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Asset Managers: Are you on track to meet the DAC 6 deadline?
Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR) emerged following the OECD’s ambitious anti-tax avoidance project on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) launched in 2015. Also known as DAC 6, it is the latest EU initiative regarding the automatic exchange of tax information. Aimed at identifying harmful tax practices and further increasing tax transparency, MDR will i […]
The Zombie Effect…In Luxembourg & Beyond
This article has been written together with Frederic Mazarin. Since the 2008 recession, we have witnessed the infiltration of seemingly benign economic creatures with a dark side…They limit domestic productivity and threaten to exacerbate a future economic downturn. They are the zombie firms. Zombie firms can be defined as companies where turnover is s […]
CSSF publishes new UCITS risk reporting requirements | quick action required!
On 22 April 2016, the CSSF released a new circular letter which requires UCITS funds to complete and file a substantial new reporting template related to the risk and risk management of UCITS funds.
Remuneration rules for Non-EU Portfolio Managers of alternative funds
What to do about AIFMD? A question being asked by Non-EU Portfolio Managers, including in the US. And one of the main talking points is, unsurprisingly, the famous remuneration rules. Is there a way around them? Who do they apply to? What should I be doing? Just a few questions my colleagues Chrystelle Veeckmans, Jane Wilkinson, Charles Muller and Julien Biebe […]
Good Vibrations for Fund Forum 2014
If you want to get an idea of the mood in the investment management industry, there’s no better place to put out your feelers than the Fund Forum in Monaco. At this annual event, the entire industry gets together to tackle the big topics of the day. In recent years, the conference has been marked by a certain degree of uncertainty. Hefty international reforms- […]
