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The Financial Conduct Authority has updated its webpage on the Overseas Funds Regime to confirm that it will open the gateway to new schemes on September 30, 2024. From that date, new schemes (schemes not in the Temporary...more
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As part of its March 2020 Budget, the UK government announced that it would undertake a review of the UK’s funds regime. Since then, the UK government has gone on to publish a series of consultations and documents, committing...more
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We are delighted to share with you the results from our second annual Trends in Private Credit survey. This year’s survey was conducted via web from January 9th to February 9th 2018. In this report, we will share...more