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Further Reform for UK Private Fund Managers: The Government’s Road Map for Growth in Financial Services

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On 15 July 2025, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her Mansion House 2025 speech unveiling the Leeds Reforms, a programme for financial services reforms to drive investment and growth in the sector....more

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ESMA publishes technical advice on eligible assets for UCITS

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (EAD) accompanied by a press release. The EAD...more

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UK Government publishes 10-year industrial strategy plan

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The UK Government has published a policy paper outlining its industrial strategy. The strategy centres around eight priority sectors (the IS-8), including financial services. The UK government's ambition is to establish the...more

Morgan Lewis

Japan Continues to Relax Registration Requirements – Simplified Type 1 FIBO Registration

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Japanese regulators have been significantly amending the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), similar to other jurisdictions seeking to innovate and relax regulatory requirements in order to help spur economic...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States: The Great SEC Spring Clean Up–14 Proposals Wiped Away

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Spring is a time of renewal, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)–under its new chairman, Paul Atkins–has shown that. On 12 June 2025, the SEC withdrew 14 proposed rules impacting funds and asset managers,...more

Mayer Brown

UK Regulatory Update - Asset Management Sector - Quarterly Newsletter Q1 2025

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Mayer Brown’s UK Regulatory Update is a quarterly newsletter for the asset management sector. In this edition, covering Q1 2025, we look at consultations relating to the UK AIFMD framework, reporting and notification...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

FCA Extends Investment Research Payment Optionality to Fund Managers

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Last month the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its final rules related to the application of investment research payment optionality to fund managers. This move follows its consultation paper late last year which...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Certainty and Uncertainty, May 2025 - Final UK Rules on Options for Fund Managers’ Payment for Investment Research

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its final Policy Statement on Investment research payment optionality for fund managers (PS25/4) (see here for our note on PS25/4’s preceding Consultation Paper). The...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

FCA Pauses SDR Extension to Portfolio Managers Due to Industry Concerns

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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a consultation in April 2024 to explore whether the existing Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) framework – introduced for asset managers in November 2023 – should...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Government Targets Reform of the Investment Manager Exemption

On 28 April 2025, the UK government published draft legislative amendments to: - Align the UK’s domestic tax rules on permanent establishments (PE) with the 2017 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Liberalizes Co-investment Relief for Registered Funds and BDCs

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Our Investment Funds Team reviews a development from the Securities and Exchange Commission that paves the way for private funds to launch interval funds and business development companies (BDCs) that operate as co-investment...more

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Impact of Permanent Establishment Reform for Credit Funds

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On 28 April, the UK Government produced draft legislation for consultation as the latest step in the reform of UK rules on transfer pricing, permanent establishments and diverted profits tax. From an asset management...more

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Central Bank UCITS Q&A – 42nd Edition

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On 17 April 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland published its latest UCITS Q&A (42nd Edition). The Q&A contains its updated policy position regarding portfolio transparency requirements for exchange traded funds ("ETFs")...more

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Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Report: Asset Management and Investment Funds January - March 2025

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Welcome to the January - March 2025 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

HM Treasury and FCA Proposals to Reform Regulation of UK AIFMs

On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation (Consultation) on the reform of the UK regulatory regime for alternative investment funds (AIFs) and their managers, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs[CM1]...more

A&O Shearman

Great Fund Insights: ELTIF Regulation: consolidated text including ELTIF 2.0

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The ELTIF-RTS, the final piece of the puzzle for the ELTIF framework, have been published in the Official Journal on October 25, 2024 and entered into force on October 26, 2024. This marks the end of a long and complex...more

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Great Fund Insights: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names: Tell me your fund name, I’ll tell you your fund strategy

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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

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2024

To understand the litigation and regulatory risks that are coming in 2024 for private capital, it is helpful to look back briefly on recent events. Arguably, the single most important event over the last 18 months was the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Political Agreement Reached on Proposed Directive Amending Both AIFM and UCITS Directives

On 20 July 2023, the Council of the EU announced that it has reached political agreement with the European Parliament on the proposed Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) and the...more

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FCA Seeks to Reform UK Asset Management Sector

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FCA publishes final report in its asset management market study and announces package of remedies. The FCA published the final report in its asset management market study on 28 June 2017. The terms of reference for the...more

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