Newsflashes

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ ESMA”) has recently updated its Q&A on Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1011 of June 8 th 2016 on indices used as benchmarks (" Benchmarks Regulation" or “ BMR”). One of the new questions considered by ESMA was whether prospectuses should include reference to

The ESMA Q&A on the application of the UCITS Directive was updated on July 23 rd 2018 with four new questions and answers, one of them being a new section X on Depositary. Issuer concentration The question was raised whether netting and hedging arrangements can be taken into account for the purposes

On July 3 rd 2018, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“ OECD”) published a discussion draft that aims to provide extensive guidance on how tax authorities and Multinational Enterprises should assess the arm’s length remuneration on intra-group financial transactions. The

On April 10 th 2018 the German Constitutional Court (hereafter “ GCC”) ruled that the assessment of property tax in the “old West German states” of Germany, based on unitary values determined in 1964, was unconstitutional as it leads to major difference in treatment without sufficient justification

On May 29 th 2018, the European Commission published two draft delegated regulations which contain proposals to amend certain rules relating to the safe-keeping duties of depositaries under the alternative investment fund managers directive, Directive 2011/61 EU (the “ AIFMD”) and the undertakings

This newsletter is intended as a general discussion of the following topics: AML, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Investment Funds and Tax. If you would like to know more about the topics covered in this newsletter or our services please contact us. AML European