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AIFMD Annex IV reporting (AIFMD Art 24)

A regulatory return listed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), European Union.

Article 24 of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) requires AIFMs to report detailed information on the funds they manage, including principal markets and instruments traded, principal exposures, concentrations, illiquid assets, special arrangements, risk profiles and management, stress-testing results, the AIFs managed, and their leverage and sources of leverage, so supervisors can monitor systemic risk from the alternative funds sector. Source

The facts

Who files
Managers that run or market alternative funds (hedge funds, private equity funds and similar vehicles outside the UCITS rules) anywhere in the EU, reporting to their own National Competent Authority rather than to ESMA. ESMA's own role is to write the reporting guidelines: the Annex IV template, the allowed values for each field, and the list of geographical areas firms use when filing. Source
How often
Not restated on the page read (ESMA's 2014 guidelines set the reporting frequency by AIFM and AIF size, not reproduced here); 'rules and guidance on AIFMD reporting' is pointed to from a separate page, which was not independently fetched this session. Source
Deadline
Not stated on the page read. Source
Format
Other. Not confirmed on the page read; Annex IV is described as a reporting template, but no file format (for example XML) is stated on the AIFMD Reporting hub page itself. Source
How it is filed
The format above is what the library records; what could not be verified is on the ESMA's page.
Status
In force
Group
Fund management

Templates (1)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the ESMA's code in brackets.

  • AIFMD Annex IV reporting template (Annex IV)

A single comprehensive reporting template, set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013; its internal tables and fields are not itemised in this library. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No validation rules specific to Annex IV reporting were found on the page read; an AIFMD Data Quality Engagement Framework (DQEF) exists between ESMA and NCAs but is a process framework, not a published rule set. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Not stated on the page read; ESMA's Databases and Registers page covers other AIFMD-related registers (for example authorised ELTIFs), not Annex IV filings. Source

Official documents (1)

The ESMA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

Knowing exactly what is collected, in what format and under which rules is the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.

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Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), https://www.esma.europa.eu. The plain-English summaries are Line4's own; ESMA does not endorse this library.

Last checked 13 November 2026.