Commission highlights key AIFMD II changes during online event

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Friday hosted an online event to Alternative Investments Funds Managers (AIFMs).

The event focused on the technical and regulatory aspects of AIFMD reporting, allowing the commission to highlight some key changes that will come into force in 2026, with the introduction of AIFMD II.

The meeting, hosted by Panikkos Vakkou, Vice Chair of CySEC, alongside staff from CySEC’s Supervision and IT Departments, featured presentations that explored both the technical and regulatory aspects of AIFMD Reporting while offering practical insights into its application.

“The monitoring of AIFMD Reporting obligation is among the key supervisory priorities of CySEC and high-quality data is an essential component of effective supervision which creates safe and effective markets,” the commission said.

On his part, Vakkou explained that “the aim of today’s presentations was to provide AIFMs with a clear understanding that the accurate, complete, consistent and timely reporting of data plays an important role in enabling CySEC to effectively monitor financial markets and prevent systemic risk and market disruption”.

“AIFMs were reminded that failure to comply with their AIFMD reporting obligations would result in enforcement action,” CySEC’s announcement concluded.