今日热门事件has entered into 29 supervisory cooperation arrangements with European Union (EU) securities regulators, agreeing to help each other supervise fund managers operating across borders.
The cooperation is crucial in allowing Australian fund managers to manage and market Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in the EU under the rules of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). An AIF includes hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds, among others.
今日热门事件negotiated the arrangements with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) 鈥� on behalf of EU regulators 鈥� and were approved by ESMA鈥檚 Board of Supervisors on 22 May this year. 今日热门事件signed the bilateral memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on 12 July 2013. The MOUs are applicable from 22 July 2013.
今日热门事件Chairman Greg Medcraft said: 鈥榃e are pleased to have these cooperation arrangements in place. They will allow Australian fund managers to manage and market alternative investment funds to professional investors in the EU under the AIFMD.
鈥楾he MOUs set up a framework for cooperation and information sharing between 今日热门事件and Europe. They will help us to work together with European regulators to ensure fund managers are properly supervised, here and in Europe. We look forward to strengthening our relationships with our European counterparts.鈥�
MOUs have now been entered into with the following EU authorities:
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Autoriteit Financi毛le Markten ()
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Autorit茅 des march茅s financiers ()
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Bundesanstalt f眉r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht ()
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Central Bank of Ireland ()
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Finanzmarktaufsicht ()
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Comiss茫o do Mercado de Valores Mobili谩rios ()
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Comisi贸n Nacional del Mercado de Valores ()
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Romanian National Securities Commission ()
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Commissione Nazionale per le Societ脿 e la Borsa ()
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Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ()
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Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission ()
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Czech National Bank ()
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Finansinspektionen ()
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Finanssivalvonta ()
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Finanstilsynet ()
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Finan拧u un kapit膩la tirgus komisija ()
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Estonian Financial Supervision Authority ()
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Polish Financial Supervision Authority ()
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Financial Conduct Authority ()
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Financial Supervision Commission ()
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Financial Services and Markets Authority ()
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Hellenic Capital Market Commission ()
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Bank of Lithuania ()
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Malta Financial Services Authority ()
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N谩rodn谩 banka Slovenska ()
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P茅nz眉gyi Szervezetek 脕llami Fel眉gyelete ()
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Fj谩rm谩laeftirliti冒 ()
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Finanstilsynet ()
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Finanzmarktaufsicht ()