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Ahead Of The Curve: Navigating The UK’s Proposed New Regime For Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Video)
The UK's regulatory framework for alternative investment fund managers is undergoing its most significant overhaul since AIFMD was transposed into UK law in 2013. This webinar explores the proposed new FCA sourcebook, size-based tiering system, and how these reforms will reshape day-to-day requirements for AIFMs while positioning the UK as a competitive financial center.
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A&O Shearman
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UK AIFM Reform: Three Questions Real Asset Fund Sponsors And Investors Should Be Asking Now
The FCA's proposed overhaul of the UK alternative investment fund manager regime raises fundamental questions about fund structure, governance and investor commitments in real asset markets. As regulatory reform creates new categorisation thresholds and liquidity requirements, sponsors and investors must assess whether existing arrangements will remain viable as businesses scale and market conditions shift.
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DLA Piper
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Investing In Infrastructure: The Scale Of The Opportunity
Private infrastructure has emerged as one of the fastest-growing asset classes, with nearly $1.8 trillion deployed across 10,000 transactions in five years. As institutional investors, family offices, and private debt funds converge on sectors from data centres to renewable energy, the market is experiencing unprecedented capital deployment alongside increasingly complex structuring requirements.
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Macfarlanes LLP
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UK Retail Product Disclosure Regime For Consumer Composite Investments: From UCITS KIIDs And PRIIPs KIDs To CCI Product Summaries
The United Kingdom has introduced a new disclosure regime for investment products that are made available to retail investors in the United Kingdom. The new requirements apply to consumer composite investments (CCIs) and took effect on 6 April 2026. The CCI regime is a significant regulatory change that applies to any firm—including non-UK firms—that make investment products that are CCIs available to retail investors in the United Kingdom.
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K&L Gates LLP
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FCA Consultation On The Reform Of Solo-regulated Firms’ Remuneration Requirements
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation paper proposing significant reforms to remuneration rules for solo-regulated firms, consolidating three existing codes into a single framework. These changes would simplify deferral requirements, narrow the definition of material risk takers, and shift toward outcomes-focused regulation while removing over 2,000 smaller firms from scope entirely.
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Macfarlanes LLP
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New ALTS, Old Tricks? What You Need To Know About The Reforms To The U.K.'s AIFM Regime
The U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority have launched a comprehensive reform package that will fundamentally restructure the alternative investment fund manager regime through a new three-tier classification system based on net asset value. The proposed changes, set to take effect in 2028, aim to make the regulatory framework more proportionate and competitive while moving most requirements from EU law into a new FCA sourcebook called ALTS.
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Winston Taylor
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Number 10 North: How Guernsey’s Funds Industry Already Supports The New UK Prime Minister’s Place-based Growth Mission
Andy Burnham's vision for 'Number 10 North' aims to devolve power and drive regional economic growth across the UK, but where will the investment come from? Guernsey's funds sector has quietly been channeling billions in international capital directly into UK regions for years, backing infrastructure, innovation, and defense projects from Manchester to Durham. With £58 billion already invested and growing at 7% annually, this established conduit may hold part of the answer to Britain's regional investm
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Guernsey Finance
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Remuneration Rules For UK Private Fund Managers: Key Features Of The FCA’s New Regime
The FCA's CP26/27 consultation proposes a fundamental overhaul of remuneration rules for UK AIFMs, MIFIDPRU investment firms, and UCITS managers, shifting from prescriptive requirements to a more flexible, outcomes-focused framework. The proposed changes include narrowing the definition of material risk-takers, providing greater discretion over malus and clawback mechanisms, and consolidating existing remuneration codes into a single framework while maintaining accountability for aligning remuneration with
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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All Change For UK AIFMD? Simpler But Not Always Easier…
HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority have published proposals to reform the UK AIFMD regime, introducing a three-tiered approach based on fund size and simplifying regulatory requirements. The changes aim to enhance UK competitiveness while potentially bringing some previously unregulated funds within scope, raising questions about the balance between regulatory relief and new compliance burdens.
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Travers Smith LLP
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FCA And HM Treasury Publish Detailed Proposals To Streamline UK Asset Management Regulation
HM Treasury and the FCA have released comprehensive proposals to reform the UK's Alternative Investment Fund Managers regime, introducing a simplified three-tier framework based on fund size and moving away from the EU AIFMD model. The reforms aim to create a more proportionate regulatory approach while maintaining investor protection and market integrity.
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Proskauer Rose LLP
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