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ESMA’s Cunning Plan
Those who have whiled away a covid summer afternoon enjoying ESMA’s note to the European Commission on improvements to AIFMD ( esma_letter_on_aifmd_review ), will have formed the vaguest suspicion that despite its noises about Wirecard, it is really Woodford that …
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Property Funds on Notice
Deferred gratification is always said to be the best. So, it is good of FCA to propose it. Except that that should say ‘impose it’, particularly if you hold units in authorised property funds. The Woodford legacy just keeps on …
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Tagged in: competition, Consultation, CP20/15, FCA, FIIA, FPIP, Funds, investment, Notice, Property, Redemption, Suspension, Unit, Unitholder
Good to see the Investment Association talking publicly (FT 27th July) about developing a new improved version of UCITS for funds domiciled in the UK. We at OWL have been promoting the concept for many months and hope to see …
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