Markit and Compliance Technologies International (CTI) have launched the FATCA Service Bureau, a new service designed to help financial institutions comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The FATCA Service Bureau unites the capabilities of Markit Counterparty Manager and CTI’s specialised tax validation and reporting systems to offer
A KPMG International survey of more than 70 alternative investment fund managers reveals that nearly half have not taken any concrete steps to analyse the impact the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) will have on their businesses, or to make changes to their operations. The European Commission has adopted
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on guidelines on key concepts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The Directive provides the legal framework for both alternative investment funds (AIFs) and their managers (AIFMs). ESMA’s draft guidelines are aimed at clarifying the rules
Jersey is ideally placed to embrace the requirements of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), according to Jersey Finance and the Jersey Funds Association, following the publication of the European Commission’s Level II implementation rules this week. Acknowledging publication of the long-awaited rules, both Nigel Strachan, chairman of the
Guernsey is well on the way to introducing a funds regime which is compliant with the EU’s proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The final Level 2 rules for the detailed implementation of AIFMD were published on 19 December 2012. However, Guernsey has already begun drafting new regulations to
The establishment of a regulated alternative investment industry in Europe took a major step forward with the publication of the European Commission’s so-called “Level 2 measures” to supplement certain elements of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD), says the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). Marc Saluzzi (pictured),
The EVCA has welcomed the publication of the Level Two Delegated Acts for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive (AIFMD), saying that they are “important step towards giving European private equity fund managers and their investors legal certainty”. EVCA secretary-general Dörte Höppner (pictured) says: “Policymakers have listened and recognised the benefits
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has published its collection of best practices for setting-up and servicing Islamic funds to provide a greater level of understanding and consistency of the requirements and expectations to this growing market sector. “2012 has been a very active year for the Luxembourg
Guernsey’s zero-10 corporate tax regime has been given the final seal of approval by the EU. Earlier this year, the EU Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation concluded that the deemed distribution provisions meant Guernsey’s zero-10 corporate tax regime was harmful. At the end of June the Guernsey parliament,
The Isle of Man Government has confirmed that it will be adopting tax information sharing arrangements with the UK which will follow closely the FATCA intergovernmental agreement currently being negotiated with the US. Chief Minister Allan Bell (pictured) says: “The nature of tax cooperation is changing and, as I made
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