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Michael Sanders, LRI Invest

LRI Group increases Assets under Management by 20 per cent in 2017

LRI Group, an independent investment services company, has added six new managers to its UCITS Platform, forecasting approximately EUR12 billion in Assets under Management (AuM) in 2017. Markets in 2017 have remained volatile and uncertain due to major changes affecting the institutional and alternative management industry, however LRI Group believes

James Bermingham, Ogier

Luxembourg: Hub of European fund industry

The days of thinking about single jurisdictions are long gone. When structuring a large private equity fund, for example, it is likely going to contain international investors (the US, Europe, Asia) and is, in effect, a commercial deal between all interested parties to draw down the money. The reality is,

Mike Delano, PwC

Luxembourg has the tools to support global distribution ambitions

Luxembourg is one of the world’s leading onshore domiciles where, over the last 30 years, it has become the default option for managers wishing to establish UCITS funds. It is, by size, the world’s second largest fund centre after the US, and, from a funds expertise perspective, offers managers everything

Red Rocks and Carolon to launch UCITS fund focused on listed private equity

Carolon Capital and Red Rocks Capital are planning to launch a UCITS fund with an investment strategy focused on listed private equity. The Red Rocks Global Private Equity UCITS Fund is targeted for launch in late 2014 or early 2015 subject to various regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of

Luxembourg

Fuchs & Associés Group launches Super ManCo

Fuchs & Associés Group has been granted authorisation by the CSSF for Fuchs Asset Management SA, its Luxembourg-based super management company (Super ManCo). Fuchs Asset Management SA, which was created on 10 June 2014, operates in accordance with Luxembourg’s laws on undertakings for collective investment schemes (UCITS) and the Alternative

All companies in La Française Group are now authorised AIFMs

La Française Group has obtained AIFM approval for all its management companies. By capitalising on its experience in the registration of UCITS funds internationally and now its AIFM status, the La Française Group is able to extend its services across Europe.   The following Group management companies have obtained AIFM approval:

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Majority of alt investment managers unprepared for AIFMD, says Alceda

With around a week to go before the deadline for authorisation, some 47 per cent of alternative investment fund managers have still not filed under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD). That’s according to a snapshot survey, commissioned by Alceda and Kepler Partners, which was completed at the end

Luxembourg

Generali launches Luxembourg-based asset management company

Generali has launched a Luxembourg-based asset management company to focus on UCITS and alternative investment vehicles domiciled in Luxembourg. Generali Investments Luxembourg will support the global business activities of Generali Investments Europe, the main asset manager of Generali Group with approximately EUR350 billion of assets under management.   The new

Crestbridge awarded internal AIFM licence

Crestbridge has been granted AIFM licensing by Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) to become a provider of management company services to alternative investment funds. Crestbridge is already authorised to provide services to UCITS funds under Chapter 15 of the law of 17 December 2010, but the process

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