Sam Pearse, a corporate and securities Partner from our London office and member of Pillsbury’s Investment Funds Group, will be visiting Pillsbury’s San Francisco office on April 3 and 4. Sam has extensive experience advising asset managers on strategies regarding fund formation and fundraising in the UK and across the…
In the summer the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its advice and opinion on the proposal to extend the marketing passport to non-EU alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) and non-EU funds. The passport would enable non-EU AIFMs to market their funds across the EU under the single AIFMD…
Written by Michael Wu Market regulators in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium, in coordination with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), have decided to extend their current short selling ban that was enacted on August 11, 2011. A summary of the action taken by each regulator is summarized below.…
Written by Michael Wu The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the “Directive”) establishes a regulatory regime for all alternative fund managers, such as private equity and hedge fund managers, that are based in the European Union (the “EU”), manage funds based in the EU and market non-EU fund interests in…
Written by Michael Wu On November 11, 2010, the European Parliament adopted the EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the “Directive”). The Directive will affect a significant number of alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”) that manage and/or market alternative investment funds (“Funds”), including hedge funds, commodity funds, private equity…