Ogier has been ranked in the top 10 London legal advisers to 2014 European IPOs, new research shows – the only offshore firm listed in the deal table compiled by analysts Experian. Ogier features in the top ten by value (GBP1,236 million) alongside magic circle firms Allen & Overy, Clifford
Institutional investors will be targeting alternative investments over the next two years, with infrastructure assets generating the greatest interest, according to the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge-Global Edition. Of the 56 European institutions surveyed by global analytics firm Cerulli Associates, in partnership with Institutional Investor, 53% plan to increase
As of 1 March 2015, it has become mandatory for fund managers distributing their products in Switzerland to commission a Swiss legal representative and paying agent. Regulatory compliance is the name of the game when it comes to the service provided by UBS. "Our offering is designed to cover the
Direct lending is set to become an established asset class in Europe, with robust growth estimates over the next 12 months, says Moody's Investors Service. In a report summarising the views of keynote speakers and panelists at Moody's 2015 Asset Management Conference in London, the rating agency highlights that conditions
It has been more than five years already when the economic downturn began, and the Middle Market Private Equity industry in the US has proved its strong foothold in the investment scene as compared to Large or Mega scale markets. According to a report from accounting and consulting firm McGladrey,
Hedge fund managers have two options when looking to bring a regulated fund product to Europe. The first is to go the UCITS route, the second is to establish an AIF, under the much more recent AIFM Directive, which is a far less trodden path than the UCITS regime. ML
Luxembourg-based Fuchs Asset Management is not your typical AIFM provider. Its heritage is firmly rooted in wealth management. Having now grown into a team exceeding 100 people, it took the decision to diversify its offering and set up an AIFMD-compliant management company, receiving its license from the CSSF last June.
“I was in Chicago recently. A German pension fund said they had a USD500m allocation in a Chicago-based fund. They wanted to know that they could continue having a relationship with the manager and they said that having the depositary guarantee (under AIFMD) was important to their end investors. They
The AIFM Directive may not be universally welcome but with greater focus being applied to compliance and operational risk oversight within the fund management industry, it is at least ensuring a new breed of higher quality fund manager; which for investors is good news. “On the one hand AIFMD raises
Cordium, one of the industry’s leading regulatory and compliance firms, has devised a new offering for the European market to help managers overcome the marketing challenges of AIFMD. Entitled the Cordium Total AIFM Solution (CTAS), the objective is to establish a fully functioning AIFM in Malta on behalf of the
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