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Leverage and AIFMD – Impact on private funds
As the date for transposition of the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the “Directive”) draws nearer, and more detail as to the regime emerges, fund managers, investors and service providers are now better able to examine some of its more detailed implications.
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Article
Last Reviewed: 26 April 2013 / Submitted: 22 April 2013
The UK has launched legal proceedings against the EU Financial Transaction Tax, challenging the legal validity of the current proposals on the basis of their extra-territoriality.
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Newsletter
Last Reviewed: 22 April 2013 / Submitted: 22 April 2013
The Q2 2013 edition of Legal Headwinds focuses on key legal and regulatory developments relevant to financial institutions operating in HK/China for the period from 01 April to 30 June 2013.
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Submitted: 20 April 2013
April 2013 edition of The Private Funds Bullet Report
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Seminar
Submitted: 19 April 2013
Materials from a seminar held at Simmons & Simmons with Seward & Kissel on 17 April 2013.
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Seminar
Last Reviewed: 19 April 2013 / Submitted: 19 April 2013
Seminar on reporting requirements regarding OTC derivatives as well as the existing short position reporting obligations.
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Submitted: 18 April 2013
An article on the financial collateral arrangements, taking into account the November 2012 decision in the Lehman case.
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Submitted: 18 April 2013
Simmons & Simmons has submitted detailed queries and comments to the European Commission on its proposal for an EU Financial Transaction Tax.
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Submitted: 17 April 2013
On 09 April 2013, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (G5) agreed to develop and pilot a multilateral tax information exchange facility. Under the agreement, a wide range of financial information will automatically be exchanged between the countries with a view to catching and deterring tax evaders.
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Submitted: 17 April 2013
The French Supreme Court clarified the consequences of the obligation to provide the regulatory documents of a collective investment scheme prior to an investment.
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Submitted: 17 April 2013
Décision de la Cour de cassation qui précise les conséquences de l’obligation de remise préalable des documents réglementaires d’un OPCVM.
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To help you prepare for implementation, we have created an AIFMD Toolkit, designed to provide practical guidance on a number of key topics including a decision tree helping you to work out whether or not you and your business are within scope.

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