Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM)

Annual Reports on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing

Findings of Compliance Officers’ Annual & Internal Audit Reports on the prevention of money laundering & terrorist financing assessments.

CySEC Circular C492: Risk-Based Supervision Framework

CySEC has published a new Circular 492 regarding Risk-Based Supervision Framework, Electronic submission of information for the year 2021.

ESMA’s Statement on Investment Recommendations on Social Media Platforms

ESMA explains the rules that apply to recommending an investment decision on EU financial instruments, whether in or outside of the EU.

Updates regarding the new prudential framework for Investment Firms

Updates regarding the new prudential framework for Investment Firms(IFD/IFR) & CySEC’s Data collection

CySEC - Latest Entries - CIRCULAR CIF C441

CySEC published Circular CIF C441 - good practices implemented and common deficiencies and/or omissions.

Opinion of the European Banking Authority on the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing!

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion on risks of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) affecting the Europe

Safeguarding of client funds held by CIFs

Following the publication of Circular C418, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘the CySEC’) would like to inform the Cyprus Inve

Reminder - UK Temporary Permission Regime

The TPR will be brought in to effect at the end of the transitional period, 31st of December 2020, and all relevant notifications should be

Recommendation 2020/12 of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) on identifying legal entities

The purpose of Recommendation ESRB/2020/12 is the prevention and mitigation of systematic risks, to financial stability in the Union through

Compliance: CySEC evaluates the policies & procedures established and implemented by AIFMs

Read our breakdown of CySEC's recent evaluation of the policies & procedures being used by AIFMs and learn what steps AIFMs must take next.

CIRCULARS CIF: C404 - Publication of CySEC’s Review of compliance with the reporting obligations

An in-depth look at CySEC's Circular C404: a review of compliance with the reporting obligation under the AIFM Law.