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Making AIFMD as Eze as 1, 2, 3...
23 July 2014 Boston
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Eze Software Group has expanded their Regulatory Filings Manager software to support the Alternative Investment Fund Derivative (AIFMD) Annex IV filings...

SGSS to service OTC derivatives
27 June 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched a trade repository reporting offer for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, servicing multi-counterparties and multi-asset classes, under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)...

ESMA consults on MiFID reforms
22 May 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched the consultation process for the implementation of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR)...

Risks still persist, says ESMA
17 March 2014 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Stress in EU securities markets has decreased, but key markets and investors continue to face substantive risks, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority...

ESMA extends its EMIR Q+A, to general irritation
14 February 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Q&A to address concerns over the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), despite those in the industry saying that the update has come too late...

Clearstream and Iberclear's repository is green-lit
11 November 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR has been approved as a trade repository by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...

KDPW receives ESMA trade repository approval
08 November 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ESMA has acknowledged the central securities depository of Poland as one of only four European entities to fulfill all trade repository requirements under EMIR...

Guernsey treads down the AIFMD road
12 June 2013 St Peter Port
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Guernsey is now accepting Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive applications as marketing rules are implemented...

Guernsey plays nice with European regulators
31 May 2013 Guernsey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved the cooperation arrangements between the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) and the EU securities regulators for the supervision of alternative investment funds...

KAS-Trust B.V. takes step towards AIFMD
08 May 2013 The Netherlands
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

KAS-Trust B.V. has taken a significant step in realising its plan of acting as an independent depositary for investment institutions under AIFMD...

REGIS-TR is on the road to ESMA acceptance
11 April 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository owned by Clearstream and Iberclear, is confident that its application to act as a trade repository across all asset classes will be accepted by ESMA...

Switzerland to comply with AIFMD
04 December 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Switzerland has beaten the July 2013 deadline to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)...