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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>FundRegTracker — what changed</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/</link><description>Change ledger of the living fund reference — regulation, fund registrations, fund data, private-market fund performance, calendar and the weekly industry desk — across the world's prominent fund jurisdictions.</description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:25:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Fund News — Tuesday 1 September 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W36-2#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W36-2-2026-09-01-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — Friday 28 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W35-5#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W35-5-2026-08-28-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — Tuesday 25 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W35-2#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W35-2-2026-08-25-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): corrected: the annual reporting cadence for a registered (sub-threshold) AIFM is imposed by Article&amp;nbsp;5(5) of Regulat</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-08-23-527e4fff</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: the annual reporting cadence for a registered (sub-threshold) AIFM is imposed by <strong>Article&nbsp;5(5)</strong> of Regulation (EU) No&nbsp;231/2013 — "the information required for registration purposes shall be updated and provided on an annual basis" — not, as this page previously stated, only by the ESMA guidelines for want of an Article&nbsp;110(3) band. Article&nbsp;5(3) is also the registration-side source for the registered manager filing Article&nbsp;110(1) content on the Annex&nbsp;IV pro-forma template (<a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013R0231">Reg.&nbsp;231/2013, Art.&nbsp;5</a> · <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/231/article/5">UK assimilated text</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: this page stated that AIFMD II adds two points to Article 23(4) of Directive 2011/61/EU — the annual disclosu</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-23-8e56280e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: this page stated that AIFMD II adds <strong>two</strong> points to Article 23(4) of <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">Directive 2011/61/EU</a> — the annual disclosure of fees borne by investors and of parent undertakings, subsidiaries and SPVs. It adds <strong>three</strong>. The omitted one is the <strong>composition of the portfolio of originated loans</strong>, and unlike the other two it is not expressed as an annual duty. Read from the Luxembourg transposition, which inserts the three as letters d), e) and f) of Article 21(4) of the 2013 AIFM Law and qualifies only the last two with "<em>sur une base annuelle</em>" (<a href="https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2026/03/03/a115/jo">Law of 3 March 2026, Art. 41</a>). The point reaches a credit fund under either wrapper.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — Friday 21 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W34-5#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W34-5-2026-08-21-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — Tuesday 18 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W34-2#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W34-2-2026-08-18-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — Friday 14 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W33-5#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W33-5-2026-08-14-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: this page presented ELTIF 1.0 as superseded from 10 January 2024, comparing its rules against 2.0&#x27;s as a befo</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-12-22180d0a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: this page presented ELTIF 1.0 as superseded from 10 January 2024, comparing its rules against 2.0's as a before-and-after. It carried no transitional. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/606/oj/eng">Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2023/606</a> deems an ELTIF "authorised in accordance with and complying with" the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/760 applicable before 10 January 2024 to comply with the amended Regulation <strong>until 11 January 2029</strong>, and — where such an ELTIF "do[es] not raise additional capital" — with <strong>no stated end date</strong>. Such an ELTIF continues to carry the 1.0 requirements meanwhile, including the €10,000 retail minimum, the 10%-of-portfolio cap, mandatory investment advice, the 70% eligible-asset floor, the 10% concentration limit and borrowing capped at 30% of capital. An ELTIF authorised before 10 January 2024 "may choose to be subject to this Regulation, provided that the competent authority of the ELTIF is notified thereof". The transitional is separate from, and does not align with, <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">Article 61(6)</a> of Directive 2011/61/EU: different pivot dates (10 January 2024 against 15 April 2024), different sunsets (11 January 2029 against 16 April 2029), separate opt-in notifications, and a standstill on further increases in the AIFMD transitional that the ELTIF one does not carry.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: this page stated the AIFMD II loan-origination rules as the rules binding a fund under either wrapper from 16</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-11-07fb7059</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: this page stated the AIFMD II loan-origination rules as the rules binding a fund under either wrapper from 16 April 2026, without their transitional. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">Article 61(6) of Directive 2011/61/EU</a>, inserted by <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/927/oj/eng">Directive (EU) 2024/927</a>, deems an AIF that originates loans and was <strong>constituted before 15 April 2024</strong> to comply with Art. 15(4a)–(4d) and Art. 16(2a) — the 20% single-borrower cap, the 175%/300% leverage caps and the closed-ended requirement — until <strong>16 April 2029</strong>, and with no stated end date where the AIF raises no additional capital after 15 April 2024; subject throughout to a standstill barring any increase in that notional or leverage above the limits. Loans originated before 15 April 2024 are carved out of Art. 15(3)(d) and Art. 15(4e)–(4i) in respect of those loans. An AIFM may elect in by notifying its home competent authority. Corrected: the transitional is <strong>Article 61(6)</strong>, not Article 61(5) as widely cited — the same Directive deleted the former paragraph 5.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: the 5% risk-retention duty (AIFMD Art. 15(4i)) was stated here without its derogations. It does not apply whe</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-11-9525d47f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: the 5% risk-retention duty (<a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">AIFMD Art. 15(4i)</a>) was stated here without its derogations. It does not apply where the AIFM is selling assets to redeem units on liquidation, where disposal is required to comply with Art. 215 TFEU restrictive measures or product requirements, where sale is necessary to implement the AIF's investment strategy in investors' best interests, or where sale follows a deterioration in the loan's risk detected under Art. 15(3) and disclosed to the purchaser — the AIFM bearing the burden of demonstrating the condition on request. The retention period also runs to maturity for loans to consumers regardless of maturity. Added from the same primary text: the Art. 15(3)(d) credit-granting-policy duty (with its 150%-of-capital shareholder-loan carve-out), the Art. 15(4d) power of the AIFM's competent authorities to extend the Art. 15(4c) application date by up to 12 further months on a duly justified investment plan, and the "without prejudice to Article 25(3)" qualification on the Art. 15(4b) shareholder-loan carve-out.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Ireland: corrected — the two-year period for a QIAIF to appoint an authorised AIFM was stated as an unconditional runway</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-08-11-c89ffdc4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: corrected — the two-year period for a QIAIF to appoint an authorised AIFM was stated as an unconditional runway. The <a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/industry-market-sectors/funds/aifs/aif-rulebook.pdf?sfvrsn=5bfd731a_2">AIF Rulebook</a> ch.2, s.2(i)(1) opens "unless it is required by the AIFM Regulations to have an authorised AIFM at an earlier date", so the two years are available only while the manager remains below the AIFMD threshold.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: the provision disapplying the ELTIF diversification and concentration limits to ELTIFs marketed solely to pro</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-10-70503d92</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: the provision disapplying the ELTIF diversification and concentration limits to ELTIFs marketed solely to professional investors is <strong>Article 13(7)</strong> of Regulation (EU) 2015/760 as amended, not Article 13(8). The replacement Article 13 enacted by <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/606/oj/eng">Regulation (EU) 2023/606</a> runs to <strong>seven</strong> numbered paragraphs and has no paragraph 8; the sentence sits in paragraph 7, alongside the feeder-ELTIF disapplication of the Article 13(2)(c) limit. This reverses the correction recorded below on 2026-07-26, which moved the citation the wrong way on the strength of secondary summaries; the paragraph is now read from the amending Regulation and from the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015R0760-20240110">consolidated text</a>. The substance is unchanged — the limits do not apply to professional-only ELTIFs.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: this page presented Article 37&#x27;s 10 April 2030 report as the Regulation&#x27;s review clause. It is not the only o</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-09-243b1bd0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: this page presented Article 37's <strong>10 April 2030</strong> report as the Regulation's review clause. It is not the only one. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02015R0760-20240110">Article 37a</a> sets an earlier and narrower review, due <strong>by 11 January 2026</strong>: an assessment and report to the Parliament and Council, with a legislative proposal where appropriate, on whether an optional "ELTIF marketed as environmentally sustainable" / "green ELTIF" designation is feasible, whether the "do no significant harm" principle should bind all ELTIFs or only those marketed as environmentally sustainable, and how the regime's contribution to the European Green Deal could be strengthened. The 10 April 2030 review is unchanged, and no green-ELTIF designation exists in the Regulation as consolidated.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — Friday 7 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W32-5#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W32-5-2026-08-07-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — week of 3 August 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W32#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W32-2026-08-07-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Jersey: corrected — this page stated that no consultation paper or policy statement setting out what replaces the CoBO c</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-08-06-690e5ef3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jersey: corrected — this page stated that no consultation paper or policy statement setting out what replaces the CoBO consent basis for an investment fund had been published. Two are. The Government of Jersey consultation <a href="https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Industry%20and%20finance/CP%20Repeal%20of%20Control%20of%20Borrowing%20Framework.pdf">Repeal of the control of borrowing framework</a> (July 2025) treats JPFs and legacy funds at section 9, proposing a "private fund services business" class under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 with an Article 19 code of practice placing the JPF Guide on a statutory footing; the <a href="https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Industry%20and%20finance/Consultation%20Feedback%20Paper%20Repeal%20of%20COBO%20FINAL.pdf">feedback paper</a> of November 2025 commits to transitional provisions migrating existing COBO consents and conditions seamlessly, with holders retaining good standing and no action required of them. The legal form and commencement dates are undecided.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: this page stated that an open-ended ELTIF is &quot;not a perpetual vehicle&quot;. A European Commission answer in ESMA&#x27;</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-05-429282d8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: this page stated that an open-ended ELTIF is "not a perpetual vehicle". A European Commission answer in ESMA's ELTIF Q&amp;A tool holds otherwise — the Regulation lets managers set "the life and the life-cycle they deem appropriate", and "setting up a perpetual ELTIF is also a possibility" (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2363">ESMA_QA_2363</a>, answered 6 December 2024). The Article 18(1) duty to state a specific end-of-life date is unchanged. The same answer holds that Member States "are not allowed to introduce limitations on the life and/or the life-cycles of ELTIFs" under Article 1(3), so a national cap on an ELTIF's term cannot be imposed.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Ireland: the Central Bank&#x27;s position on open-ended loan-originating AIFs was reported — a QIAIF managed by an Irish or o</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-08-05-b74a3ff8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: the Central Bank's position on open-ended loan-originating AIFs was reported — a QIAIF managed by an Irish or other EU authorised AIFM may be authorised as an open-ended loan-originating AIF through the standard 24-hour process, with no pre-submission required on its adherence to the ESMA regulatory technical standards; a Retail Investor AIF taking that form is subject to prior engagement with the Central Bank (<a href="https://www.arthurcox.com/insights/central-bank-clarifies-authorisation-process-for-open-ended-loan-originating-aifs-and-updates-its-aif-rulebook/">Arthur Cox</a>, 5 August 2026). AIFMD II's Article 16(2a) default remains closed-ended unless the AIFM demonstrates a compatible liquidity risk management system, and a loan-originating QIAIF under a registered AIFM must still be closed-ended.]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): corrected: the manager&#x27;s registration status and an AIF&#x27;s reporting code are two separate fields on two separate scales </title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-08-03-e33a10c0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: the manager's <strong>registration status</strong> and an AIF's <strong>reporting code</strong> are two separate fields on two separate scales (FCA <code>AIF001-7</code> and <code>AIF002-249</code>), not one banded code; this page previously described them as a single field. Corrected: status <strong>1</strong> covers small <em>authorised</em> AIFMs as well as small registered ones, and below-threshold non-UK AIFMs marketing under a private placement regime — it is not "registered managers" only; <strong>2–5</strong> is the <em>full-scope</em> band, not "authorised" generally; <strong>6–9</strong> is confined to <em>above</em>-threshold non-UK AIFMs. Corrected: the AIF reporting code runs 1, then 2–45, not 1–9 (<a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/systems-information/aifmd-submitting-data-q-a.pdf">FCA, <em>Important information for AIFMD Annex&nbsp;IV transparency reporters</em>, Q1 and annex&nbsp;2</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: the Luxembourg Part II UCI&#x27;s cost-disclosure duty was attributed here to Circular CSSF 25/901&#x27;s transparency </title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-03-56957d0b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: the Luxembourg Part II UCI's cost-disclosure duty was attributed here to Circular CSSF 25/901's transparency chapter. That chapter contains no cost or fee rule — its opening point is expressly "without prejudice to the information that the manager must communicate under Article 23 of the AIFMD", and its only fee-specific requirement is the nature of fees on investments in same-initiator vehicles (<a href="https://www.cssf.lu/wp-content/uploads/cssf25_901eng.pdf">25/901 pts 35, 39</a>). The duty is <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">AIFMD Art. 23(1)(i)</a> — a description of all fees, charges and expenses and of their maximum amounts.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: during a suspension of the borrowing or composition limits under Art. 16(4) / 17(1)(c), the restriction on fu</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-08-03-50494916</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: during a suspension of the borrowing or composition limits under Art. 16(4) / 17(1)(c), the restriction on further increasing borrowing or concentration applies to decisions and actions "outside of the ordinary course of business in line with the terms of the ELTIF" — this page previously stated it as a categorical prohibition on any such step, which the answer does not support. An ordinary-course drawdown or follow-on provided for by the fund's terms is not caught (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2471">ESMA_QA_2471</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Ireland: the Central Bank reissued the AIF Rulebook as a July 2026 edition, superseding the 5 May 2026 text. No blacklin</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-07-29-3dce8a1f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: the Central Bank reissued the <a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/industry-market-sectors/funds/aifs/aif-rulebook.pdf?sfvrsn=5bfd731a_2">AIF Rulebook</a> as a July 2026 edition, superseding the 5 May 2026 text. No blackline or statement of changes was published with it. No chapter carries a deferred or transitional effective date.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: European Commission answers in ESMA&#x27;s ELTIF Q&amp;amp;A tool added to the liquidity and retail-access sections: the Annex I/</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-07-27-792ef694</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[European Commission answers in ESMA's ELTIF Q&amp;A tool added to the liquidity and retail-access sections: the Annex I/II redemption percentage is a ceiling a manager may undercut (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2482">ESMA_QA_2482</a>); daily dealing is not prohibited (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2477">ESMA_QA_2477</a>); a temporary breach of the Annex II liquid-asset floor does not bar further redemptions while it is reconstituted under Art. 5(7) (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2475">ESMA_QA_2475</a>); the Art. 5(6) 12-month cash-flow uplift requires "a high degree of certainty" and excludes asset disposals and new subscriptions (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2476">ESMA_QA_2476</a>); and Member States may not impose nationality, domiciliation or location requirements on an ELTIF or its manager, including where the ELTIF sits inside an insurance or pension wrapper (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2481">ESMA_QA_2481</a>). Corrected: the share-class uniformity rule is pinned to <a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/2013">ESMA_QA_2013</a> (Recital 48 of 2023/606; Art. 18(2)(e)), not to the law-firm note previously cited, which does not carry that point.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: EU access: corrected — AIFMD II&#x27;s replacement of the FATF non-cooperative-territory test was described as a single condi</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-07-27-fc685a12</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[EU access: corrected — AIFMD II's replacement of the FATF non-cooperative-territory test was described as a single condition (AML high-risk third country). <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ%3AL_202400927">Directive (EU) 2024/927</a> amends AIFMD Articles 36(1) and 42(1) to impose two: the third country must be neither an AML high-risk third country under Article 9(2) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 nor named in Annex I of the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: corrected: the provision disapplying the ELTIF diversification and concentration limits to ELTIFs marketed solely to pro</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-07-26-5e9d7d3b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: the provision disapplying the ELTIF diversification and concentration limits to ELTIFs marketed solely to professional investors is <strong>Article 13(8)</strong> of Regulation (EU) 2015/760 as amended, not Article 13(7) (<a href="https://www.afg.asso.fr/app/uploads/2024/10/AFG-Guide-ELTIF-EN-MAJ-2025.pdf">AFG, <em>Practical guide to ELTIF 2.0</em>, §3.2–3.6</a>; <a href="https://www.dechert.com/knowledge/onpoint/2023/1/eltif-2-0--retailization-of-private-funds----the-gateway-to-heav.html">Dechert</a>). Corrected: the €20.5bn end-2024 ELTIF market figure comes from the <a href="https://www.scopeexplorer.com/files/get/?name=news.ReportFile%2Fbytes%2Ffilename%2Fmimetype%2FScope_ELTIF_study_2025_ENG.pdf">Scope ELTIF study 2025</a> (data as at 31 December 2024), not the 2024 study, which reports end-2023; and Luxembourg's "two-thirds of market volume" is that same end-2024 split (€13.7bn of €20.5bn), not an end-2025 one.]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — week of 20 July 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W30#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W30-2026-07-24-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): corrected: Ireland&#x27;s Annex&amp;nbsp;IV reporting frequency is not advised to firms individually by the Central Bank — it is </title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-07-22-4fc36f43</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[corrected: Ireland's Annex&nbsp;IV reporting frequency is not advised to firms individually by the Central Bank — it is the AIFM's own responsibility to determine its reporting obligation and frequency (<a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/industry-market-sectors/funds-service-providers/aifm/reporting-requirements/reporting-guidance-for-alternative-investment-fund-managers.pdf?sfvrsn=8">CBI Reporting Guidance for AIFMs</a>); the individually-advised interval applies to interim financial statements, not Annex&nbsp;IV. Corrected: ESMA's first-reporting worked example runs from information available as at 15&nbsp;February, not 16&nbsp;February (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/2015/11/2014-869.pdf">ESMA/2014/869 §12</a>). Corrected: the one-month deadline and the fund-of-funds 15-day extension sit in Art.&nbsp;110(1) of Regulation 231/2013, not the ESMA guidelines, and are retained in the UK assimilated text.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Jersey: corrected — the JPF professional-investor service-provider limbs were described as covering &quot;senior employees an</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-07-22-b76548ac</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jersey: corrected — the JPF professional-investor service-provider limbs were described as covering "senior employees and directors"; the <a href="https://www.jerseyfsc.org/media/f1gmqcqb/gn-jersey-private-fund-guide.pdf">JPF Guide</a> Annex A, paras 1.e–1.f in fact read "financially sophisticated employee, director, partner, expert consultant or shareholder", a wider test that reaches partners and outside consultants. The limbs run (a)–(o), with (o) a JFSC case-by-case discretion.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Ireland: the Central Bank Act 1942 (Section 32D) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 348 of 2026) were signed by the Deputy Gover</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-07-20-e0dc29a5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: the Central Bank Act 1942 (Section 32D) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 348 of 2026) were signed by the Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation and came into operation the same day, resetting the industry-funding levy that is the only product-level regulator cost of an Irish fund. For Category E1 (Investment Funds, which includes authorised ILPs) the minimum levy rises to <strong>€8,952</strong> and the per-sub-fund contribution to <strong>€593</strong>, from €8,734 and €579; and the <strong>fifty-sub-fund maximum is removed</strong>, so an umbrella's levy is no longer capped at €37,684 but rises without limit (<a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/how-we-regulate/fees-levies/industry-funding-levy/guidance/funding-strategy-and-guide-to-the-2026-industry-funding-regulations-(002).pdf">Funding Strategy and Guide to the 2026 Industry Funding Regulations</a>, August 2026, s.2.3 and s.4.5 with n.6).]]></description></item><item><title>Fund News — week of 13 July 2026: published.</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/fund-news-2026-W29#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fund-news-2026-W29-2026-07-17-645e0240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[published.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Guernsey: the Financial Crime Returns Rules, 2026 were made and came into operation, changing the name, content, reporti</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-07-17-c6aec2e1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Guernsey: the <a href="https://www.gfsc.gg/sites/default/files/media/helix-file/Financial%20Crime%20Returns%20Rules%202026.pdf">Financial Crime Returns Rules, 2026</a> were made and came into operation, changing the name, content, reporting period and submission deadline of the return previously called the Financial Crime Risk – Intermediary Annual Return (Form 152). As the Investment Vehicles Multi Return it is filed by the designated administrator of every collective investment scheme registered or authorised under section 8 of the Protection of Investors Law — which includes a registered PIF — for the reporting period 1 July to 30 June, by the following 31 October (r.2.3).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): UK: the FCA published CP26/26 &quot;Fund Reporting for Asset Management Entities&quot; (FRAME), proposing to remove AIF001 and rep</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-07-14-91c259d4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UK: the FCA published <strong>CP26/26 "Fund Reporting for Asset Management Entities" (FRAME)</strong>, proposing to remove AIF001 and replace AIF002 — the two data items through which Annex&nbsp;IV is filed in the UK — alongside CP26/28 on the UK AIFM regime and HM Treasury's draft statutory instrument. Under the proposals the obligation is sized by fund NAV (£500m: "essential" below, "enhanced" at or above) rather than manager AuM; frequency follows fund type (authorised funds quarterly, unauthorised AIFs annual, hedge funds quarterly, NPPR annual except hedge funds); submission lags move from one month to 30/45/60/120&nbsp;days by fund type; the gross and commitment leverage metrics and the "substantially levered" trigger are removed; and hedge funds above £500m NAV gain an event-based trigger at a −10% ten-business-day return, notifiable within 72&nbsp;hours. FSA042 and the DISC&nbsp;3.5.1R product-summary filing are proposed for decommissioning. Consultation closes 22&nbsp;September&nbsp;2026 (CP26/26) and 14&nbsp;October&nbsp;2026 (CP26/28 and the draft regulations); policy statement H1&nbsp;2027, complete regime 2028 (<a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/consultation/cp26-26.pdf">FCA CP26/26</a> · <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp26-28-uk-aifm-regime">CP26/28</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: UK access: HM Treasury published the draft Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2026 and its policy note, al</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-07-14-f15bfc90</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UK access: HM Treasury published the draft <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alternative-investment-fund-managers-regulation-draft-si-and-policy-note">Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2026</a> and its policy note, alongside the FCA's <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp26-28-uk-aifm-regime">CP26/28</a> on a new UK AIFM regime. The national private placement regime through which all four of these vehicles reach UK investors is retained with "minimal changes", with a new simplified process for the FCA to suspend and revoke permission to market. Technical comments on the draft instrument close 14 October 2026; HM Treasury expects to lay the legislation in early 2027, to come into force alongside the replacement FCA rules.]]></description></item><item><title>The AIFM Law (Luxembourg, 12 July 2013) — the practitioner&#x27;s summary: law-of date corrected: the AIFMD II transposition law is the loi du 3 mars 2026 (promulgation; Mémorial A n° 115, publis</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/regs-lu-aifm-law-2013#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">regs-lu-aifm-law-2013-2026-07-07-37694d1a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[law-of date corrected: the AIFMD II transposition law is the <strong>loi du 3 mars 2026</strong> (promulgation; Mémorial A n° 115, published 9 March 2026) — this page previously used the 12 February Chamber-adoption date. In force 16 April 2026; enhanced-reporting provisions deferred to 16 April 2027 (Art. 57).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD II — the living implementation tracker (what applies when, per member state + UK divergence): the two LMT delegated regulations were published in the OJ as (EU) 2026/465 and (EU) 2026/466 (published 27 February 202</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/aifmd-ii-implementation-tracker#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aifmd-ii-implementation-tracker-2026-07-06-16a5352d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[the two LMT delegated regulations were published in the OJ as <strong>(EU) 2026/465</strong> and <strong>(EU) 2026/466</strong> (published 27 February 2026, in force 19 March 2026, applying 16 April 2026).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): Norway: Annex&amp;nbsp;IV reporting to Finanstilsynet becomes XML-only from this reference date, delivered as file attachmen</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-06-30-53b94da2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Norway: Annex&nbsp;IV reporting to Finanstilsynet becomes XML-only from this reference date, delivered as file attachments to new Altinn forms (one upload per AIF and per AIFM) against ESMA revision&nbsp;6; the previous reporting solution is discontinued from 1&nbsp;June 2026. Applies to registered and authorised AIFMs and to non-EEA managers authorised to market their AIFs in Norway (<a href="https://www.finanstilsynet.no/en/news-archive/news/2025/mandatory-xml-format-to-be-introduced-for-annex-iv-reporting-from-30-june-2026/">Finanstilsynet</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>CSSF Circular 24/856, annotated — thresholds, procedures and the FAQ, in one place: Circular IML 91/75 was repealed in full, with immediate effect and no replacement text, by Circular CSSF 26/912. Its sur</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/cssf-24-856-annotated#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cssf-24-856-annotated-2026-05-22-87a6f513</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.cssf.lu/wp-content/uploads/iml91_75eng.pdf">Circular IML 91/75</a> was repealed in full, with immediate effect and no replacement text, by <a href="https://www.cssf.lu/wp-content/uploads/cssf26_912eng.pdf">Circular CSSF 26/912</a>. Its surviving chapters were part of the investment-rules perimeter tested under point 49: Chapter F (UCITS asset composition, ancillary liquid assets, borrowings, and investment limits applied to net assets — the calculation basis of pt 52 stated at circular level), Chapter H (techniques and instruments for efficient portfolio management, already disapplied to Part II UCIs by 25/901) and Chapter M (explanation of NAV-per-unit movements above 10% month-on-month). The CSSF states the rules are overtaken by national and EU rules or absorbed into its administrative practice. 24/856 itself is unamended.]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): Ireland: the revised Central Bank AIF Rulebook applies with immediate effect from this date and removes the general liqu</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-05-05-6dca9ba3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: the revised Central Bank <strong>AIF Rulebook</strong> applies with immediate effect from this date and <strong>removes the general liquidity-management-tool notification</strong> to the Central Bank — the liquidity data is collected instead through the <strong>Daily Investment Funds Return</strong>, the per-dealing-day return the Bank describes as replacing trigger-based liquidity reporting, in place since December&nbsp;2024 and extended to LMT usage in August&nbsp;2025. Immediate notification remains for the activation or deactivation of a suspension of subscriptions, redemptions or NAV calculation, with a further update at each <strong>21-working-day</strong> interval while it persists; specific requirements attach to redemption gates and side pockets. The Article&nbsp;16(2d) without-delay duty in the transposed Directive is unaffected (<a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/industry-market-sectors/funds/aifs/aif-rulebook.pdf?sfvrsn=5bfd731a_2">CBI AIF Rulebook</a> · <a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/industry-market-sectors/funds/reporting-requirements/daily-investment-funds-return-difr">CBI — Daily Investment Funds Return</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Ireland: Central Bank published a revised AIF Rulebook (feedback statement to CP162), applying from that date. The legac</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-05-05-d52f4683</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: Central Bank published a revised <a href="https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/industry-market-sectors/funds/aifs/aif-rulebook.pdf?sfvrsn=5bfd731a_2">AIF Rulebook</a> (feedback statement to CP162), applying from that date. The legacy loan-origination chapter is removed and the QIAIF restriction on third-party guarantees is lifted.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Ireland: the same revised AIF Rulebook also removed the QIAIF restriction on acquiring shares carrying voting rights tha</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-05-05-cc929675</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: the same revised AIF Rulebook also removed the QIAIF restriction on acquiring shares carrying voting rights that confer significant influence over the management of an issuing body — the prohibition now applies only to Retail Investor AIFs (ch.1, s.1(i)(1)) — and replaced the prescriptive subsidiary conditions (prior Central Bank approval, fund directors forming a majority of the subsidiary board, no third-party contracts unless the fund is a party) with a principles-based rule on investment through intermediary investment vehicles (ch.2, s.1(vii)).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): ESMA delivered its Final Report on the integrated collection of funds&#x27; data (ESMA12-2121844265-5150), the Article&amp;nbsp;6</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-05-04-2c9e823b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ESMA delivered its Final Report on the integrated collection of funds' data (ESMA12-2121844265-5150), the Article&nbsp;69a&nbsp;AIFMD / Article&nbsp;20b&nbsp;UCITS mandate, setting the design of the template that replaces Annex&nbsp;IV: modular rather than flat, ISO&nbsp;20022 as the format direction, event-based modules for liquidity-management-tool activation, and a <strong>monthly</strong> base reporting frequency for revised Art.&nbsp;24(1) / Art.&nbsp;20a(1) information in place of the current AuM-driven quarterly/half-yearly/annual bands. Timing stated: consultation paper later in 2026, draft RTS/ITS by April&nbsp;2027, go-live expected H1&nbsp;2029 at the earliest, with existing templates remaining in force until superseded. Corrected: this page previously presented April&nbsp;2027 as the point at which the reporting build-out lands — the amended Article&nbsp;24 applies then, but the new template does not, and the two dates are years apart (<a href="https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2026-05/ESMA12-2121844265-5150_Final_Report_on_integrated_reporting.pdf">ESMA Final Report</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): Ireland: S.I. No. 181 of 2026 (European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026) comes</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-05-01-0c9f4d83</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ireland: <strong>S.I. No. 181 of 2026</strong> (European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026) comes into operation, transposing AIFMD&nbsp;II two weeks after the EU deadline — <em>except</em> its reporting provision, <strong>Regulation&nbsp;14</strong>, deferred to <strong>16&nbsp;April&nbsp;2027</strong> to match the Directive's own carve-out of the amended Article&nbsp;24. Luxembourg's Law of 3&nbsp;March&nbsp;2026 makes the same split through its Article&nbsp;57 (<a href="https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2026/si/181/made/en/print">S.I. 181/2026</a> · <a href="https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2026/03/03/a115/jo">Legilux, Mémorial A 115</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): EU: an AIFM managing an open-ended AIF must from this date notify its competent authority on activating or deactivating </title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-04-16-a541333c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[EU: an AIFM managing an open-ended AIF must from this date notify its competent authority on activating or deactivating a liquidity management tool — <strong>without delay</strong> for suspension of subscriptions, repurchases and redemptions (Annex&nbsp;V point&nbsp;1) and for any Annex&nbsp;V points&nbsp;2–8 tool used otherwise than in the ordinary course of business, and <strong>within a reasonable timeframe before</strong> activating or deactivating a side pocket (point&nbsp;9); at least two tools from points&nbsp;2–8 must be selected, with their policies communicated to the regulator (<a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">consolidated AIFMD, Art.&nbsp;16(2b) and (2d)</a>). Luxembourg routes it through a dedicated eDesk "Liquidity Management Tool" procedure, separate from AIFM reporting — an LMT selection module from 23&nbsp;March&nbsp;2026 with the initial selection due 16&nbsp;April&nbsp;2026, and an LMT activation module from 16&nbsp;April&nbsp;2026 (<a href="https://www.cssf.lu/en/2026/03/communication-to-the-investment-fund-industry/">CSSF communication, 18&nbsp;March&nbsp;2026</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>AIFMD Annex IV reporting — the practical guide (who, what, when, where per NCA): Jersey: the JFSC split its Alternative Investment Funds Code of Practice in two with effect from this date — a new EU/EE</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/annex-iv-practical-guide#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">annex-iv-practical-guide-2026-04-16-f7a338b5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jersey: the JFSC split its Alternative Investment Funds Code of Practice in two with effect from this date — a new <em>EU/EEA regime</em> code transposing EU AIFMD&nbsp;II (Directive (EU) 2024/927) alongside the Level&nbsp;1 and Level&nbsp;2 AIFMD texts, and the pre-existing code, which from the same date applies only to the UK-focused regime. Both were published on 8&nbsp;April&nbsp;2026. The JFSC's requirement that a Jersey AIFM copy its Annex&nbsp;IV reporting to the Commission, on the same frequency it files with the UK or EEA state, is unchanged (<a href="https://www.jerseyfsc.org/industry/codes-of-practice/alternative-investment-funds-code-of-practice-eu-eea-regime/">JFSC — AIF Code of Practice, EU/EEA regime</a> · <a href="https://www.jerseyfsc.org/industry/sectors/funds/alternative-investment-fund-managers-directive-aifmd-faqs/">JFSC — AIFMD FAQs</a>).]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: the AIFMD II loan-origination regime applies, and it reaches both wrappers alike. Directive (EU) 2024/927 inserts into D</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-04-16-e5b1269d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[the AIFMD II loan-origination regime applies, and it reaches both wrappers alike. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/927/oj/eng">Directive (EU) 2024/927</a> inserts into <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">Directive 2011/61/EU</a> a <strong>20% of capital</strong> cap on loans originated to a single borrower that is a financial undertaking, an AIF or a UCITS (Art. 15(4a)), to apply by a date no later than <strong>24 months from first subscription</strong> and suspended for up to 12 months on a capital increase or reduction (Art. 15(4c)); leverage caps on a <strong>loan-originating AIF</strong> of <strong>175%</strong> open-ended and <strong>300%</strong> closed-ended, on the commitment method over net asset value, with a shareholder-loan carve-out at 150% of capital (Art. 15(4b)); a requirement that a loan-originating AIF be <strong>closed-ended</strong> unless the AIFM demonstrates to its home competent authority that the fund's liquidity risk management system is compatible with its strategy and redemption policy (Art. 16(2a)); <strong>5% risk retention</strong> on each originated loan subsequently transferred (Art. 15(4i)); a prohibition on originating loans with the sole purpose of transferring them (Art. 15(4h)); and bars on lending to the AIFM, its staff, the depositary or delegates (Art. 15(4e)). Art. 15(4a) applies "without prejudice to the thresholds, restrictions and conditions" of Regulation (EU) 2015/760.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: the AIFMD II amendments to the investor-disclosure article apply, reaching both wrappers. Directive (EU) 2024/927, Art. </title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-04-16-7c8e245c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[the AIFMD II amendments to the investor-disclosure article apply, reaching both wrappers. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/927/oj/eng">Directive (EU) 2024/927, Art. 1(11)</a> inserts <strong>Art. 23(1)(ia)</strong> of the AIFMD — a list of the fees, charges and expenses "borne by the AIFM in connection with the operation of the AIF and that are to be directly or indirectly allocated to the AIF" — and adds to Art. 23(4) an annual disclosure of <strong>(e)</strong> "all fees, charges and expenses that were directly or indirectly borne by investors" and <strong>(f)</strong> "any parent undertaking, subsidiary or special purpose vehicle utilised in relation to the AIF's investments". Now in the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0061-20260416">consolidated AIFMD (16 April 2026)</a>.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Jersey: the JFSC&#x27;s Code of Practice for Alternative Investment Funds split into separate EU/EEA and UK versions with eff</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-04-16-e71d4fd2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jersey: the JFSC's Code of Practice for Alternative Investment Funds split into separate EU/EEA and UK versions with effect from this date.]]></description></item><item><title>ELTIF 2.0 vs Luxembourg Part II UCI (and vs ELTIF 1.0) — the retail private-assets comparison: the AIFMD II liquidity-management-tool regime now reaches open-ended funds under both wrappers. Commission Delegated Reg</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eltif-2-vs-part-ii-uci-2026-04-15-15819687</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[the AIFMD II liquidity-management-tool regime now reaches open-ended funds under both wrappers. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2026/465/oj/eng">Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/465</a> (adopted 17 November 2025, OJ 27 February 2026) fixes the characteristics of the Annex V LMTs and <strong>applies from 16 April 2026</strong>, with AIFs constituted before that date given until <strong>16 April 2027</strong>. ESMA's guidelines on LMT selection and calibration (ESMA34-671404336-1364) were published 12 March 2026, and the CSSF applies them by <a href="https://www.cssf.lu/wp-content/uploads/cssf26_910eng.pdf">Circular CSSF 26/910</a> of 15 April 2026 on the same two dates; open-ended Part II UCIs managed by a registered AIFM are recommended, not required, to follow it.]]></description></item><item><title>Where to domicile a private fund — JPF vs Guernsey PIF vs Luxembourg SCSp-RAIF vs Irish ILP, compared: Jersey: the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026 (R&amp;amp;O.19/2026) came into force, amending the Control o</title><link>https://fundregtracker.com/private-fund-domicile-comparison#changelog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">private-fund-domicile-comparison-2026-04-13-fe9ccb47</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jersey: the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026 (R&amp;O.19/2026) came into force, amending the <a href="https://www.jerseylaw.je/laws/current/ro_3943">Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958</a> under which a JPF is consented. Consent ceases to be required for unit trusts and for non-Jersey entities raising money or registering in Jersey unless the entity is an investment fund; a new "retail investor" definition (Article A1) narrows offer and prospectus consent to retail offers; and the "relevant consent" precondition is removed from the PIRS and SPIB exemptions. Investment funds — including JPFs, via the Article 14(6) definition — remain within the consent requirement. Consents granted before this date over the descoped categories cease to have effect. The <a href="https://www.jerseyfsc.org/news-and-events/changes-to-control-of-borrowing-order-to-streamline-regulation/">JFSC</a> states the wider repeal of the framework proceeds in phases and completes in 2027.]]></description></item></channel></rss>