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ARTICLE · 24 MAY 2024

Horizon Scan For Private Investment Funds

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Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory, and tax developments to look out for.

European UnionFinance and Banking
Goodwin Procter LLP
Goodwin Procter LLP

Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory, and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management sectors. This Horizon Scan is aimed at fund managers based in Europe and includes cross-border content on US sustainable finance issues, other US topics relevant for non-US managers marketing in the US, as well as some country-specific developments. The topics are divided as follows (and include a couple of new sections to our February 2024 Horizon Scan):

  • UK, EU, and General Funds Developments

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