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In this latest episode of our podcast series, Let’s talk asset management, Frank Herring and Simon Lovegrove continue their discussion on the EU Retail Investment Strategy and focus this time on ESMA’s and EIOPA’s recent letter which included comments on the value for money proposal.

Listen to the podcast here.

On 13 November 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a letter that it had produced with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) to various EU institutions regarding the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS).

In the letter ESMA / EIOPA note that RIS negotiations took place

On 24 May 2023, the European Commission published its Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), a legislative package intended to empower retail investors to take more informed investment decisions that would better correspond to their investment needs and objectives.

The RIS comprises of a Directive as regards the EU retail investor protection rules. This Omnibus

We have now updated our two guides on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), which has now been in force for some time. Both guides are now in their sixth iteration.

The first guide considers whether the AIFMD marketing passport is working in practice and is a useful tool for managers as