Managed Funds Association
Budget
€1 — €500
EP Access
2
accredited persons
Staff
11
3.4 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
MFA represents the global alternative investment industry and its investors by advocating for public policies that foster efficient, transparent, fair capital markets, and competitive tax and regulatory structures. MFA’s mission is to advance the ability of alternative asset managers to raise capital, invest, and generate returns for their beneficiaries. MFA advocates on behalf of its membership and convenes stakeholders to address global regulatory, operational, and business issues. Member firms help pension plans, university endowments, charitable foundations, and other institutional investors to diversify their investments, manage risk, and generate attractive returns over time. MFA has a global presence with offices in Washington, New York, London, and Brussels, supporting a global policy environment that fosters growth in the alternative asset management industry.
EU Legislative Interests
MFA represents participants in the alternative investment industry and tracks and advocates on their behalf, regulatory and legislative matters and dossiers affecting that industry, including, but not limited to: • Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) • Short Selling Regulation (SSR) • European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) • Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) • Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) • Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR) • Market Abuse Directive (MAD) • Market Abuse Regulation (MAD) • Financial Transaction Tax • Capital Markets Union (CMU) and Savings and Investment Union (SIU) • Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) • Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) • Non-Bank Financial Intermediation (NBFI) • Securitisation Regulation (SECR) • Regulation on Wholesale Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) • Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) • AI Act
Communication Activities
MFA engages in various communication activities related to the development of the SIU and the EU’s capital markets. This includes events, publications, and stakeholder engagements aimed at fostering dialogue on legislative and regulatory developments.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
• European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) which is affiliated with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) https://www.ecmi.eu/ & https://www.ceps.eu/ • MFA supports the work of New Financial (think tank) https://newfinancial.org/ • Third County Network Exchange. Bi-annual meeting of third-country financial services stakeholders. • QED: https://www.qed.eu/
Organisation Members
https://www.mfaalts.org/about-mfa/membership/member-directory/ MFA members are all natural persons. MFA’s website, listed above, includes a list of organizations affiliated with MFA natural person members in our Founders Council, Strategic Partner and Sustaining Member membership classes.
Additional Information
Staff cost – €1,142,989 Outsourced activity cost – €370,462
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.