Fund services

An incoming EU directive pertaining to third-party pre-marketing activity could exacerbate the challenges facing UK fund managers, write Debevoise & Plimpton's Patricia Volhard, Jin-Hyuk Jang and John Young.

Compliance pressures are continuing to grow on both sides of the Atlantic and competition between domiciles is heating up.

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As these issues rise up managers’ agendas, fund administrators are seizing the opportunity to deliver products and services that meet their needs.

ESG criteria are expected to play a increasing role in deciding where funds are based, according to an IFI Global survey.

ESG, Brexit and EU regulation are just some of the emerging factors influencing private fund managers’ destination decisions, writes Stephanie Baxter.

The complexity and cost of raising funds in the EU poses a threat to the continent’s appeal as a domicile, and could be an opportunity for the post-Brexit UK, argues Sanne’s Jason Bingham

Outsourcing is allowing managers to focus attention on their core business of capital raising and investing in an era of ever-growing demands from regulators and investors, says Ocorian’s Simon Burgess

A new funds regime will enable the domicile to compete for business in post-Brexit Europe, suggest Alter Domus’s Anita Lyse and Ronan O’Donoghue

San Francisco-based Rubicon Point Partners closed on $230m for the value-add vehicle, which targets the US office sector.