Our service offering
Full service offering
We have a fully integrated global funds and regulatory practice. Leveraging our relationships across the asset management and funds sector, our team has developed closely with the sector and we can offer commercial and pragmatic solutions to the most complex problems in the ever-changing regulatory environment.
Deep market insight
We have a very strong funds team in Luxembourg, which is the largest retail investment funds centre in Europe (and the 2nd largest fund centre in the world after the US), alongside our fund and regulatory teams in all other important hubs (eg London, Frankfurt, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong). Luxembourg-based funds are the most sold retail products in Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Innovative solutions
We are known for our unique expertise in finding cutting edge solutions for structuring private market funds that target retail and semi-professional investors. We offer our clients innovative solutions through our platform for document automation. We also use the potential of different teams to deliver combined added value in day-to-day project and matter work and at the same time increase the efficiency of existing processes. These include Legal Project Management (LPM), Legal Technology, Innovation and Efficiency, Alternative Resourcing and Knowledge and Information.
RAM sector insights
Asset Management: Legal Outlook 2024.
With a strong focus overall on implementation, there is again a huge volume of financial regulatory developments on the horizon for 2024, many with impacts on the whole financial services sector.
ESG Legal Outlook 2024
Whilst 2023 was primarily about the frenetic development of ESG regulation across the globe, we anticipate 2024 will be a year where policymakers and regulators will focus more on implementation and enforcement of the new rules.
FCA ‘Dear CEO’ letter to Asset Managers sets out supervision strategy for the coming months
On 3rd February 2023, the FCA published a ‘Dear CEO’ Letter to asset managers, setting out its supervisory strategy for the coming months, and highlighting its views on the key risks posed to customers and markets.
FCA speech discusses updating and improving the UK asset management regime
In a speech delivered at the Investment Association's Annual Dinner on 11 October 2023, the Chair of the FCA, Ashley Alder, sets out the main priorities for reform for the UK Asset Management sector.
UK FCA broadens retail and pension scheme access to the LTAF
As expected, the FCA has recategorised authorised long-term asset funds (LTAFs) under its financial promotion rules so they can now be marketed to a wider range of retail investors in the UK, as well as broadening pension scheme access to self-select investors and SIPPs
European Long Term Investment Funds
The ELTIF was launched with much optimism in 2015. Designed to give retail investors a straightforward route to ‘real economy’ investment projects, it offered an attractive alternative investment opportunity. On 25 November 2021, the European Commission announced significant changes to the ELTIF legislation
The increasing governance burden for UK asset managers
We consider the current regulatory requirements, the changing supervisory expectations on conflicts management and board composition, and some important upcoming rule changes in this area.
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Asset Management: Legal Outlook 2024
Asset Management: Legal Outlook 2024
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ESG Legal Outlook
ESG Legal Outlook
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Asset Manager Supervision
Asset Manager Supervision
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FCA UK Asset Management
FCA UK Asset Management
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UK FCA Pension Scheme
UK FCA Pension Scheme
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ELTIF
ELTIF
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The increasing governance burden for UK asset managers
The increasing governance burden for UK asset managers
