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Direct ownership of crypto-assets or mere exposure to the value of crypto-assets is an investment decision, with both investment methods requiring specific approaches to mitigate and manage risks effectively....more
HM Treasury has published a press release confirming a significant package of measures aimed at making the UK the prime destination for financial services by 2035, referred to as the "Leeds Reforms"...more
On 7 April 2025, the United Kingdom’s HM Treasury opened a consultation (the Consultation) on proposals to streamline the regulatory framework for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). Alongside the Consultation, the...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published information setting out its expectations for firms applying for collective investment schemes to be authorised as authorised unit trusts, authorised contractual schemes...more
Determining “certainty of asset” is a key element of any investment. When an investor takes a minority position as it does in a typical venture or growth capital investment, the approach to ascertaining certainty differs...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has updated its webpage on the Overseas Funds Regime to confirm that it will open the gateway to new schemes on September 30, 2024. From that date, new schemes (schemes not in the Temporary...more
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
On 16 November 2023, the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) released draft measures to address perceived risks in the market for funded reinsurance, which is widely used as part of transactions that shift pension scheme...more
Yesterday, ESMA published a risk analysis report outlining the results of its disclosure study on ESG names and claims in the EU funds industry. ESMA utilised natural language processing ("NLP") techniques to analyse the...more
Following the introduction of a regulatory framework for a new type of authorized open-ended fund called the long-term asset fund, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has opened a consultation on extending the LTAF to more...more
The UK qualifying asset holding company (“QAHC”) tax regime came into force on 1 April 2022. The regime provides a generous relaxation of certain UK tax rules for UK resident investment vehicles meeting certain eligibility...more
UCITS funds: HM Treasury announces extension of PRIIPs exemption - HM Treasury has announced that the current exemption for Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) funds from the...more
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2021 - The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI 2021/566) has been...more
The FCA has launched its consultation (the Consultation), open for feedback until 25 June 2021, on a new category of authorised fund vehicle designed to accommodate investment in illiquid assets, the Long Term Asset Fund...more
Introduction – what are SPACs? A Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or ‘SPAC,’ is a company created with cash only for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses (the UK ‘blank-check company’ is very similar). SPACs...more
Following increased public attention to the global sustainability agenda, investors, public institutions, and companies around the world are increasingly prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) measures as...more
Introduction - On 14 February 2021, Neil Woodford (a high-profile investment manager in the UK) announced his intention to launch a new fund management firm operated out of the UK and Jersey. Woodford’s announcement was...more
On 11 November 2020 the UK Government published its groundbreaking National Security and Investment Bill (Bill). The Bill will drastically expand the Government’s powers to scrutinise investment on national security grounds,...more
Earlier this year the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) released a Delaware-law based Model Limited Partnership Agreement (Model II LPA) for use by private equity fund sponsors wishing to implement a...more
Liquidity mismatch in authorised open-ended property funds: FCA CP20/15 - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting, in CP20/15, on liquidity mismatch in authorised open-ended property funds....more
How often are we going to be hearing about Brexit aftershocks? I’d expect you better get used to it. Today’s edition: two other real estate funds (these run by Aviva ad M&G) have joined Standard Life in freezing withdrawals...more