The Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority are seeking industry views on proposals to change the regulatory framework for fund managers in the United Kingdom. On 7 April 2025, the Treasury issued a Consultation Paper...more
1. Overview The new rules on the promotion of funds introduced by the new Cross-Border Distribution of Collective Investment Undertakings Directive and Regulation (Cross-Border Distribution of Funds (CBDF) Rules) are due to...more
6/29/2021
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Cross-Border ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Marketing ,
Member State ,
National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR)
The new European Union rules requiring reporting by fund managers of securities financing transactions (SFT) take effect on October 11, 2020. While the scope of the reporting requirements under Article 4 of the Securities...more
1/23/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
EMIR ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Legal Entity Identifiers ,
New Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) ,
SFTR ,
Third Country Entities (TCEs) ,
UCITS
• Individuals that are UK tax resident and non-UK domiciled have the ability until 5 April 2019 to cleanse their mixed overseas funds and accounts.
• Affected individuals should act now to review their position and assess...more
3/30/2018
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Capital Gains ,
Domicile ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Bank Accounts ,
Foreign Tax ,
Fund Managers ,
Income Taxes ,
International Finance ,
Notification Requirements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Remittance Transfer Rule ,
UK
Regulation (EU) 2015/2365, the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), imposes a number of requirements on EU fund managers (see the previous Akin Gump client alert on SFTR, The New Securities Financing...more
Hardwired into the European Union (EU) Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is a mechanism that could enable a non-EU alternative fund manager domiciled outside the EU to become authorised by an EU regulator...more
Last week the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published two papers likely to have a significant impact on the day-to-day operation of investment fund managers in the immediate and medium term....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
The Background -
As part of the Budget 2013, U.K. Treasury announced the U.K.’s investment management strategy. The strategy is aimed at enhancing the U.K.’s position as a global leader in the investment management...more