EUROPE: ESMA clarifies reporting requirements for alternative fund managers

Tuesday October 1 2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published final guidelines on the reporting obligations for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). ESMA’s Guidelines, which relate to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), will require AIFMs – which includes hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds – to regularly report certain information to national supervisors.

The Guidelines clarify provisions of the AIFMD on required information, which will help to have a more comprehensive and consistent oversight of AIFMs’ activities. ESMA has also published an Opinion that proposes introducing additional periodic reporting including such information as Value-at-Risk of AIFs or the number of transactions carried out using high frequency algorithmic trading techniques. XML documents and a reporting template have also been published.

Click on the below link for the final ESMA guidelines.