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ARTICLE · 12 JUNE 2013

EU AIFMD And Co-Operation Agreements With Third Country Regulators

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The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is due to be implemented across Europe by 22 July 2013.

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The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is due to be implemented across Europe by 22 July 2013.  As part of this process the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has on 22 May 2013 approved co-operation agreements between EU securities regulators (and authorities from Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and 34 of their global counterparts including:

This is a significant step to ensuring alternative investment funds established in each of these jurisdictions may, following implementation of the AIFMD by EU member states on 22 July 2013, continue to be marketed into EU member states on a private placement basis subject to compliance with the national private placement regimes of each applicable EU member state.

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