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FUND NEWS
March 2012
Investment Fund Regulatory and Tax developments in
selected jurisdictions
Issue 90 – Regulatory and Tax
Developments in March 2012
Regulatory News
European Union
Shadow Banking
European Commission publishes
Green Paper
There has been an explosion in shadow
banking activities over the past decade
and the Financial Stability Board (FSB)
estimated that shadow banking activities
were worth around €46 trillion in 2010.
The European Commission is keen to
impose tougher requirements on
shadow banking and published a Green
Paper on 19 March 2012 outlining the
Regulatory Content
European Union
European Commission publishes
Green Paper on Shadow Banking Page 1
EMIR adopted by Parliament Page 3
ESMA final report on Short Selling
Technical Standards Page 4
ESMA updates Guidelines on risk
measurement for certain types of
structured UCITS Page 4
Ireland
New Irish Corporate Structure for Funds
(SCIAV) Page 4
UCITS Notice 14 and non-UCITS
Notice 2 – Disclosure of related party
transactions Page 4
Luxembourg
Specialised Investment Fund law
amendments voted Page 4
UK
FSA consults on a new contractual
legal form of Authorised Fund Page 5
International
IOSCO consults on exchange traded funds
regulation Page 7
Tax Content
Luxembourg
Aberdeen Case E-Alerts Page 7
The Netherlands
CAA with Norway re closed FGR Page 7
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broad range of issues that require action
at EU level to address the threats posed
by shadow banking activities and
entities. This comes in advance of the
G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors in Washington
D.C. on 20 April 2012.
The paper focuses on the following
entities and activities:
Securitization Special Purpose
Vehicles (SPV)
Finance companies providing credit
and securities entities falling outside
banking regulation
Money Market Funds (MMF) and
investment funds that are leveraged
or provide credit, including
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
Insurance and reinsurance firms
that issue or guarantee credit
products
Securities lending, repurchase
transactions and securitization.
Options being considered by the EU
include increasing the capital
requirements of shadow banks, or
forcing them to comply with oversight
rules that were originally intended for
hedge funds. Clients will need to be
aware of the impact that new
regulations could have on their off
balance sheet activities.
Progress has already been made in the
EU on many of the issues raised, either
through direct or indirect regulatory
initiatives but work is set to follow in the
following areas:
In banking regulation, the
Commission is considering
extending the scope of financial
institutions and entities covered by
current banking law and may extend
certain provisions in the CRD IV to
non-deposit taking finance
companies, thus capturing non-
banks under stricter banking
regulatory regimes. The
Commission is investigating how to
ensure that bank-sponsored shadow
banking entities are appropriately
consolidated and fully subject to
Basel III rules, which will impact
banks’ risk based capital and
liquidity ratios. Options are also
under consideration regarding bank
exposures to shadow banking
entities, and include extending the
look-through to account for leverage
of investments in funds and
applying the CRD II capital rules to
the treatment of liquidity lines for
securitization vehicles to all shadow
banking entities.
For asset management regulation,
the Commission raises valuation
and liquidity issues in constant NAV
MMFs, and issues regarding
collateral and conflicts of interest in
securities lending and swaps
transactions in ETFs, although many
of these issues are being addressed
by new ESMA rules.
The Commission is actively
contributing to FSB work in relation
to securities lending and repurchase
agreements, an area also
highlighted as a key concern. The
specific issues to be addressed
include collateral management,
reinvestment of cash collateral, re-
hypothecation and improved
transparency for markets and
supervisors. Firms should prepare
for tighter rules coupled with
improvements to market
infrastructure in this area. For
securitizations, the Commission will
examine the effectiveness of
measures already taken in CRD II
and CRD III and consider extending
measures to other sectors. Work is
also underway in relation to
resolution planning for non-banks.
The Green Paper is available via the
following web link and is open for
consultation until 1 June 2012.
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/bank
/docs/shadow/green-
paper_en.pdfShadow Banking
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EMIR
adopted by European Parliament
On 29 March 2012 the European
Parliament approved at first reading the
Regulation on OTC Derivatives, Central
Counterparties and Trade Repositories,
also known as the European Market
Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
The new Regulation meets the G20
commitment in September 2009 at
Pittsburgh that "all standard Over-The-
Counter (OTC) derivative contracts
should be traded on exchanges or
electronic trading platforms, where
appropriate, and cleared through central
counterparties by end-2012 at the
latest." Furthermore, they acknowledged
that "OTC derivative contracts should be
reported to trade repositories and that
non-centrally cleared contracts should be
subject to higher capital requirements."
The main aspects of the regulation are
as follows:
• Obligatory clearing for standardised
OTC derivatives through central
counterparties;
• Reporting for all derivatives (listed
and OTC derivatives) to trade
repositories, which would have to
publish aggregate positions by class
of derivatives;
• The work of trade repositories will
be monitored by the European
Securities and Markets Authority
(ESMA), which would be
responsible for granting or
withdrawing their registration;
• Stringent rules for Central
Counterparties (CCPs) regarding
capital, organisation and conduct of
business standards;
• CCPs from third countries will be
recognized in the EU only if the legal
regime of the third country in
question provides for an effective
equivalent system for recognition;
• A "light touch" regime has been
awarded to pension schemes with
regard to the clearing obligation. For
these schemes, the obligation
would not apply for three years,
extendable by another two years
plus one, subject to proper
justification.
• risk mitigation standards for
contracts not cleared by a CCP (e.g.
exchange of collateral).
Which contracts have to be cleared?
To have as many OTC contracts as
possible cleared through a CCP, the
Regulation introduces two approaches
to determine which contracts must be
cleared:
• a 'bottom-up' approach:
In this case when a competent authority
has authorised a CCP to clear a class of
derivatives, it will inform ESMA who will
assess whether a clearing obligation
should apply to that class of derivatives
in the EU, and develop draft Regulatory
technical standards which will have to
be adopted by the Commission.
• a 'top-down' approach:
In this case, ESMA, on its own initiative
and in consultation with the European
Systemic Risk Board, will identify
contracts that should be subject to the
clearing obligation but for which no CCP
has yet received authorisation.
The rules on clearing OTC derivatives,
reporting on derivatives transactions and
risk mitigation techniques for non-
centrally cleared OTC derivatives will
apply, among others, to UCITS and their
managers and to alternative investment
funds managed by alternative
investment fund managers (AIFM).
Before the EMIR rules are implemented,
the European Supervisory Authorities
(ESAs) first need to develop technical
standards. The ESAs must submit these
standards to the Commission by 30
September 2012. In line with G20
commitments, these new standards
should be fully adopted by the
Commission by the end of 2012.
Central counterparties will have to apply
for authorisation under the new
European regime at the latest six
months after the adoption of the
technical standards by the Commission.
In the meantime, CCPs must continue to
comply with national rules on
authorisation.
The date of application of the reporting
obligation and clearing obligations will be
determined in the new technical
standards to be developed by 30
September 2012.
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Short Selling
ESMA final report on technical
standards
On 28 March 2012 the European
Securities and Markets Authority
(ESMA) published their final report to the
Commission containing draft technical
standards on the Regulation 236/2012
on Short Selling and certain aspects of
Credit Default Swaps.
The draft standards were submitted to
the European Commission and the
Commission has three months to decide
whether to endorse ESMA’s draft
technical standards.
The report, which includes a cost-benefit
analysis, is available via the following
web link:
http://www.esma.europa.eu/content/Dra
ft-technical-standards-Regulation-EU-No-
2362012-European-Parliament-and-
Council-short-sel
ESMA updates Guidelines on risk
measurement for certain types of
structured UCITS
ESMA published additional guidelines
(Ref: ESMA/2012/197) on the
requirements on the calculation of global
exposure relating to derivative
instruments, to provide certain types of
structured UCITS with an optional
regime for the calculation of the global
exposure using the commitment
approach.
The Guidelines are available via the
following web link:
http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/Invest
ment-management-0
Ireland
New Irish Corporate Structure for
Funds (SCIAV)
Currently, Irish funds structured as
corporate funds are set up under Irish
company law and therefore are subject
to standard requirements imposed on all
Irish companies. The Irish Minister for
Finance has agreed to introduce a new
corporate structure designed specifically
for the funds industry. The main
advantages of the new structure are that
it will meet US check-the-box
requirements and reduce administrative
costs. Existing Irish funds will be able to
convert to this new structure. The new
legislation should be in place by the end
of 2012.
UCITS Notice 14 and non-UCITS
Notice 2 – Disclosure of related party
transactions
The Irish regulator has issued an
information note on these regulatory
rules. The note clarifies the type of
parties and the types of transactions
which should be set out in the related
party disclosure report.
Luxembourg
Specialised
Investment Fund
(SIF) law amendments voted by
Parliament
The law of 26 March 2012 that amends
the Specialised Investment Fund (SIF)
law of 13 February 2007 introduces
some important changes to the hugely
successful SIF regime.
The main amendments are as follows:
1. Requirement for regulatory approval
of the SIF before the launch of
activities
The new law abolishes the option of
launching a SIF prior to obtaining the
required regulatory approvals from the
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur
Financier (CSSF). In practice very few
fund promoters embraced this facet of
the law that made possible the prior
launch of a SIF, and the subsequent
submission of the application file within
one month of launch. Nevertheless the
old regime gave leave to fund promoters
to quickly launch a new SIF, once an
informal go-ahead from the CSSF had
been secured, and the new rules are
expected to have a negative impact on
the "time to market" of some new SIFs.
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In addition, the SIF approval
requirements have been extended to
require CSSF approval of those persons
who will perform the intellectual
portfolio management, requiring that
they are honorable and have sufficient
experience and expertise in the type of
SIF managed.
The law also foresees new rules dealing
with the appointment of independent
asset managers that will need to be
licensed or registered asset managers,
and subject to prudential supervision.
The SIF will be required to conduct a
detailed due diligence on the asset
manager prior to their selection.
2. New rules on Risk Management and
Conflicts of Interest
In line with the forthcoming Alternative
Investment Fund Managers Directive
(AIFMD) requirements, the SIF will be
obliged to implement appropriate risk
management systems to monitor,
measure and manage the risks in the
portfolio. The SIF will need to be
structured and organised in such a way
as to minimise the risk of conflicts of
interest, and have in place a policy to
manage any conflicts that may arise. It is
foreseen that the CSSF may issue
further detailed regulations defining the
precise requirements in relation to risk
management and conflicts of interest
management.
3. Possibility to cross-invest between
sub-funds in same umbrella
structure
The SIF regime has been brought into
line with the UCITS regime by allowing
sub-funds in the same umbrella
structure to invest in one or more sub-
funds in the umbrella, subject to some
specific conditions. This new feature
opens up the possibility of creating fund
of funds within the same umbrella
structure as well as providing
opportunities to generate other
management and operational
efficiencies, and has been keenly
awaited by the funds industry.
The law was published in the Mémorial
(Official Journal) on 30 March 2012 and
came into effect on 1 April 2012.
The full text of the law (in French) is
available via the following web link:
http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archive
s/2012/0063/index.html
UK
FSA consults on a new contractual
legal form of Authorised Fund
On 6 March 2012, within its quarterly
consultation paper (“CP 12/5”), the
Financial Services Authority (”FSA”) set
out its proposals to extend the eligible
legal forms of UK Authorised Funds to
include co-ownership schemes and
limited partnership schemes. The
consultation and proposed rules are
aligned to the proposed tax regulations
intended to enable the UK to have a tax
transparent authorised fund suitable as a
UCITS IV master fund and generally as a
tax efficient pooling vehicle.
Currently the FSA can only authorise
funds that take the legal form of a unit
trust (“AUT”) or an open-ended
investment company (“OEIC”), neither
an AUT nor an OEIC provide an
appropriate legal form for a tax
transparent fund. It is generally the case
that for a UCITS Master fund to be tax
efficient for a wide range of prospective
investors, including UCITS Feeder funds,
and also for the UK to have a tax
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efficient pooling vehicle in general (i.e.
including Non-UCITS Retail Schemes
(“NURS”) and Qualified Investor
Schemes (“QIS”)) then it requires a tax
transparent fund.
HM Treasury (HMT) has proposed that
the UK tax transparent fund should take
either the legal form of a co-ownership
scheme or a limited partnership scheme
and that both would have to be
authorised by the FSA but also considers
that the type of fund should not be
restricted to UCITS funds but should
include NURS and QIS. The HMT’s
proposal was discussed in Fund News
issue 88:
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/email/02Feb12/
266160/KPMG_Fund_News_Issue88.ht
ml
The proposed authorised co-ownership
scheme and limited partnership
schemes are to be contractual in legal
form and so are collectively referred to
as authorised contractual schemes
(“ACS”) by the FSA, with a proposed
new definition for such schemes. An
ACS will not be subject to corporation,
income or capital gains tax. This
differentiates the ACS from AUTs and
OEICs.
The co-ownership scheme will not have
legal personality and the scheme’s
assets are held by investors as tenants
in common (in Scotland as common
property) and managed on their behalf
by the manager with the depositary
having legal title as a custodian.
In the limited partnership scheme it is
proposed that the authorised fund
manager will be the general partner and
the depositary will be a limited partner.
The investors will be limited partners.
The scheme is to be formed under the
Limited Partnership Act 1907
(amended).
In introducing rules for the ACS the FSA
has reflected the similarities between
the ACS and the AUT and the
consultation only discusses where an
ACS is treated differently from an AUT,
for example recognising that there is no
transfer or units or, therefore, box
management for an ACS.
While an AUT or an OEIC can take an
umbrella form with a number of sub-
funds, only the co-ownership form of an
ACS is to be permitted to be an umbrella
scheme and the FSA proposes not to
permit the limited partnership to be an
umbrella scheme. If a co-ownership
scheme is established as an umbrella it
will have to be with each scheme in the
umbrella being operated on a “protected
cell” basis.
In line with the prevention of the
transfer of units in the co-ownership
scheme, the Treasury proposes to
amend the Limited Partnerships Act
1907 so limited partners may not assign
their units with the general partner’s
permission. That the units in an ACS are
not generally transferable accords with
the tax transparent status of the
scheme, however, the FSA needs to
consider and consult on the specific
commercial circumstances when its
rules need to permit transfers such as
authorised fund mergers and
reconstructions.
A restriction on transfer of units means
that an ACS will not have “box
management” and the related transfer
of units between investors via “the
manager’s box”. Investors’
subscriptions and redemptions of units
will result in creation and cancellation of
units for each investor. In a co-
ownership scheme a manager could
hold units as an investing co-owner but
in a limited partnership scheme the
manager, as the general partner, could
not also be an investor (a limited
partner).
CP 12/5 is 244 pages – the FSA’s
proposals for Authorised Contractual
Schemes are contained in Chapter 8 and
Appendix 8. The relevant sections are:
Chapter 8 (pages 43 to 54) Proposed
changes to the Collective Investment
Schemes Sourcebook – this includes the
FSA’s consultation questions; and
Appendix 8 (pages 135 to 243) – in
which the amendments to the FSA’s
Handbook are detailed.
FSA’s CP 12/5 is available via this web
link:
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International
IOSCO consults on Exchange Traded
Funds (ETF) regulation
The Technical Committee of the
International Organization of Securities
Commissions (IOSCO) has published a
consultation report entitled “Principles
for the Regulation of Exchange Traded
Funds (ETFs)” which examines the key
regulatory issues regarding ETFs. The
report also proposes 15 principles to
assess the quality of regulation and
industry practices relating to ETFs
regarding investor protection, sound
functioning of markets and financial
stability.
The principles address ETFs that are set
up as Collective Investment Schemes
(CIS) and are not meant to encompass
other Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs).
The principles are categorized as
follows:
• Principles related to ETF
classification and disclosure
• Principles related to Marketing and
Sale of ETF shares
• Principles related to the structuring
of ETFs
• Principles relating to broader risk of
liquidity shocks and transmission
across correlated markets.
Comments must be submitted before
27 June 2012.
The full report is available on the IOSCO
website at www.iosco.org
Tax
Luxembourg
Aberdeen Case E-Alerts
The latest Aberdeen E-Alert (tax
newsletter focusing on withholding tax
reclaims based on the Aberdeen case
law) discusses the recent Dutch Court of
Appeal ruling that grants full withholding
tax refund to Finnish investment funds.
The e-alert is available via the following
web link:
http://www.kpmg.com/LU/en/IssuesAnd
Insights/Articlespublications/Pages/Aber
deene-alerts-Issue2012-06.aspx
The Netherlands
CAA with Norway re closed FGR
The Netherlands have concluded a
Competent Authority Agreement (CAA)
with Norway regarding the tax treatment
of a Dutch closed FGR ('besloten fonds
voor gemene rekening').
A closed FGR is treated as tax
transparent for Dutch tax purposes. This
implies that all income and gains derived
through such FGR are attributed to the
investors in proportion to their
participations in the FGR. FGRs are
frequently used for asset pooling by
pension funds and other investors.
In the CAA the Norwegian tax
authorities confirm that a closed FGR
will also be regarded as tax transparent
for the application of the tax treaty
concluded between the Netherlands and
Norway.
Previously, the Netherlands have
concluded similar CAAs with Canada,
Denmark and the United Kingdom. It is
expected that CAAs with other countries
(including the USA and Switzerland) will
follow.
The CAA is available via the following
web link
https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl
/stcrt-2012-5658.pdf
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