Insights

• CACEIS and Santander create a major global player in asset servicing
• CACEIS strengthens its position as European leader
• AI serving the reading of fund prospectuses
• "We are now one of Switzerland's leading real estate fund administrators"
• CACEIS strengthens its team of securities finance experts
• CACEIS improves its service offering dedicated to ETFs
• CACEIS contributes to vote processing procedures
• ESG reporting and extra-financial data sovereignty
• Fighting plastic polution in oceans
• Country Focus - Switzerland

EUROPEAN UNION

• ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING / COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (AML /CFT)
• BENCHMARKS REGULATION (BMR)
• CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITARY REGULATION (CSDR)
• DIGITAL ECONOMY
• FINANCIAL SUPERVISION
• INVESTMENT FUNDS / COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES (CIS) / ASSET MANAGEMENT
• MARKET ABUSE DIRECTIVE & REGULATION (MAD / MAR)
• MARKETS IN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DIRECTIVE AND REGULATION (MiFID II / MiFIR)
• PROSPECTUS REGULATION
• SECURITIES FINANCING TRANSACTIONS REGULATION (SFTR)
• SECURITISATION REGULATION
• SUSTAINABLE FINANCE / GREEN FINANCE

FRANCE

• ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING / COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (AML /CFT)
• EUROPEAN LONG-TERM INVESTMENT FUNDS (ELTIF)
• FINANCIAL MARKET AMENDMENT LAW
• INVESTMENT FUNDS / COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES (CIS) / ASSET MANAGEMENT
• LISTING / TRADING RULES
• SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS DIRECTIVE (SRD II)

GERMANY

• TRANSPARENCY DIRECTIVE

HONG KONG

• FINANCIAL SUPERVISION
• INVESTMENT FUNDS / COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES (CIS) / ASSET MANAGEMENT

IRELAND

• PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION / SINGLE SUPERVISORY MECHANISM (SSM) / SINGLE RESOLUTION MECHANISM (SRM) / SINGLE RESOLUTION FUND (SRF)
• SECURITIES

ITALY

• CONSUMER PROTECTION
• MARKETS IN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DIRECTIVE AND REGULATION (MiFID II / MiFIR)

LUXEMBOURG

• ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING / COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (AML /CFT)
• CAPITAL RAISING PROCESS
• FINANCIAL REPORTNG (FINREP)
• INVESTMENT FUNDS / COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES (CIS) / ASSET MANAGEMENT
• MARKETS IN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DIRECTIVE AND REGULATION (MiFID II / MiFIR)
• MONEY MARKET FUNDS REGULATION (MMFR)
• TAX

NETHERLANDS

• ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING / COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (AML / CFT)
• CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS / CRD / CRR / BASEL III/IV
• CUSTODIAN / DEPOSITARIES
• GOVERNANCE

SINGAPORE

• MAS AND ACRA LAUNCH VARIABLE CAPITAL COMPANIES FRAMEWORK

SWITZERLAND

• BREXIT
• FINANCIAL SUPERVISION
• SWISS FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT (FINSA)

UNITED KINGDOM

• BENCHMARKS REGULATION (BMR)
• BREXIT
• EUROPEAN MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION (EMIR)
• FINANCIAL SERVICES
• INVESTMENT FUNDS / COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES (CIS) / ASSET MANAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL

• EUROPEAN MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION (EMIR)

CACEIS ist eine internationale Bankengruppe, die sämtliche Back-Office-Leistungen in allen Anlageklassen anbietet. Die mit einer soliden IT-Infrastruktur ausgestattete Unternehmensgruppe bietet ihren Kunden, darunter institutionelle Anleger, Verwaltungsgesellschaften, Banken, Broker und Unternehmen, Lösungen im Bereich Execution, Clearing, Verwahrung, Depotbankdienste und Fonds-Administration an.

• 80% of respondents said that artificial intelligence and data engineering are tools that all investment managers will use in the future.
• 66% said that AI will deliver benefits across the front, middle and back office.
• The major impediments to applying AI are a lack of maturity in the technology and a lack of existing use cases that demonstrate how it can be applied.
• 24% said key decision-makers still fail to understand how AI will bring value to customers.
• 40% of respondent firms have already started their AI research and development projects, while 11% said that they will be launching their AI projects in the next 12 months.

A total of 270 funds professionals participated in the online survey.

ACTUALITÉS LÉGISLATIVES ET RÉGLEMENTAIRES

• TEXTES LÉGISLATIFS ET RÉGLEMENTAIRES NATIONAUX
• Fonds
• Prospectus 
• TEXTES LÉGISLATIFS ET RÉGLEMENTAIRES EUROPÉENS
  • Loi PACTE / PSAN (Prestataires de services d’actifs numériques)
  • Marchés
  • Loi PACTE - rectificatif
  • Émetteurs

COMMUNICATION AMF

• INSTRUCTION
  • Blockchain
• DÉCISION
  • Émetteurs
• POSITION
  • Marchés
• ÉTUDE
  • Émetteurs
• GUIDE
  • Commercialisation

AUTRES COMMUNICATIONS FRANÇAISES

• ACPR (AUTORITÉ DE CONTRÔLE PRUDENTIEL)
  • Émetteurs
  • LAB - FT (Lutte anti blanchiment – Financement du terrorisme)
• AFTI
  • Dépositaire d’OPCVM
• CNIL
  • GDPR/Sanction
• TRACFIN
  • LAB - FT (Lutte anti blanchiment – Financement du terrorisme)

ACTUALITÉS EUROPÉENNES

• CONSEIL DE L'UE
  • Épargne
  • MIF 2
  • LAB - FT (Lutte anti blanchiment – Financement du terrorisme)
• COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE
  • Brexit
• EBA (EUROPEAN BANKING AUTHORITY)
  • Supervision
  • DSP2 (Directive Services de paiements)
• ESMA (EUROPEAN SECURITIES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY)
  • MIFID-MIFIR
  • AIFM & UCITS
  • Benchmark
  • CSDR (Règlement sur les dépositaires centraux de titres)
  • EMIR
  • Titrisation

In this study, EDHEC-Risk Institute explores a novel approach to address the challenge raised by the standard investment practice of treating attributes as factors, with respect to how to perform a consistent risk and performance analysis for equity portfolios across multiple dimensions that incorporate micro attributes.