Regulatory updates

Will an AIF’s Investment Manager be subject to AIFMD? Probably not! The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have published… Read more

With the publication on 8 February 2012 of proposed regulations for compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”),… Read more

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules on 22 June 2011 implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act (“the Act”)… Read more

Agency's updated rules allay some concerns over regulatory overkill. The final rules of Form PF announced last week by the… Read more

The Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) Level 1 was passed into law at the beginning of July 2011, providing… Read more

We were in little doubt that MiFID II would bring in further changes to the Transaction Reporting regime. It comes… Read more

Firms should be aware that the FSA will remove, with effect from 14 November 2011, the current disapplication of the… Read more

Bribery Act 2010 When the Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011, failing to prevent bribery became… Read more

If they did then it will, we suspect, cause concern as to whether your firm should make the positive attestation… Read more

Kinetic Partners looks at the key requirements of the FSA’s Revised Remuneration Code and what firms should be doing to… Read more