ESMA Guidelines and Recommendations

ESMA publishes updated UCITS Questions and Answers

ESMA Guidelines and Recommendations

Date: 25 November 2016

On 12 October 2016, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated questions and answers (Q&A) document on the application of the Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS).

The Q&A includes four new questions and answers on: regulated markets in Member States under the UCITS Directive, translation requirements in relation to the remuneration disclosure, reinvestment of cash collateral, and the commencement of periodical reporting pursuant to Article 13 of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR).
The purpose of the Q&A document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the UCITS Directive and its implementing measures

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