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The Investment Funds Association aims to improve understanding of the growing significance of the sector, its role in the growth and success of businesses and approaches to regulation that ensure the sector has high standards of governance and can channel funds to corporates as effectively and efficiently as possible.
We provide governments and regulators with high quality analysis of their regulatory environment in comparison to other jurisdictions and with ideas for improvements or innovation. We also act as a network for in-house fund counsel to share best practice and to remain connected to the latest developments in the market.
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Private Market Valuation Practices Under Scrutiny: UK and EU regulators Tighten the Reins
Private markets have grown significantly in recent years with the UK continuing to be the largest centre for private market asset management in Europe. In recent developments, financial regulators in the UK and EU have intensified their oversight of private market valuation practices, aiming to enhance transparency and protect investors against potential conflicts of interest. […]
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IFA News, Regulatory and Conference Highlights – June 2024
News Preqin is currently exploring the possibility a sale. Goldman Sachs has raised USD13.1bn for its senior direct lending fund, West Street Loan Partners V. Takeaways from the Milken Conference: there was renewed focus on Middle Eastern fund managers; there was continued discussion surrounding consolidation in the private capital market with David Solomon, CEO of […]
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Pass-Through Expenses
The previous decade of fund-raising has seen consistent downward pressure from investors leading to reduced management fees across the private capital industry. However, recent data from Preqin1; has suggested that we are potentially seeing a return to the time-honoured maxim of “2 and 20” applied to private funds, on the closed-ended side of the industry. […]
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