Category Archives: AIFMD
Extra territoriality
At the FSA’s annual Asset Management conference on 25th September, Oliver Lodge pressed US and EU regulators on their justification for imposing extra-territorial regulation. Oliver pointed out that the cost of this strategy was enormous while the benefits were very …
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Developments in AIFMD
It has been difficult not to notice that there is renewed disquiet about AIFMD. As the Level 2 process progresses, so the situation appears to be getting worse. In developing its guidance to the European Commission, ESMA undertook a pretty …
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FSA discusses AIFMD
By now most people will have seen that FSA has published its first step in the process of implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, Discussion Paper 12/1. It would be fair to say that not everyone has found it …
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