Statements
Over the year, ALFI participates in numerous consultations issued by European Institutions and industry associations.
ALFI response to FSB consultation on alleged structural vulnerabilities from asset management
- ALFI statementsOn 21 September 2016, ALFI responded to the consultation “Proposed Policy Recommendations to Address Structural Vulnerabilities from Asset Management Activities” issued by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in June this year.
ALFI response to the ESMA Discussion Paper on the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Applied to Securities Markets
- ALFI statementsALFI responded to the ESMA's position paper on "The Distributed Ledger Technology applied to Securities Markets" uploaded to the ESMA website on 30 August 2016.
ALFI Response to the ESMA Discussion Paper on UCITS share classes
- ALFI statementsESMA issued a discussion paper in April 2016 seeking stakeholders’ views on the development of a framework for UCITS share classes throughout the EU. The paper centres on a set of high-level principles regarding share classes, which are further detailed, where necessary, by a set of operational principles. On 6 June 2016 ALFI responded to this Discussion Paper.
ALFI response to the European Commission consultation on long-term and sustainable investment
- ALFI statementsALFI has responded to the European Commission public consultation on long-term and sustainable investment.
ALFI response to EU consultation on retail financial services
- ALFI statementsOn 18 March 2016, ALFI responded to the European Commission's Green Paper on Retail Financial Services, which was recently published.
ALFI response to COM call for evidence on EU regulatory framework for financial services
- ALFI statementsOn 29 January 2016, ALFI responded to the call for evidence “EU regulatory framework for financial services”, which was published by the EU Commission end of September 2015.
ALFI response to ESA consultation on RTS for PRIIPs
- ALFI statementsOn 26 January 2016, ALFI responded to the consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) conducted by the European Supervisory Authorities.
ALFI / LPEA response to Commission consultation on the review of the EuVECA and EuSEF Regulations
- ALFI statementsOn 6 January 2016, ALFI and the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA) responded to the EU Commission consultation on the review of the EuVECA and EuSEF Regulations.
Alfi response to the ESMA consultation paper on guidelines on sound remuneration policies under the UCITS Directive and AIFMD.
- ALFI statementsOn 23 October 2015, ALFI responded to the ESMA consultation paper on guidelines on sound remuneration policies under the UCITS Directive and AIFMD. ESMA will finalise the UCITS Remuneration Guidelines and publish a final report by early Q 1 2016 ahead of the transposition deadline for the UCITS V Directive. The final report is expected to also include the revision of the AIFMD Remuneration Guidelines as proposed in the consultation paper.
ALFI’s response to ESMA’s consultation on the draft regulatory technical standards under the ELTIF Regulation
- ALFI statementsAccording to the ELTIF Regulation, ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) to determine the criteria for establishing the circumstances in which the use of financial derivative instruments solely serves hedging purposes, the circumstances in which the life of a European long-term investment fund is considered sufficient in length, the criteria to be used for certain elements of the itemised schedule for the orderly disposal of the ELTIF assets, the costs disclosure and the facilities available to retail investors. This consultation paper represents the first stage in the development of the draft RTS.