The Preferred Return Podcast | AIFMD II – Implementation Begins
Investment Management Update - January 2015
Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands are two of the world’s leading fund formation jurisdictions, and account for a large portion of the private equity funds domicile market. Most private equity fund structures are comprised of...more
Key Points - The European Commission (“EU Commission”) has published its report on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation which contains the EU Commission’s assessment of a number of key aspects of the...more
The FCA’s Policy Statement published on 25 October 2021 provides feedback to its May 2021 consultation (the Consultation) and sets out the final rules and guidance for the new authorised open-ended fund regime to invest in...more
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - The SFDR is part of a package of measures introduced to implement the EU action plan on sustainable finance which aims to push more capital towards sustainable...more
FCA found instances of non-compliance with the product governance rules which, in its view, increases the risk of investor harm. Background - On 26 February 2021, the FCA published a webpage setting out eight asset...more
What is the law/regulation? As part of a number of regulatory initiatives being implemented in the European Union, under its action plan for financing sustainable growth, proposed amendments to AIFMD and the UCITS Directive...more
From April 2020 depositaries under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) will need to obtain independent legal advice regarding the protections under U.S. insolvency law afforded to the assets under...more
Side letters are an (increasingly) common way of formalising negotiated arrangements between a private fund and an investor. Whilst used more widely in the closed-ended fund context (given the limited withdrawal rights...more
On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more
There has been an increasing focus within Europe on alternatives to bank-based credit. Loan origination funds, which look to source loan assets for their investment portfolio by directly originating loans (rather than...more