Compliance and regulatory firm Lawson Conner has added XIO Group to its stable of private equity clients. XIO (UK) LLP will operate as an onshore investment adviser, helping to support XIO Groups global private equity funds. The UK entity is responsible for identifying opportunities in Western Europe and North
Kavitha Ramachandran (pictured), Senior Manager, Business Development and Client Management at Maitland, comments on the adoption the RAIF law in Luxembourg… The launch of the RAIF is a very welcome development for the alternatives industry, and represents an important milestone in terms of the ‘bedding in’ of the new AIFMD
Over the years, Ireland has built out its financial services industry to become Europe's de facto onshore alternative funds domicile. Up until March 2015, the most popular legal entity was the Irish Plc, also known as a Part XIII Company. This has since been superceded by the hugely popular Irish
Although it might not necessarily be top-of-mind for a start-up manager, if they are serious about building a proper business then establishing a culture of compliance from the get-go is important. A new hedge fund manager that is not required to register with the SEC "doesn't necessarily need to have
US hedge fund managers face significant regulatory requirements, which this chapter cannot possibly cover in detail. But there are a few key areas of particular import, which shall be summarised below. In addition, this chapter will highlight some of the key considerations for implementing a compliance manual; a must-do task
Planning a hedge fund launch is a serious business. People need to decide whether they are truly ready, both financially and mentally, and be confident in their investment strategy. This may sound trite but all too often start-ups rush to get a hedge fund in place without clearly thinking everything
When embarking on any new business, it's important that one not only engages professionals with deep industry knowledge but also commercial knowledge to support the various stages of business growth. For anyone establishing a hedge fund, their needs are going to change as their business evolves from launch to maturity.
The two key questions that will drive fund structuring decisions are: Where is the money coming from and what do you want to do with it? This will determine whether the start-up manager launches a domestic Delaware LP structure, which might be the case if his investors will only be
Oligo Swiss Fund Services received its license from the Swiss authorities 13 months ago to provide Swiss legal representative services and has already onboarded more than 200 funds registered for distribution to Swiss qualified investors. These include offshore hedge funds, UCITS-compliant hedge funds and private equity funds. "Our team has
It is now one year in to the Swiss Collective Investment Scheme Act (CISA) and overall impressions appear to be that it has been a success. One particular aspect of CISA, namely the requirement for alternative fund managers marketing their funds in Switzerland to "unregulated qualified investors" (eg pension funds,
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