The ILA Conducting Officer Forum was established over a decade ago and has grown from a small group of Conducting Officers to a large diverse group covering a varied range of IFMs (UCITS Management Companies and AIFMs) including in-house and third party IFMs. The Forum offers the opportunity to share ideas and have an open discussion on industry trends, regulation and evolving best market practice. This creates a good opportunity to network and share ideas with fellow Conducting Officers in an informal manner without minutes or active working groups.

Any topics that may give rise to the need for guidance papers or other publications will be fed into a working group within ILA or one of the other industry associations as is deemed most appropriate. The Forum also works in close collaboration with the ALFI Fund Governance Forum and the ALFI Management Company Committee.

Please find below the agenda for this Forum:  

1. Updates from other industry associations: ALFI, LPEA, ALCO, ALRIM

Updates from industry meetings and regulatory updates

2. Regulatory and Industry update, discussion points

    1. Regulatory reporting & Operational challenge discussion 

• DORA sample questionnaire – CSSF feedback and industry readiness
• FAQ 24/856 

    2. EU Laws and regulations / CSSF Circulars / FAQ 

• FAQ on AML/CFT asset due diligence obligations in accordance with CSSF Regulation No 12-02
• CSSF annual report – key findings
  
• SAQ’s and other questionnaires
• Active ETF’s – input welcome

    3. Additional topics

3. Other topics

    a. Feedback on the forum and potential topics for next Forum 

   b. Date for next meeting: In-person Forum - Thursday, 20 March 2025

    c. AOB

Target audience

For this forum, the target audience is any appointed Conducting & Compliance Officers and/or Responsable du Contrôle du respect des obligations (RCs). 

Should you wish to be on the distribution list for the bi-monthly CO Forum, please send an e-mail to Barbara Azevedo at   ​[email protected] ​ . 

The rules of the Forum foresee that one delegate only for each ManCo or participating entity can be present at the debate in order to have a larger diversity in the group.