Investment managers licensed in terms of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) are required to prepare an annual investor report in respect of each of the European Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”) it manages and for each of the AIFs it markets in an EU or EEA Member State by 30^th June 2015 (presuming that the licence holder’s fiscal year ended 31^st December 2014). 

AIFMs are required to prepare an annual investor report in respect of each of the European AIFs it manages and for each of the AIFs it markets in an EU or EEA Member State by 30^th June 2015

The Annual Report must be submitted to the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) within the aforesaid prescribed deadline and, where applicable, must be made available to the European Regulatory Authority of the home Member State or EEA State of the AIF. Moreover, the Annual Report is to be made available to investors upon request and also distributed to new investors or existing investors making an additional subscription at the time of investment.

The report comprises one of the reporting and disclosure obligations incumbent upon AIFMs in terms of AIFMD

The report comprises one of the reporting and disclosure obligations incumbent upon AIFMs in terms of AIFMD, on the basis of which AIFMs are permitted to market AIFs to EU investors under national private placement regimes.

The contents of the annual report are prescribed in Appendix 13 of Part BIII of the Rules for Investment Services Providers which qualify as AIFMs and broadly comprise the disclosure of certain financial, fund-related and performance information including a report on annual fund-related investment activities, material changes to information already reported under AIFMD and information on the AIFM’s remuneration policies.