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Up to 90 fund managers to be authorised in Ireland before AIFMD deadline

The Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) has noted a significant uptake in applications by fund managers seeking authorisation in Ireland under the new Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). According to information released from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) to the IFIA, applications from 72 fund management firms are

White & Case advises DX on IPO and admission to AIM

Law firm White & Case has advised UK and Ireland logistics operator DX (Group) on the pricing of its initial public offering and admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The associated share placing values DX, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arle Capital Partners Limited

Enhance Group selects Confluence for AIFMD technology solution

Enhance Group, a Jersey-based investment consultancy firm, has selected Unity NXT AIFMD Transparency Reporting from Confluence for its AIFMD transparency reporting requirements. “Considering the highly detailed and complex task of collecting and validating the data, calculating the responses and filing the reports electronically in the specific technical and language requirements

James Williams, Hedgeweek

Understanding the role of the depository under AIFMD

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has many moving parts for alternative investment fund managers to get their heads around. But perhaps one of the most salient issues they face – particularly managers running offshore funds – is the requirement to appoint a depository. The vast majority of hedge

SEC charges Arizona-based private equity fund manager in expense misallocation scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an Arizona-based private equity fund manager and his investment advisory firm for orchestrating a scheme to misallocate their expenses to the funds they manage. The SEC enforcement division alleges that Scott A. Brittenham and Clean Energy Capital (CEC) improperly paid more than USD3m

Investors won’t be engaged in AIFMD considerations by 2015, say fund managers

More than 50 per cent of fund managers, prospective clients and consultants attending a recent Northern Trust seminar on the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) said they believed investors would still not be engaged in AIFMD considerations by December 2015. These latest findings echo a previous survey

SGSS launches AIFMD reporting package for asset managers

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched an Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) reporting package for asset managers and their funds. It is designed to cater to the different needs of SGSS’s asset management clients, allowing them to concentrate on their core investment activities whilst ensuring they are fully

Activa Capital obtains AIFM passport

French private equity firm Activa Capital has obtained and Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) passport from the AMF – Autorité des Marchés Financiers – effective 4 February 2014. Charles Diehl, partner of Activa Capital, says: “Activa Capital's AIFMD compliance confirms the quality of our processes under the objectives of the

DMS Offshore Investment Services expands FATCA task force

Fund governance firm DMS Offshore Investment Services has expanded its FATCA task force with the addition of Alaina Danley, formerly director of finance at Bain Capital, and Jennifer Dimitri, formerly director of investment compliance at the University of North Carolina endowment system. Now comprising seven members, the DMS FATCA Task

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Guernsey introduces limited liability partnerships

The States of Guernsey has responded to demands for limited liability partnership structures (LLPs) and has approved draft legislation which is expected to receive Royal Assent and come into force before July 2014. Carey Olsen corporate partners, advocate David Crosland and advocate Tom Carey, hosted a recent seminar outlining the

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