Events listed in Q&As
CSSF FAQ Virtual Assets – Undertakings for collective investment (updated on ...
ID 22702
On 6 April 2023, the CSSF updated its FAQ Virtual Assets – Undertakings for collective investment. The FAQ, initially published on 29 November 2021, aims to provide professionals with concise answers to the main practical issues they are facing in the field of virtual assets. The present update brings modification to question 2, together with a new question 3A, which we would like to ...
AIFMD Q&A
ID 22675
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has issued the 47th Edition of its AIFMD Q&A, revising ID 1145 (page 23) on whether RIAIFs or QIAIFs can invest in crypto-assets. The CBI increased limits for indirect exposure to digital assets, allowing open-ended QIAIFs up to 20% of NAV and closed-ended or limited liquidity QIAIFs up to 50% of NAV. The pre-submission process for Qualifying Investor ...
UCITS Q&A
ID 22671
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published the 39th Edition of the UCITS Q&A, updating Q&A ID 1100 (page 17) on whether a UCITS can invest directly or indirectly in digital assets. The update reflects a change in terminology usage and reaffirms the Central Bank’s position, emphasizing that it is highly unlikely to approve a UCITS proposing any exposure to digital assets due to ...
19 Q&As on CRR: Own funds, Supervisory reporting, BRRD Reporting, Transparency ...
ID 22623
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published the following 19 new Q&As regarding issues relating to the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD): + 2021_5795 – Own funds – CET 1 Minority Interest Calculation and Forex conversion of non-EU subsidiary’s financial statements Regarding minority interests calculations: 1) Should the Common Equity Tier I items of the subsidiary referred ...
[ESMA70-1861941480-56] Q&A on MiFIR data reporting
ID 22619
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published an updated version of its Questions and Answers (Q&A) on data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). In this latest version, three Q&As were added to the new section 19 pertaining to the Reporting of Emission Allowances. The affected Q&As are quoted below (tables not included): Topic „LEI of the issuer“ (p. ...
[ESMA70-872942901-35] Q&A on MiFID II and MiFIR transparency topics
ID 22610
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published an updated version of its Questions and Answers (Q&As) on MiFID and MiFIR related transparency topics. In this latest version, the following Q&A 25 in section III, Non-equity transparency, was added, quote: **Question 25: Field 14 “Delivery/cash settlement location” in Table 2 of Annex IV of RTS 2 (transparency reference data), as amended by [Amending ...
[ESMA74-362-893 ] QAs on SFTR data reporting
ID 22607
The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, has published an updated version of its Q&As on data reporting with respect to SFT under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). In this latest version, the below Q&As relating to the reporting of the jurisdiction of the issuer was added as follows – as quoted: **Question 15: Should the fields 2.53 and 2.92 ‘Jurisdiction of the ...
[ESMA70-1861941480-52 ] Q&A on EMIR implementation
ID 22605
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated version of its Questions and Answers (Q&As) on the implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (EMIR) on OTC derivatives (OTC), central counterparties (CCPs), and trade repositories (TRs) with one amended and one new Q&As which can respectively be found under Part 4 „TR questions“ and Part 6 „ETD Reporting questions“ of the ...
[ESMA70-460-189] Q&As DLT Pilot Regulation
ID 22604
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) pilot regime. This includes the following new topic with one new question: Topic 7, „DLT Financial Instruments“: Question 1 (page 16): How should the tentative market capitalisation of DLT shares (referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of DLTR) be calculated? Answer 1: For ...
Consolidated FAQs on the implementation of Council Regulation No 833/2014 and ...
ID 22594
The European Commission (EC) has published an updated consolidated version of its „FAQs on the implementation of Council Regulation No 833/2014 and Council Regulation No 269/2014“ in the light of the on going conflict in Ukraine. The consolidated version includes FAQs concerning EU sanctions „adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine“. The update includes the following changes in **section D „TRADE AND CUSTOMS“, topic . ...