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A&M’s Taxand team makes senior hire

Rhys Owen joins Alvarez & Marsal’s fund taxation practice from EY

Advice: Cash issue

Significant tax changes will affect how partners in the UK are taxed, including members of LLPs, warns CM Murray partner Corinne Staves

Comment: Antitrust in me

Merger enforcers turn up the heat on private equity: what can you do to stay cool?

TMF Group acquires PartnersAdmin

Fund admin aims to expand presence in North America

Morgan Lewis opens second Germany office

The office will be launched by three partners – Florian Harder, Florian Ziegler and Jann Jetter

5 minutes with… Steven Petersen, co-founder of Stavtar Solutions

The Drawdown gets to grips with the ‘universe of software solutions’ Stavtar offers to complex businesses

Profile: Louise Denning, Montagu

The CFO discusses her remit and operational governance

Sun, sea and… startups!

The Spanish Startup Act aims to boost growth in the startup ecosystem with enticing tax relief for GPs

Talos partners with Formidium

The partnership combines fund administration services with digital asset trading strategies

Edinburgh reforms cement UK financial divergence

The Chancellor of the Exchequer revealed more than 30 regulatory reforms to the UK financial industry to drive competitiveness and growth

Comment: Known or knowable? It depends

Nic Müller, CEO of Avega Capital Management, looks at a recent clarification to the IPEV guidelines, and hopes greater harmonisation is coming

“QAHC, QAHC!”

The Qualifying Asset Holding Company regime is set to close the gap between the UK and other fund domiciles

Ireland makes tax changes

The Finance Bill 2022 introduces amendments around reporting, VAT treatment and enforcement for alternative asset managers

Daring to be different

Having enjoyed several years of stellar growth, have Asian fund managers done enough to ensure their firms are operating in a robust enough manner to weather the gathering global macroeconomic storm?

Legal lowdown: Michael Halford, Goodwin

The partner, co-chair of global private investment funds discusses recent client challenges, thoughts on the FCA’s new AR rules and what he makes of PE’s reputation

House of Lords slams PE for “financial engineering and tax avoidance”

Lord Sikka pointed to private equity fund and deal structures in Switzerland, Jersey and the Caribbean, created for the purpose of “asset stripping, profit shifting and tax avoidance”

Legal lowdown: Sam Kay, Travers Smith

Partner and head of investment funds discusses PE’s evolution since 1998, the importance of carry, along with the challenges of labelling funds in relation to SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation

Grant Thornton promotes Killer to partner

Martin Killer joined the firm in March 2018 as tax director

Domicile watch: May 2022

Key takeaways from the major PE domiciles: including JFSC’s fee increases, Jersey’s amendment to its Limited Partnership Law and GFSC joining TNFD

Legal lowdown: James Oussedik, Sidley Austin

To kick off our legal insights series, James Oussedik, investment funds partner at Sidley Austin discussed his thoughts on AIFMD II and fund domiciliation challenges

In the dog house

How effective are financial regulators when it comes to keeping private equity in check?

The pendulum has swung

The recent noise coming from the SEC is largely measured and unsurprising; as the asset class matures of course it should adhere to stricter oversight

ATAD 3: How will private equity measure up?

Andrew Howard, Ropes & Gray tax partner, outlines his thoughts on the likely impacts on private equity of the ‘ATAD 3’ EC proposal, designed to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes

Kirkland & Ellis appoints Cox

Alexander Cox joins K&E's tax practice from Ashurst

Comment: New tax regime for UK asset holding companies

Ropes & Gray partner Brenda Coleman and associate Tim Waters detail the latest development for the UK funds industry

Fund domiciles in 2021: UK

Key facts and figures relating to why the UK is an emerging domicile

Fund domiciles in 2021: Malta & Cyprus

Key facts and figures relating to why Malta and Cyprus are domiciles of choice for small and emerging managers

Fund domiciles in 2021: Cayman Islands

Key facts and figures relating to why Cayman Islands is a well-regarded domicile

Fund domiciles in 2021: Guernsey

Key facts and figures relating to why Guernsey is considered a highly innovative domicile

Fund domiciles in 2021: Jersey

Key facts and figures relating to why Jersey is a fast and flexible domicile

Fund domiciles in 2021: The Netherlands

The Netherlands is an important centre for pension funds and offers a light regime for smaller GPs

Fund domiciles in 2021: Ireland

Ireland is a domicile to watch thanks to its recent Investment Limited Partnerships reform

Fund domiciles in 2021: Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a tried and tested domicile, popular with LPs, but concerns are mounting over skills and talent levels

Shifting sands: the domicile dichotomy

On the surface, selecting a fund domicile is largely about catering to investor needs, however, just as the private capital fund space is ever-changing, fund jurisdictions are ever-evolving and appearances can be deceiving

Taxation of partners: Changes expected

Alex Conway of Crowe UK details expected changes as to how partners will be taxed following the government’s current consultation

Domicile watch: July 2021

Key takeaways from the major PE domiciles: including Denmark's ranking as most business-friendly domicile, increased fund fees for Jersey and Guernsey's proposal for increasing fees

LPs increasingly concerned by tax and regulatory changes

43% of LPs identified regulatory changes as the greatest risk to PE returns

Profile: Magdalena Pasecka, Innova Capital

The partner and CFO discusses her reasons for leaving and returning to Innova, operational challenges of CEE-funds as well as why being a woman in PE is an advantage

Deeper Perspective: The UK Funds Regime

Benjamin Lamping, founder of Reframe Capital asks: Are we at risk of missing a potential watershed moment for the UK funds industry, and a genuine post-Brexit opportunity?

Luxembourg Government and ALFI respond to OpenLux investigations

Statements defend the Grand Duchy’s regulatory standards following the OpenLux investigations, which claimed Luxembourg uses flawed AML frameworks

Private equity and the trade and cooperation agreement

Brexit has shifted from political to economic, causing widespread disruption for private equity, writes Denzil Davidson of Global Counsel

Profile: Jasi Halai, 3i

The group financial controller & operating officer discusses working within the finance dept of a listed firm, leading system implementations and transformations as well as her role in the firm's committees

The conversation: Trends in 2021 and beyond

InCloudCounsel founder and CEO Troy Pospisil examines patterns established in 2020 and how they will impact the next few years in private capital markets

Class of 2020

A cross-section of industry practitioners share their greatest lessons of this year

BVCA launches Capital Gains Tax committee

Committee has been created in response to the UK Government’s ongoing tax investigation that has prompted fears of a CGT hike

LISTEN: InCloudCounsel’s Pospisil on document abstraction

Alice Murray talks to Troy Pospisil, founder and CEO of InCloudCounsel about what it is, how it works and how it supports private equity legal teams, as well as the wider organization.

2020 in review: Regulatory complexity

A look back at the regulatory transformation around the AIFMD in the private equity market in 2020

LISTEN: InCloudCounsel’s Pospisil on private equity roots

In the first instalment of our mini podcast series, Alice Murray talks to Troy Pospisil, founder and CEO of InCloudCounsel about the company’s origins: what drove him to set up the firm and how it has developed over the past seven years.

No place like home: finding the right fund domicile

Predictability, reliability and quality are key components, according to our expert panel

CGT looks set to increase

The OTS report recommends the government should consider "taxing more of the share-based rewards arising from employment... at income rates"

DAC6: what it means for LPs

Natalie Psaila, counsel in the London Tax Group at Hogan Lovells, details the circumstances in which the DAC6 rules are most likely to be relevant to investors in private equity funds

BEPS 2.0 up for public consultation

The blueprints for the approach reflect convergent views on key policy features, principles and parameters for a future agreement

WATCH: No place like home: finding the right fund domicile

Predictability, reliability and quality are key components, according to our expert panel

Cayman Islands removed from EU blacklist

The domicile adopted necessary reforms to its tax policy framework on collective investment funds in September

Ocorian acquires Newgate Compliance

The deal furthers Ocorian's service offering to asset managers operating in the regulated UK market.

Rochford launches in the UK

Treasury management provider Rochford Capital expands from Australian roots to the UK

KPMG Luxembourg names new sector leads

Chrystelle Veeckmans is head of asset management and Christophe Diricks is head of alternative investments

Comment: Cross-border marketing of funds

Richard Small, partner of Addleshaw Goddard, deciphers increasing complexities around crossborder marketing rules

Private Equity Service Provider Awards: Shortlist Announced

Announcing the finalists for the 2020 Private Equity Service Provider Awards

DAC 6 tax reporting regime sparks debate

The legislation requires certain cross-border arrangements to be reported to tax authorities by taxpayers and/or their advisers