An Italian Brexit Law Decree entered into force last 26th March, introducing measures to establish a transitional regime in Italy in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The provisions of the Italian Brexit Law Decree will help mitigating risks for Italian clients and investors inherent to an unorganised discontinuation of business activities of UK firms…
AIFMD was introduced in 2011 with a very ambitious underpinning aim to create a wider regulatory and oversight blanket for actors in the financial markets, whose activities, so far unregulated, had exposed European markets to significant systemic risks in the years coming to the financial crisis of 2008. With the introduction of harmonised requirements across…
Introduced with a regulation in 2015, ELTIFs is another acronym in the European regulation on financial services and stands for European Long-term investment funds. One of the unique features of this type of funds is that it is open to retail investors. ELTIFs are set to become very important tools for alternative capital raising to…
With end of October 2019 looming, same as the possibility of a no deal case scenario for the future relationship between the UK and the EU, it is useful to refresh some of the main concepts surrounding the existing alternative avenues to ensure third country access to EU markets. Equivalence assessments by the EU Commission…