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Opinion: the new norm
21 September 2020 London
Reporter: Guest Writer: Tony Freeman

Consultant Tony Freeman discusses the new norm of working from home and its effect on operational risk

Opinion: AIFMD Review
07 September 2020 London
Reporter: Guest Writer: Tony Freeman

At first glance, last week’s publication of a letter about AIFMD from ESMA to the EC doesn’t seem like big news. Isn’t AIFMD a somewhat obscure piece of legislation that is a minority interest? Not really

ESMA selects CCP Supervisory Committee members
02 September 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Following an open selection process, the board of supervisors has submitted its selected candidates to the European Parliament

CSDR SDR: firms that use delay to improve internal infrastructure to be biggest winners
02 September 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Karan Kapoor, head of regulatory change and technology at Delta Capita, suggested the key will be to make settlement efficiency improvement a joint objective for front-office and operations teams

INDOS suggests AIFMD progress has been ‘scant’
01 September 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

INDOS Financial has called on ESMA to address a number of omissions in the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

CSDR's SDR delay ‘a positive step’ for the industry
28 August 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

A further delay to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation's settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022 has been welcomed by industry participants

ESMA confirms delay of CSDR's settlement discipline regime until 2022
28 August 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has published a final report on draft RTS to postpone the implementation of the CSDR settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022

‘Lack of clarity’ is at the heart of ESMA’s letter on AIFMD recommendations
20 August 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Commenting on the letter, consultant Tony Freeman explained that the ESMA letter covers a lot of issues but one of the highest-profile is the issue of delegation and substantive-presence

ESMA recommends greater harmonisation of UCITS and AIFMD
20 August 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA said the AIFMD review provides the EU with “an opportunity to apply lessons learned”

Meritsoft’s head of reg weighs in on likely CSDR delay
31 July 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Carpenter explained there are major concerns around the mandatory buy-in process, particularly for the tier-one banks under the buy-in rules and possible associated cash compensation process

ESMA confirms preparations to further delay CSDR
28 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has confirmed it is working on a proposal to possibly delay the entry into force of the CSDR settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022

SGSS and MFEX selected for brokerage and custody services
28 July 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The European Bank for Financial Services has selected Societe Generale Securities Services in Germany and MFEX Mutual Fund Exchange to provide brokerage, custody and trailer fee management services