On June 8, 2016, ESMA published a final report containing draft RTS supplementing the Regulation on European Long-Term Investment Funds. The draft RTS set out the criteria to establish the circumstances in which the use of financial derivative instruments solely serves hedging purposes. The criteria are based on those set out in the CESR guidelines on Risk Management and the Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Credit Risk for Undertakings in Collective Transferable Securities on risk measurements. The draft RTS also outlines the circumstances in which the life of an ELTIF is considered sufficient in length. The "life" should be determined with reference to the individual asset within the ELTIF portfolio which has the longest investment horizon. Additionally, the draft RTS provides criteria for certain elements of the itemized schedule for the orderly disposal of the ELTIF assets, costs disclosure and outlines the facilities available to investors. ESMA has submitted the additional final draft RTS to the European Commission for endorsement.
The draft RTS are available at: https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/2016-935_final_report_on_eltif_rts.pdf .
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