Last May, MS Management Services SA, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of the Maitland group, received authorisation from the CSSF to act as a third-party AIFM to alternative investment funds. At the same time, it established its own umbrella fund platform, MS SICAV SIF, to support managers wishing to fast track the
Ask any AIFM what the key regulatory challenge is under AIFMD and the response is unanimous: Annex IV reporting. The first deadline, 31 January 2015, has passed. But there are still many points to clarify on a substantial transparency report; one that any manager, EU or non-EU, must file regardless
Alternative fund managers wishing to continue to market their funds into Europe have to navigate unchartered territory. The AIFMD only really kicked in last July at the end of the grandfathering period, since when both EU and non-EU AIFMs have started to treat the directive more seriously. This is a
The German market for SME private equity remains in a very robust state at the start of the year, according to latest survey of the private equity panel polled three times a year by CMS Germany and FINANCE magazine. The portfolio companies held by German private equity investors continue to
Pricing tops the list of challenges facing private equity firms in 2015, according to the sixth annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA. Forty-two per cent of fund managers say it will be the primary challenge facing their firm during the next 12 months, marking the second year in
South African institutions are, on average, lacking significant commitment to alternative assets and private equity investments, with many funds having no exposure at all, says Old Mutual Alternative Investments. However, since 2000, Old Mutual has steadily increased the percentage allocation of its total investment portfolio to alternative assets including private
Despite optimism about the US economy, endowments and foundations are planning to decrease their allocations to US equities this year in favour of alternatives such as hedge and private equity funds. That’s according to the Q4 2014 NEPC Endowment and Foundation Poll, a measure of endowment and foundation confidence and
According to the Q3 statistical bulletin published by the BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC), the islands’ financial regulator, a total of 27 limited partnerships were recorded in Q2 2014 compared to 16 in Q2 2013. That figure rose in Q3 to 36. This is good news for the jurisdiction as it
There appears to have been a real pick-up in interest in BVI segregated portfolio company (SPC) formations over the last 12 months. Many recent conversations with start-up managers seem to be about forming such structures according to Marie-Claire Fudge (pictured), head of Mourant Ozannes’ BVI funds practice. A BVI SPC
By James Williams – There’s a general air of optimism among the BVI’s fund practitioners. Although the average hedge fund recorded sub-four per cent, the lowest average return since 2011, there was nevertheless a clear uptick in trading activity, principally among some of the islands’ larger managers. “Those with established
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