The revised Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD2) introduces new requirements for funds managed by EU-based alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) that originate loans.
Most of the requirements...more
In our previous alert AIFMD II (Near) Final Text Agreed: What’s New? and in our recent update in our Horizon Scan, we noted that the Council of the European Union (EU) had published the final compromise amending text setting...more
2/14/2024
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Amended Regulation ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Member State ,
Portfolio Managers ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
UCITS
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted new rules for private fund managers, which we covered in our alert SEC Adopts Expansive (Albeit Slightly Softened) Private Funds Rules.
The new rules include...more
Welcome to the second 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 non-listed funds sector. We have grouped...more
5/17/2023
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
International Tax Authority ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID ,
Partnerships ,
Popular ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Tax Authority ,
UK
As the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) was being developed prior to 2011, there were serious concerns across the funds industry that it might force managers to set up their funds offshore to avoid the...more
12/10/2021
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Alternative Investment Funds ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fees ,
Fund Managers ,
Investors ,
Loan Origination Funds ,
Member State ,
Portfolio Managers ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Reporting Requirements
As part of the EU’s strategy on climate change following the Paris Agreement of 2015, a number of EU regulations have been enacted in the past 12 months. From the fund management industry’s point of view, the two most...more
12/3/2020
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EuVECA ,
Financial Adviser ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investors ,
New Regulations ,
Portfolio Managers ,
Sustainability ,
Transparency ,
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