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ARTICLE · 17 JULY 2025

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update - July 2025

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The following are key dates and deadlines in Q3 / Q4 2025 along with possible impacts and action items arising for fund managers.

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Key Dates & Deadlines: Q3 / Q4 2025

The following are key dates and deadlines in Q3 / Q4 2025 along with possible impacts and action items arising for fund managers.

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UCITS eligible assets review: ESMA final report

ESMA released a final report on 26 June 2025 following its review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (UCITS EAD). The report contains assessment of the feedback from respondents to the consultation process and suggested legislative changes to the UCITS Directive and the UCITS EAD. ESMA will now work with the European Commission in its review of the UCITS EAD.

Summary of key proposals

ESMA has proposed a look-through approach in the determination of eligible assets for UCITS. ESMA also proposes to permit some level of flexibility to gain limited indirect exposures (up to 10%) to alternative assets with a view to improving risk diversification and generating returns from uncorrelated asset classes. No additions are proposed to the list

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