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Carried interest in the UK: The new average holding period (AHP) condition for credit funds

The UK tax regime for carried interest is being substantially revised from April 2026. This Alert focuses on one particular aspect: the changes to how credit funds should calculate the average holding period (AHP) of their...more

Haynes Boone

Fund Finance Insights: Prevalence of Concentration Limit Holidays

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Introduction - Concentration limits are a familiar risk-management tool for lenders in subscription line facilities. By capping the amount of borrowing base credit that can be attributed to any single investor or group of...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Luxembourg: Explaining the New Carried Interest Tax Regime

On 24 July 2025, the Luxembourg government introduced Bill No. 8590 (the Bill), which proposes a new competitive carried interest tax regime with the stated objectives being: to create a legal framework that fosters the...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

LP-led Fund Secondaries – What You Need to Know

Fund secondaries transactions have grown enormously over the last 20 years or so. Recently, funds have been under pressure to return capital to investors in the context of a range of market constraints on traditional exit...more

Carey Olsen

Guernsey funds – special considerations for US managers

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Guernsey, located in the English Channel, is one of the world’s largest offshore finance centres, with a thriving funds industry. The value of funds under management and administration in Guernsey is US$532bn. Guernsey is an...more

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Convergence and Flexibility: LP Clawback Provisions in Private Funds

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A majority of private fund managers set the clawback limit at 25%, but they calculate the clawback differently depending on fund type. Limited partner (LP) clawback provisions enable fund managers to call back previously...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FUNDamentals — June 2025

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FUNDamentals is a periodic digest of news and information specifically for private funds and their managers. In this issue, we highlight some fundraising trends, new marketing rule FAQs, fund liquidity trends (limited...more

White & Case LLP

Margin loans come to private markets

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At a time when sponsors are holding onto assets longer than expected, margin loans in private markets are providing a valuable channel of liquidity- Drawn out hold periods and low exit volumes have put liquidity at a...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The One Big Beautiful Bill: Initial Analysis of Key Provisions for Investment Funds and Sponsors

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Tax Bill). The Tax Bill proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that...more

Conyers

Conyers Investment Funds Report | Q1 2025

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This inaugural edition of the Conyers Investment Funds Report presents a variety of updates and insights relevant to the investment funds space in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda. The report provides...more

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Gaining Access to UK Pension Investors: Key Questions for Private Fund Managers

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We have written about the opportunities for the managers of private funds, such as private equity, real estate, venture, and infrastructure managers, to increase the investor base for the funds they manage (funds) to include...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Update: SEC Approves Additional Flexibility for Co-Investment Relief for BDCs and Closed-End Funds that Previously Obtained...

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On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued an order granting Franklin Square's ("FS") exemptive relief application (the "FS Application") permitting certain business development companies...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Emerging Manager Spotlight: Josh Koplewicz of Thayer Street Partners

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The interview below is part of a series from the McGuireWoods Emerging Manager Program featuring impressive emerging managers. The McGuireWoods Emerging Manager Program supports emerging managers throughout the most critical...more

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Net asset value finance gains ground with infrastructure managers

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The increase in the use of fund finance by private equity is carrying over into the infrastructure fund space, with managers using net asset value and back-leverage facilities to unlock liquidity for investors and portfolio...more

Walkers

Changes in fundraising trends: Considerations for Guernsey funds

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Fundraising in the global investment space has undergone a significant shift in recent years driven by a range of factors, among them: evolving investor preferences as new generations of investors come through, technological...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Key Person, Key Risk, May 2025 - A Key Person Will Never Walk Alone . . .

For those that are not aware, Liverpool Football Club have now officially won their record equalling 20th English league football title. For the benefit of non-fans of association football or soccer (“soccer” of course...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

How to Grow AUM in a Challenging Fundraising Market

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Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and the private markets industry has certainly responded to a period of intense fundraising turbulence with creativity and ingenuity. Capital raised for traditional co-mingled...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCA Report on Private Asset Valuations

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA’s) report, which sets out its findings and feedback from its Private Market Valuation Review (PMVR) includes a number of practical action points for firms regarding their private assets...more

Conyers

Attention! Know the Regulatory Obligations of Your Cayman Closed-Ended Fund (UPDATED)

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The Cayman Islands is a pre-eminent offshore funds jurisdiction. In fact, with just over 30,000 registered funds as at 30 March 2025, over 17,000 of which are closed-ended funds, Cayman accounts for around 68% of funds set up...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Don’t Go Chasing Simple Waterfalls: Understanding Investment Return Structures

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Waterfalls in private equity and venture capital dictate how investment returns are distributed among stakeholders. These structures determine who gets paid, in what order, and under what conditions. While all waterfalls aim...more

K&L Gates LLP

Europe: UK’s FCA Intensifies Scrutiny on Private Markets Valuations

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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. This review follows the highlighting of vulnerabilities in private markets stemming,...more

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Great Fund Insights: Co-Investing 101: shared risk, shared reward

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A challenging fundraising environment, the rise in M&A activity and the capital requirements necessary to bridge funding gaps are key developments which have led fund managers to increase their offering of co-investment...more

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Potentially significant changes expected for UK fund managers

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On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury published a consultation exploring whether the UK Government should simplify the regulatory framework for alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”) in the UK (the “Consultation”). At the same...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham Texas Private Funds Breakfast Series Introduction to Continuation Fund Transactions

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This winter, Latham’s Investment Funds Practice delivered an in-depth exploration of continuation fund transactions, offering strategic insights and practical guidance in the latest installment of the Texas Private Funds...more

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FCA and HM Treasury Consult on Proposals to Reform UK AIFMs Regulation

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The proposals aim to make the UK regime more proportionate and suggest different rules applying to hedge funds, venture capital firms, and private equity houses. On 7 April 2025, the FCA published a Call for Input, and HM...more

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