Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) Cyprus

Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) Cyprus can offer specific advantages to non EU fund managers wishing to raise capital in Europe, as well as to develop a presence in the European market to benefit from the right to easily distribute their funds to investors in all EU countries.

One of the key issues monitored and assessed by many non EU fund managers is whether it makes sense to establish a European management company. There are related reasons for such considerations. First, the difficulties associated with utilizing the private placement regimes, and second, the recognition that even if or when the AIFMD marketing passport is extended to non-European fund managers, there is likely to be a period of uncertainty of application and approach – and in any case this demands full compliance with AIFMD requirements. As such, establishing a European management company is an attractive solution.