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Alternative Investment Funds Industry Quarterly Update Q4 2023

By Nicolas GORDI-LOPEZ for AKD, January 25 2024
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The European AIF market is one of the fastest growing in the financial sector. Your AKD counsels therefore keep up to date with developments in this dynamic industry. To help financial market participants to stay on top of current trends in the AIF space, AKD Quarterly Update provides information on selected Luxembourg and Dutch legal, tax and regulatory matters within the AIF industry.

This Quarterly Update, covering Q4 2023, contains the latest news and updates on inter alia the last update on SFDR interpretation, in particular the importance of the investment fund’s name to avoid any investors’ misleading as well as the ALFI comments on MiCAR implementation. Other topics include the European legislator’s growing interest in regulating the retail investor protection and the vulnerabilities from liquidity mismatch in open-ended funds.

You will also read about the tax hot topics from the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Don’t miss out the 5 Questions to Tjebco de Jong and Ali Gündüz, respectively managing director and commercial director at Trustmoore.

Enjoy the read and get in touch with us if you require more detailed information and assistance on the latest AIF developments and their implications.

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