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News, highlights and current developments
In the news section of the Averroes Concept Lounge, we regularly inform you about the latest developments in the areas of investment compliance, fund lifecycle management and regulatory intelligence. Stay up to date on our current projects, industry-specific updates and important regulatory changes affecting the financial industry.
Draft bill of a CSRD implementation law published
The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection has published a draft bill on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 as...
3 hours ago
EU Commission adopts measures to simplify the taxonomy
The EU Commission has adopted a series of measures to simplify the application of the EU taxonomy , the EU's classification system for...
Jul 10
Hong Kong: New position limits for key exchange-traded derivatives
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ( SFC ) announced regulatory changes to position limits for exchange-traded derivatives ...
Jul 3
Gas derivatives: General administrative act on the imposition of position limits
BaFin has published a general administrative act on the adjustment of position limits for THE natural gas future contracts of European...
Jun 26
Applications from Swiss asset managers are being processed again in the USA
FINMA has announced that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) will resume processing registration applications from Swiss...
Jun 18
BaFin supervisory activities under the EU Green Bond Regulation
BaFin informs about its supervisory activities under the EU Green Bond Regulation in force since December 21, 2024, which implements a...
Jun 10
Updated FAQ on the ELTIF Regulation
BaFin has updated its FAQ documentation on the ELTIF Regulation . The main change concerns question 3 on the duration of the ELTIF ....
May 28
ESMA guidelines for fund names mandatory for all investment funds
BVI Â informs that ESMA's guidelines on the use of sustainability-related fund names will be mandatory for all investment funds from 21...
May 22
AMAS: Revised specialist information on the issue of real estate fund units
The Asset Management Association Switzerland ( AMAS ) has published a revised version of its specialist information factsheet on the...
May 22
Sustainability reporting mandatory for all listed companies in Taiwan
On May 5, 2025, a comprehensive revision of the " Procedures for Listed Companies on Preparation and Filing of Sustainability Reports" ...
May 14
Regulated investments: Revision of IDW auditing guidelines
The IDW (Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V.) has updated three important audit guidelines for regulated investments . The...
Apr 22
Updated Umbrella Agreement for financial transactions with investment companies
The German Bankers Association has published a revised Umbrella Agreement for Financial Transactions with German investment management...
Apr 10
Retrospective: Friends of Funds on the topic of pension funds in retirement provision
Last week, a Friends of Funds panel discussion on the topic of ‘Collective investments in the service of financial retirement provision’...
Apr 2
BaFin consultation: Guidance Notice on the influence of investors on investments and disinvestments of investment funds
On 14 March 2025, the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a draft of a Guidance Notice  for public consultation that...
Mar 20
Averroes Concept at Friends of Funds panel on the topic of retirement provision
On 25 March 2025 , the Friends of Funds knowledge and business network will be holding a panel discussion  in Zurich on the topic of...
Mar 13
BaFin updates list of authorised stock exchanges
BaFin has published an updated list of authorised stock exchanges and organised markets  in accordance with Section 193 para 1 sentence...
Mar 5
BVI proposes EU index family
The BVI is proposing a new EU-wide index family - the European All Shares Index Family (EUASIF) - which will include all listed EU...
Feb 21
Amendments to the Investment Regulation: more opportunities for infrastructure investments
An amendment to the Investment Regulation was originally planned as part of the 2nd Company Pension Strengthening Act...
Feb 14
BaFin Supervisory Notice on crypto-asset services under MiCAR published
BaFin has published a Supervisory Notice on the new regulatory requirements for crypto-asset services under EU Regulation 2023/1114...
Jan 26
Financial Market Digitisation Act creates uniform legal framework for crypto assets and digital financial services
The German Act on the Digitisation of the Financial Market ( Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz — FinmadiG)  was published in the Federal...
Jan 20
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