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Updates As To The BaFin Information Sheet On The Authorisation Procedure For AIF Management Companies

In a publication dated 9 September 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a draft of the revised ‘Information sheet on the authorisation procedure...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Publishes Consolidated Overview Of Rules On Cross-border Distribution Of Investment Funds

On 21 August 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an 83-page consolidated overview of rules and sources relating to the cross-border distribution of investment funds.

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Update Germany July 2025

On 26 June 2025, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, or BMF) published a new draft bill (following the formation of a new government) for an act to implement the DAC 8 Directive...

European Union Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

ESRB Annual Report On Activities In 2024: Key Developments, Supervisory Priorities And Regulatory Implications

The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published its Annual Report on its activities in 2024 (the Report) in July 2025. The Report assesses the impact of external shocks—including heightened geopolitical tensions...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

ESMA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Client Alert May 2025

Germany Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Regulatory Monitoring

Germany Finance

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A&O Shearman

AIFMD II Update: ESMA Consultation Paper On Open-ended Loan-Originating AIFs

Germany Finance

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Hengeler Mueller

Global Registration Services Market Update Q3 2024

Worldwide Finance

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Maples Group

August 2024 German Court Ruling Reshapes Tax Strategy For Luxembourg Funds

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Europe: Bafin Clarifies The German Approach To The Eltif 2.0 Regime

European Union Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

European Securities And Markets Authority (ESMA) Offers Recommendations On Digitalisation Of Retail Investment Services

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

VAT Exemption For Management Of All Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) From 1 January 2024

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POELLATH

Proposed Extension Of VAT Exemption For Management Of All Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Pay Discrimination Based On A Pair Comparison – Consequences Of The Federal Labour Court's Decision

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

German Government Adopted The Law On CO₂ Storage And Utilisation

Germany Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

LD Düsseldorf, October 16, 2025, Order Re. Service Of PI Request Under The Hague Convention

Germany Litigation

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Claim Construction – The Core Of Patent Law (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Action Required For Providers Of Connected Devices: Challenges Under The EU Data Act

Germany Privacy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

An (Almost) Comprehensive Guide To The New ELTIF Regulation

After more than a year of discussions, and many years of preparation, the long-awaited reform of the ELTIF regulation has been adopted by the European Parliament on (15 February 2023).

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Revision Of The AIFM And UCITS Directive – Current Status And Outlook

EU Commission, Parliament and Council are entering the critical stage of negotiations on reviewed versions of the AIFM and the UCITS Directive.

Germany Finance

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McDermott Will & Emery

SFDR Disclosures Must Be Made In New Format Begin-ning Jan. 1, 2023

On April 6, 2022, the EU Commission published the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 ("RTS Regulation", as it mainly contains so-called Regulatory Technical Standards)...

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Is The `Age Of The Securitisation Of Everything` In Europe Coming To An End?

The European Union is making progress in updating and clarifying rules under the Alternative Investments Fund Manager Directive AIFMD. ESMA recently published their review.

European Union Finance

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iMaps Capital Markets Group

Fund Marketing In Germany—BaFin FAQ Receives An Update

Germany Finance

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Debevoise & Plimpton

Oppenhoff Advises Schoofs Immobilien On Sale Of Shopping Centre To Greenman

Germany Real Estate

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Oppenhoff

ESG Considerations For Private Equity And Venture Capital Fund Managers

Germany Finance

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Taylor Wessing PartG mbB

Ein Jahr Offenlegungs-VO: Lessons Learned

Germany Finance

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Dorda Rechtsanwälte GmbH

German Regulator Combats Greenwashing By Proposing Guidelines On "Sustainable" Investment Funds

Germany Finance

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Jones Day

ESMA Veröffentlicht Abschlussbericht Über Leitlinien Zur Marketingkommunikation

Germany Finance

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Schalast

ESMA Publishes Final Report On Guidelines On Marketing Communications

Germany Finance

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Schalast

Marketing And Pre-Marketing Of Investment Funds As From 2 August 2021 – What To Prepare For

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

New ESG Disclosure Obligations From March 10, 2021

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Supplement To The German Federal Ministry Of Finance Circular (BMF-Schreiben) On The German Investment Tax Act (Investmentsteuergesetz)

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

ESMA Publishes Final Report On Guidelines On Marketing Communications

The introduction of the Fondsstandortgesetz ("FoG") is intended to strengthen Germany as an investment fund location and to adapt German law to European requirements.

Germany Finance

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Schalast

Marketing And Pre-Marketing Of Investment Funds As From 2 August 2021 – What To Prepare For

With effect as of 2 August 2021, new rules will come into force, harmonising for the first time the pre-marketing of interests in undertakings for collective investments (UCIs) within the EU.

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

New ESG Disclosure Obligations From March 10, 2021

From March 10, 2021, the main parts of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088 – SFDR) will apply.

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Supplement To The German Federal Ministry Of Finance Circular (BMF-Schreiben) On The German Investment Tax Act (Investmentsteuergesetz)

Important Clarifications on the Permissibility of Investments in Closed-End Funds for German Special Funds (Spezialfonds)

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Draft Fund Jurisdiction Act – VAT Exemption For VC Funds Gets Closer

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Key Regulatory Developments In Germany

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published further part of fifth edition of its Issuer Guide (Emittentenleitfaden)

Germany Finance

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Dentons

Briefing For UCITS In Germany

BAFIN has recently indicated to industry and other EU regulators that it will require foreign UCITS registered to distribute in Germany to be compliant with the application by BAFIN of the IOSCO...

Germany Finance

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Dillon Eustace

ESMA's Sector Specific Opinions (SSOs) And The 2018 Update Broaden Existing "Supervisory Principles On Relocations" (SPoRs) For Investment, Asset Management Firms And Financial Market Infrastructure Providers

On May 31, 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which is an EU-wide European Supervisory Authority (ESA), released a legal instrument ...

European Union Finance

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Dentons

Berlin Residential Assets See Largest Price Increase Says TMF Group's Maraffio

For real estate investment managers, the German market has long been an alluring proposition from a market valuation perspective, thanks in part to the shadow cast by London's property market...

Germany Finance

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TMF Group BV

Fancy An ICO For Financing Your Project? Consider The Regulator's View

Germany Technology

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SKW Schwarz

Non-German Real Estate Funds (And Trusts) As Eligible Investments For German Real Estate Funds

Germany Finance

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Jones Day

High Yield Bonds By German Real Estate Companies - UPDATE

Germany Real Estate

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Mayer Brown

2018 German Tax Reform For Investment Funds

Germany Finance

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Intertrust

Obligation To Prepare A Key Information Document For The Distribution Of Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) To Non-Professional Investors (Retail Investors)

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Revised EuVECA Regulation Approved

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

German Tax Reform In 2018 – What Will Change? (Video)

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Arendt & Medernach

The Implementation Of The AIFM-Directive In Germany – What Third Country Managers Should Know

Germany Finance

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Mayer Brown

Draft Circular On Investments Of German Pension Funds

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

The Reform Of The German Investment Tax Act

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Deloitte Luxembourg

Impending End Of The National Private Placement Regime In Germany For Managers From Passport-Eligible Non-EU States (Including The USA, Guernsey, Jersey And Switzerland)

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Banking And Investment Firm Regulation: European Commission Report On CRD Remuneration Rules

European Union Finance

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POELLATH

ESMA Advises On Extension Of Funds Passport To 12 Non-EU Countries: U.S. Generally Deemed Passport Eligible

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

Brexit – Impact On UK Fund Managers Active In Germany

European Union Finance

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POELLATH

Reform Of The German Investment Tax Act (Investmentsteuergesetz) - June 2016

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POELLATH

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ELTIFs (European Long-Term Investment Funds) And Luxembourg ELTIF Structures

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II Timeline - Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Investor Protection – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Activities And Services Performed By AIFMs – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Depositaries – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Distribution And National Private Placement Regimes – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Delegation – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Loan Origination – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

AIFMD II: Liquidity Management Tools – Latest Developments

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

Luxembourg Special Limited Partnership (SCSp) And Common Limited Partnership (SCS)

Luxembourg Finance

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Chevalier & Sciales

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What Are The Key Developments In Malta's Fund Management Sector? (Video)

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LINDEMANNLAW

Video Series On Reforms To The AIFMD And UCITS Frameworks | Episode 1

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Dillon Eustace

Partnered Research: IPEM 5th Pan-European Private Equity Survey (Video)

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AlixPartners

August 2021 Changes To The Distribution Of Funds In The EU (Video)

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Wildgen

"Are Investment Funds Dead?" (Video)

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Hogan Lovells

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