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Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: New Rules Ease the US-UK Divide

In our previous alert, Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: Will the FCA’s Third Way Ease the US-UK Divide?, we discussed the consultation issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on proposed rules on payment...more

Loan Origination Under AIFMD2: A Guide

The revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD2) introduces new requirements for funds managed by EU-based alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) that originate loans. Most of the requirements...more

Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: Will the FCA’s Third Way Ease the US-UK Divide?

On 10 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Consultation Paper on payment optionality for investment research (CP24/7). CP24/7 followed the UK Investment Research Review, in which recommendations were...more

End of the Beginning: AIFMD II’s Final Text

In our previous alert AIFMD II (Near) Final Text Agreed: What’s New? and in our recent update in our Horizon Scan, we noted that the Council of the European Union (EU) had published the final compromise amending text setting...more

The FCA’s Final Rules For LTAFs: Distribution To Mass Market Retail Investors

Following its August 2022 consultation on the broader retail distribution of interests in a Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF), the FCA published its Policy Statement PS23/7 including final Handbook rules on 29 June 2023....more

European Commission Outlines Proposals For AIFMD 2

As the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) was being developed prior to 2011, there were serious concerns across the funds industry that it might force managers to set up their funds offshore to avoid the...more

The Cross Border Distribution of Funds Directive – Practical Issues Arising From Implementation Across the EU

The purpose of this Client Alert is to consider some practical issues for managers when undertaking pre-marketing activities in the European Union following the implementation of the Cross Border Distribution of Funds...more

Senior Managers and Certification Regime: Implications for Fund Managers

The UK Government and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have decided to replace the existing Approved Persons Regime with a new Senior Managers and Certification Regime. This will have significant implications for all UK...more

REITs and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive throughout the European Union may have implications for REITs in the United States if they are determined to be alternative investment funds or “AIFs”....more

Cross-Border EU Financial Services – a Guide for non-EU Firms

With all the discussion over the past couple of years on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and, in particular, marketing to investors in the European Union, less attention has been paid to the regulation of...more

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive One Year On – A Guide for Non-EU Managers

It has now been a full year since US and other non-EU managers of private funds became subject to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive when seeking to market or sell funds in countries in the European Union. The...more

FCA Issues Final Remuneration Guidance for AIF Managers

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s new guidance on AIFMD remuneration requirements has now provided some clarity for EU and non-EU managers, including relief from many of the requirements for small UK managers....more

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive – Status Update of Implementation Throughout Europe

EU Member States were obliged to implement the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive into their laws by this past July. As we have reported previously, most of the major countries for fund investors have published...more

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