The Preferred Return Podcast | AIFMD II – Implementation Begins
Investment Management Update - January 2015
The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) data reporting requirements apply to European Union (EU) funds and EU fund managers. UK EMIR imposes reporting requirements on UK funds and UK managers. The reporting...more
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
Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
This note sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed with regard to ESG, LIBOR and Brexit. The paper also...more
Many UK managers are currently questioning the implication of Brexit to the fundraising and management of Luxembourg based funds. In particular, many query whether they may still today launch a new Luxembourg fund and act as...more
This note sets out at a high level the potential impact of the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) exit (“Brexit”) from the European Union (“EU”) without a negotiated agreement on UK and European Economic Area (“EEA”) (a) alternative...more
BREXIT - Draft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 laid before Parliament - On 21 February, a draft version of the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit)...more
In the middle of February 2019, Brexit continues to be debated between Westminster and Brussels, despite the rapidly approaching deadline for the United Kingdom (U.K.) to leave the European Union (EU) on March 29, 2019. With...more
On 29 June 2017, changes to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s rules and guidance on Annex IV reporting under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) will come into effect....more
Currently a non European Economic Area (EEA) Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) which markets a non-EEA feeder fund in the UK only has to report article 24(2) data (which forms part of the Annex IV reporting...more
ESMA Says “No for Now” to Granting Passport Rights to US Fund Managers Under AIFMD: The European Securities and Markets Authority told the European Commission last week that it was premature to grant passport rights to...more
Many non-EU alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) raising non-EU alternative investment funds (AIFs) will accept a European investor on a "reverse solicitation" basis; but they won't "market" into Europe. This is...more
EU Capital Markets Union: FCA Responds to European Commission Green Paper - The FCA published its response to the European Commission's green paper on 27 May 2015 on building a capital markets union (CMU). The FCA...more
Many non-EU fund managers raising a non-EU alternative investment fund will accept a European investor on a "reverse solicitation" basis; but they won't "market" into Europe. This is often because the cost of complying with...more
European investment managers of non-UCITs funds will have to be authorised as an alternative investment fund manager (known as an “AIFM” under AIFMD) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) from 22...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued guidance on the application procedure for modifying the “funds under management” rule. This modification will allow alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) that use...more
Alternative investment fund managers based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who wish to market their alternative investment funds (AIFs) to European investors are rightly concerned about additional restrictions and...more
UK asset managers may have understood that they had until July 2014 to apply to become Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) under the AIFM Directive (AIFMD). However, in a recent statement, the UK Financial Conduct...more
On July 22, the UK law implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) came into force....more
The deadline of 22 July 2013 for EU Member States to transpose the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) into national law is fast approaching....more
On June 28, 2013, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Policy Statement setting out its rules for implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)....more