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
7/15/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UCITS ,
UK
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
Fundraising challenges, higher financing costs, market volatility and an ever-tighter regulatory environment are upping the pressure for M&A among asset managers. Those drivers, however, apply differently depending on which...more
12/15/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Asset Management ,
Banking Sector ,
Buyers ,
Capital Markets ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Investment Funds ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sellers
This memorandum aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current ELTIF regime (see section 2 below) as well as the most salient features of the new ELTIF regime (see section 3 below), including a table showing the...more
The European long-term investment fund (ELTIF) is an EU fund regime that was introduced in 2015 by Regulation (EU) 2015/760 (the ELTIF Regulation) to boost long-term investments through EU alternative investment funds (AIFs)...more
On 25 November, the European Commission published its long awaited AIFMD Review package including a proposal amending the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive on delegation, liquidity risk management, provision of depositary and...more
On Friday 26 March 2021 a joint opinion on the jurisdictional scope of the obligations of the EU Securitisation Regulation1 (EUSR) was published (Joint Opinion, linked here) by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory...more