In this report, we have looked at passive and active multi-asset strategies and have excluded any alternative risk premia , multi-asset income and credit funds.

DFIs now commonly insist on ongoing LPAC oversight of ESG compliance, require the manager to prepare regular reports on ESG at the portfolio company level, and set long-term improvement targets...

One of the biggest marketing mistakes hedge funds, private equity funds and venture funds make is directing their messaging towards the idea of institution and not the people within the institution.

Film and television EIS investments have never been more popular.

It's always been a challenge to produce an AGM that impresses and persuades your investors.

An overriding issue is the detachment between AIFMD and existing EU regulation.

In this article we are covering two completely unrelated topics which are (a) the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak and (b) the end of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate.

Every November, private equity investors and fund managers from across the globe flood in to SuperInvestor International, at the Hotel Okura, in Amsterdam.

Nearly 12% of the sampled funds charged fees in excess of 2%, but they raised only about 3% of committed capital.

Every year, MJ Hudson surveys the terms of a broad sample of recently-closed private equity, venture capital and growth capital funds, where we have advised either the fund manager or a prospective investor.

Over recent years the EU made a significant political decision to establish a package of Environmental, Social and Governance initiatives and legislation to move Europe toward several Sustainability goals.

The UK's registrar of companies, Companies House, is undergoing a transformation.

Well, it's hard to tell these days. There are many nominees for the most overused word of the pandemic, but "crisis" must be up there.

We've all been there, haven't we? Sat down opposite a significant (or insignificant) other at Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester or similar eatery in your current city.

Make sure you have a clear idea of your objectives and that you resource your legal due diligence accordingly.

With the Budget coming up and with a new Chancellor at the helm, we have received plenty of queries about potential changes which this announcement could bring about.

Reducing consumer harm has been a key regulatory focus for the FCA over 2021, and the final hallows of the year provide a good opportunity to reflect on the plans, proposals and policies seen from the FCA during this period.

The audience comprised 80 or so fund managers and their advisers from across the private funds spectrum.

Over the last four years, the EU has been at the forefront of regulating sustainable finance, having introduced multiple new legislations that have completely changed...

While at a conference last month, I heard the line, "fundraising happens when you are not fundraising" in some form or other from speakers from members of at least three different panels.