The Preferred Return Podcast | AIFMD II – Implementation Begins
Investment Management Update - January 2015
Private credit funds have ballooned across the industry to bridge the funding gap which followed the great financial crisis and the resulting regulation of traditional financial institutions. The maturing private credit...more
Following our September 2024 Alert “Liquidity Management Under AIFMD2: RTS for Open-Ended Funds,” the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now published Final Reports for “Guidelines on LMTs of UCITS and...more
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and the private markets industry has certainly responded to a period of intense fundraising turbulence with creativity and ingenuity. Capital raised for traditional co-mingled...more
Looking to establish an investment management firm in the Channel Islands? This guide, the second in our series, sets out the key steps and considerations for setting up your business in Jersey - a world-class financial...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) relating to liquidity management tools (LMTs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...more
AIFMD II introduces substantial changes to the EU-wide regulatory framework for alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”) that was established under AIFMD. The changes cover a wide range of areas but will have a...more
On 15 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published draft regulatory technical standards (the “Draft RTS”) and final guidelines (the “Guidelines”) on Liquidity Management Tools (“LMTs”), as...more
On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury published a consultation exploring whether the UK Government should simplify the regulatory framework for alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”) in the UK (the “Consultation”). At the same...more
On 15 April 2024, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive II (AIFMD II) as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, the provision of depositary and custody services and...more
In our recent alert “Properly Valuing Private Equity, Venture, Real Estate, and Other Private Market Assets: Some Pointers for UK and EU Managers”, we discussed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) focus on fund...more
The proposals aim to make the UK regime more proportionate and suggest different rules applying to hedge funds, venture capital firms, and private equity houses. On 7 April 2025, the FCA published a Call for Input, and HM...more
On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury published a consultation to overhaul the UK Alternative Investment Fund Managers regime. That same day, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a call for input outlining its intended...more
On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury published a consultation to overhaul the regulation of Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMs“) in the United Kingdom (“Consultation“). The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA“) has published...more
The Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) regime was established in Luxembourg by the Law of 13 February 2007 (the “SIF Law”). The SIF regime’s purpose was to offer great flexibility on investment scope while structuring and...more
In our recent alert “New Year, Similar Concerns: The FCA’s 2025 Priorities for UK Private Fund Managers,” we discussed the updated supervisory strategy and priorities which the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has for...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards on open-ended loan originating Alternative Investment Funds under the revised Alternative Investment...more
The amendments to the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD II") were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 26 March 2024, and came into force on 15 April 2024. As part of our Great...more
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
On this episode of “The Preferred Return,” co-hosts Greg Norman and Abigail Reeves look at the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, particularly updates to the EU legislation, which are the most significant to...more
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
The AIFMD contains numerous ongoing obligations that apply to sponsors and funds long after fundraising has completed. As part of our AIFMD refresher series, this article summarises one of the key AIFMD ongoing requirements...more
The AIFMD contains numerous ongoing obligations that apply to sponsors and funds long after fundraising has completed. As part of our AIFMD refresher series, this article summarizes one of the key AIFMD ongoing requirements...more
Non-European fund managers which have registered funds for marketing in Finland under the Finnish national private placement regime (implementing A.42 of the AIFMD), will be required to complete periodic reporting to the...more