15 February 2011

Nabarro: AIFM Directive – the final outcome and its impact on hedge funds outside Europe

We have all been poised for months. It has been over a year and a half since the first draft of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the AIFM Directive) was put on the table by the European Commission. On 11 November 2010 Europe reached agreement. The upshot is a messy compromise over the marketing of “third country funds”, a crackdown on pay and a heavy compliance burden for fund managers.

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