AIFMD
16 July 2020
AIFMD evaluation: watch this space
The European Commission’s recent evaluation of the directive leaves the industry unsure as to what will happen next
16 July 2020
Post Brexit rules come to light
The FCA announced replacement rules for investment firms, namely a new prudential regime that may hit PE houses
17 June 2020
European Commission evaluates impact of AIFMD
The survey assessed whether specific rules are considered effective, efficient, coherent and relevant by stakeholders
11 June 2020
Comment: A decade of fund finance in Luxembourg
More competition plus an increasingly complex regulatory environment requires greater sophistication and specific LPA provisions, writes Wildgen's Michael Mbayi
11 June 2020
ESMA outlines plans for fund fees and expenses
The guidance responds to calls for improving convergence across national regulators in their approach to fund costs
5 June 2020
ESMA updates MiFID II compliance guidelines
The final draft replaces the 2012 guidelines and provides more clarity on implementation and supervision of new MiFID II compliance function requirements
30 March 2020
COVID-19: Economic substance adjustments
Could temporary measures drive global consensus on economic substance requirements?
17 March 2020
5 minutes with… Troy Pospisil, InCloudCounsel
InCloudCounsel founder and CEO Troy Pospisil discusses the advantages of digitising legal contracts
16 March 2020
The increasingly public world of private equity
In late January, the IPEM conference in Cannes brought together almost 3,000 delegates, spanning all corners of the industry. The key takeaway was that private equity is an increasingly public affair
16 December 2019
Craic on
Reforms to Ireland’s LP structure will likely be legislated in early 2020, however, after years of promises, what will actually be legislated and will PE care?
16 December 2019
Romania approves New AIF Law
Updated law better aligns Romania with recent EU developments
22 November 2019
AIFMD II: WTF? (What the fund, obvs)
Following a review of the AIFM Directive in 2017, where are we now, what has happened, will there be an AIFMD II?
8 November 2019
Fund structures are so last season
As new waves of regulation continue to hit private equity, managers are quietly shifting to the peaceful waters of deal-by-deal investing
2 August 2019
Standardisation: not the whole story
Aims to improve and create efficiencies for the reporting of fees and expenses are valiant but templates only tell part of the story
22 August 2018
In or out? Tackling back office complexities
AltaReturn whitepaper details new approaches to running the back office
17 August 2018
The enforcers: Autorité des Marchés Financiers
France’s bid for post-Brexit business opens our global series on regulators
17 August 2018
Appetite mounts for standardised performance reporting
Compliance with GIPS rules can be factor in GP searches by consultants, survey shows
20 July 2018
AnaCap’s Edwards on outsourcing and regulations
Final instalment of our discussion with AnaCap COO Michael Edwards explores outsourcing and regs