Credit Funds Regulation in the EU and the Debate on NPLS and AMCS
Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor of Financial Markets Law, Law Department , University Luigi Bocconi , Milan. Co-Director Rules Unit – BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking, Finance and Regulation- Academic Member – European Banking Institute, Frankfurt. Ph.D. in Corporate Law, Bocconi University. Master’s Degree and Professor in Musicology, Università degli Studi di Milano . Italy
Abstract
In the current EU legislative framework for investment funds – UCITS Directive and AIFMD – credit funds have rightly been singled out as something quite unique. In fact, they stand at the crossroads of capital markets’ and credit institutions’ regulations, playing a role of both an investor in a particular asset class, and of a credit facility provider. They may also effectively perform other functions, such as those of securitization vehicles, or comparable to Asset Management Companies (“AMCs”) for the management and processing of non-performing loans. They are, therefore, hybrid creatures, difficult to regulate and, sometimes, to understand. This is due not only to the absence of any specific product regulation in the context of the AIFMD, but also to the uncertainties surrounding the notion of “credit” and “credit granting” in EU law. Within the EU, legislation on credit funds developed, until now, in a haphazard manner. Absent a clear reference scheme, the result is unsatisfactory, and far from being able to integrate EU Markets in this respect. Further, more robust harmonization is therefore needed in this area, now more than ever in the context of the debate on the effects of the pandemic and the management of NPLs. The paper aims to provide sufficient evidence to support these assumptions, also taking into account the lively debate on the role of Asset Management Companies and the development of an efficient secondary market for loans in the EU.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Law,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
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