On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines).
As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more
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The text of the Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) (AIFMD II) was published on 26 March 2024 and will enter into force on 15 April 2024.
AIFMD II introduces, among other changes,...more
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In the current global economic climate, continuation funds provide an attractive alternative exit opportunity for real estate fund managers looking to create liquidity for investors in their funds.
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Pursuant to a requirement to do so under the Regulation on the cross-border distribution of funds (2019/1156) (CBDF Regulation), on 27 May 2021, ESMA published its final report on the Guidelines on Marketing Communications...more
The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting government lockdowns have brought intense volatility both to financial markets and the real economy, and a sharp return of challenges that confronted asset managers in the Global Financial...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the Terms of Reference for its asset management market study on 18 November 2015. The study follows a wider review of competition in the wholesale sector launched in July 2014....more