK financial services industry is now headed for a “Hard Brexit” on the 31 December 2020 following the UK Government decision not to request an extension to the Transitional Period by the deadline of 30 June. Complyport’s CEO, Paul Grainger, Chairs the Brexit Working group of the Association of [...]

Brexit: FCA Survey for EEA inbound passported firms

Of relevance to: All firms solely regulated by the FCA that passport into the UK (either via a branch or on a cross-border services basis) or market funds in the UK Key date: Survey closes on 11 May 2018 The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), via a specific webpage entitled ‘Survey [...]

AIFMD Passport Extension: Second Round

It will be recalled that in July ESMA published its advice (2015/1236) on the application of the AIFMD passport to non-EEA AIFMs and AIFs. At the time ESMA only issued its advice in respect of six non-EEA countries: Jersey and Guernsey were a ‘yes’, Switzerland was a ‘yes, provided’ whilst [...]

AIFMD Passport and non-EU Jurisdictions

As mentioned in Regulatory Roundup 60, by 22 July 2015 ESMA has to provide an opinion/advice on: The functioning of the EU AIFM passport (managing and marketing) The extension of the passport regime to non-EEA AIFMs; and The marketing of non-EEA AIFs by EEA AIFMs Although ESMA did not make [...]

AIFMD Passport

Under the AIFMD as it currently stands, a marketing passport is only available to EEA AIFMs marketing EEA AIFs (strictly speaking the AIFMD only refers to EU AIFMs etc. although the FCA, in both the Handbook and on its website, prefers to use ‘EEA’). As such non-EEA AIFMs, and EEA [...]

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Financial Services Brexit Update – Hard Brexit On The Horizon

Brexit: FCA Survey for EEA inbound passported firms

AIFMD Passport Extension: Second Round

AIFMD Passport and non-EU Jurisdictions

AIFMD Passport

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