ESMA toughens transparency standards for funds with multiple share classes

Permits the continuing use of currency hedged classes

Daniel Flynn
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ESMA has proposed that all the differences between share classes of the same fund should be clearly disclosed to investors, as part of a raft of proposals aimed at creating a pan-European transparency standard.

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