We are delighted to present the 2025 edition of our award-nominated private funds report, "FundsTrack: Trends in the Private Funds Market." 2024 was yet again an interesting time for private funds. Multiple elections...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The “retailisation” of private funds has been one of the industry’s most significant trends in recent years, with fund managers seeking sources of capital beyond their usual institutional, professional and sophisticated...more
In a challenging fundraising environment, private wealth investors are filling the gap, aided by investment platforms, intermediaries, and evolving legal structures. In recent years, inflationary pressures, interest rate...more
Financial Markets Infrastructure: The Bank of England published a speech by Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, on operational resilience and its expectations of financial market infrastructures...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in December 2023: 21 December - UK / Swiss Regulatory...more
On 1 November 2023, in a welcome development, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published Consultation Paper 155 on the proposed new European Long-Term Investment Funds ("ELTIF") chapter in the Central Bank's...more
Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management...more
Welcome to the January – March 2023 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 under...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced its first authorisation of a Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). We have written about the FCA’s increased focus on continuing access by retail investors to wholesale or...more
Welcome to our January 2023 Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped the...more
Today (25 November 2021) the European Commission (the Commission) released the results of its evaluation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) which forms part of a Capital Markets Union legislative...more
EU cross-border distribution of funds: ESMA guidelines on marketing communications - Following its consultation in November 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on...more
EU ELTIF Regulation review: ESMA letter highlights areas for review - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a letter it has sent to the European Commission highlighting the areas where it...more
ELTIF Regulation review: European Commission consults on inception impact assessment - The European Commission has published for consultation an inception impact assessment relating to its review of the Regulation on...more
HM Treasury has published a draft version of the Long-term Investment Funds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. The draft Regulations correct deficiencies in the directly applicable European Long-term Investment Funds...more
On 2 April 2016, Solvency II was amended (by Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/467) to: - Include a new asset class: qualifying infrastructure investments...more