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Investment Management Client Alert May 2026

European financial regulators are advancing major reforms across sustainable finance disclosure, investment firm risk management, and ESG ratings oversight. From stricter sustainability reporting requirements under SFDR 2.0 to streamlined fund reporting frameworks and new endorsement rules for third-country ESG ratings, these developments signal a significant shift in regulatory expectations for asset managers, investment firms, and rating providers operating in EU markets.

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

The German Insurance Market: Opportunities And Considerations For Fund Managers

The German insurance market, with €1.9 trillion in assets, represents one of Europe's largest pools of institutional capital, with allocations to alternative investments growing from 23% to 30% over the past two years.

Germany Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

European Commission Publishes Package For Further Capital Market Integration

On 4 December 2025, the European Commission published proposals for the further development of capital market integration and supervision within the European Union.

European Union Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

European Commission Publishes Market Integration And Supervision Package

Despite progress under the Capital Markets Union (CMU) – relaunched as the Savings and Investments Union (SIU)Show Footnote –, European capital markets still face...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Investment Management Update Germany July 2025

European Union Finance

KG

K&L Gates LLP

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

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

Investment Management Client Alert May 2026

Germany Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Die Zinsschranke Im Kontext Von Private Equity Fonds

Germany Commercial

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POELLATH

The EU Credit Servicers Directive: Market Transformation And The Path Ahead

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

LD Düsseldorf, May 7, 2026, Refusal Of Provisional Measures, UPC_CFI_1927/2025, 1928/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Registration-based Enablement: Non-technical

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

As anticipated in our earlier blog on ELTIF 2.0, Regulation (EU) 2023/606 amending the Regulation on European long-term investment funds (ELTIF Regulation) has been in force since 10 January 2024.

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

On 14 December 2023, ESMA, published a detailed discussion paper on the digitalisation of retail investment services and related investor protection considerations (the RIS DP) Show Footnote.

European Union Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

The Financing for the Future Act (ZuFinG) comprises, in addition to a number of other reforms to strengthen Germany as a fund jurisdiction, the VAT exemption of management services for all Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), ...

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POELLATH

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

On 4 April 2023, the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the German Federal Ministry of Justice announced a draft bill for an Act on Financing of Future-Proof Investments.

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

An (Almost) Comprehensive Guide To The New ELTIF Regulation

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

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

Germany Finance

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McDermott Will & Emery

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

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

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

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

ESG Considerations For Private Equity And Venture Capital Fund Managers

Interest of the financial services industry in environmental, social and governance matters has surged in recent years driven mainly by rapid regulatory developments and the rising investors' awareness about the climate change ...

Germany Finance

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Taylor Wessing PartG mbB

Ein Jahr Offenlegungs-VO: Lessons Learned

Vor rund einem Jahr, am 10.3.2021, trat die Offenlegungs-VO in Kraft. Die Offenlegungs-VO war ein Game-Changer

Germany Finance

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Dorda Rechtsanwälte GmbH

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

BaFin Consultation 13/2021 provides for the minimum content that needs to be included in the terms and conditions of sustainable retail investment funds established under German law.

Germany Finance

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Jones Day

ESMA Veröffentlicht Abschlussbericht Über Leitlinien Zur Marketingkommunikation

Mit der Einführung des Fondsstandortgesetzes („FoG") soll der Fondsstandort Deutschland gestärkt und das deutsche Recht an europäische Vorgaben angepasst werden.

Germany Finance

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Schalast

ESMA Publishes Final Report On Guidelines On Marketing Communications

Germany Finance

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Schalast

新冠疫情后的投资世界：寻求传统资产类别之外的收益

TMF Group商业总监Vjollca Berisha表示，在疫情后的经济复苏时期，对正收益的追逐将会增加，促使投资者重新配置投资组合，寻求固定收益（债券）和股票之

Germany Coronavirus

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TMF Group BV

The Investment World After COVID-19: Finding Yield Beyond Traditional Asset Classes

The hunt for positive yield will increase during the pandemic recovery phase, leading investors to reallocate portfolios beyond fixed income and equities, writes Vjollca Berisha.

Germany Finance

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TMF Group BV

Reporting Obligations For Cross-Border Arrangements – Implications For PE And VC Funds

With effect from 1 January 2020, the law introducing an obligation to report cross-border arrangements (BGBl. I 2019, p. 2875) entered into force.

Germany Commercial

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POELLATH

Final Version Of German Investment Tax Circular Published

On 21 May 2019, the German Federal Ministry of Finance published its long-awaited circular on the German Investment Tax Act in the version effective from 1 January 2018 ...

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POELLATH

Key Regulatory Developments In Germany

Germany Finance

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Dentons

Briefing For UCITS In Germany

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

European Union Finance

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Dentons

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

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

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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

Latest Videos

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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

"Fund Finance Experts Talks", The New Wildgen's Industry Dedicated Rendez-vous

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Wildgen

"Are Investment Funds Dead?" (Video)

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Hogan Lovells

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