1/30/2026 3:51:49 PM FCA consults on client categorisation By Eve Ellis Azim Rahman The FCA’s consultation paper CP25/36, published on 8 December 2025, sets out proposals on client categorisation and will inform firms’...
1/8/2026 2:59:09 PM Private Capital: UK and EU Tax Themes and Initiatives to Be Aware of in 2026 By Andrew Howard Chris Agnoli Benjamin Wonnacott As the private capital industry looks ahead to 2026, the UK and EU tax landscape is set to present both challenges and opportunities....
12/8/2025 11:51:36 AM Alt-Retail Partnerships – What Are They and Why Are They Popular? By Tom Alabaster Chris Townsend Kasia Thevissen Alt-retail partnerships, which see alternative asset managers and retail asset managers coming together to offer retail investors...
11/28/2025 5:18:07 PM Consumer Duty and Client Categorisation By Eve Ellis The Consumer Duty, introduced in 2023 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets a higher standard of care that firms must deliver to...
11/27/2025 6:13:09 PM Commission Delegated Regulations on Liquidity Management Tools for AIFs and UCITS By Eve Ellis Azim Rahman The European Commission has adopted two Delegated Regulations specifying the characteristics of liquidity management tools (LMTs) for (i)...
11/25/2025 12:48:06 PM ESMA’s Final Report on Management Bodies: What Boards Need to Prioritise Now By Eve Ellis ESMA has finalised its principles for supervising the management bodies of entities under its direct remit. Although the document is...
11/21/2025 7:06:07 PM SFDR 2.0 - The Impact for Asset Managers By Eve Ellis Tegan Shyne The long-awaited SFDR 2.0 has finally been published by the European Commission. It proposes a significant reset of the EU’s sustainable...
11/19/2025 2:45:37 PM Key Takeaways on the 2025 Infrastructure Market and 2026 Outlook from Infrastructure Investor America Forum By Brandon Howald Taylor Hart Michael Lee Jeremy Zucker +1 more... Show less What is the current outlook for North American infrastructure? Ropes & Gray attorneys explored this question at the Infrastructure...
10/13/2025 9:57:09 AM Latest Trends in GP Stake Financing By Tom Alabaster Chris Townsend Kasia Thevissen Madalina-Georgiana Asandului +1 more... Show less The landscape of General Partner (GP) stake financing has evolved significantly in recent years, shaped by market consolidation,...
10/8/2025 9:41:39 AM Smart Investing For Smart Buildings: The Data And Cyber Considerations For Connected Real Estate By Edward Machin If these walls could talk. And in the ‘connected’ buildings that continue to be of prime interest for real estate and infrastructure...
10/2/2025 11:47:32 AM Endowment Tax Changes: Secondaries Market Implications in 2025 and Beyond By Isabel Dische Robert Schmidt As we head into the fourth quarter of what has already been a busy year in the secondaries market, we wanted to revisit a topic from the...
10/1/2025 12:05:36 PM The SEC’s Regulatory Agenda and Implications for Alternative Retail Products By Chelsea Childs James McGinnis Last month, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs published its semi-annual “Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory...
9/30/2025 2:14:06 PM FCA Review on 'Off-Channel Communications' – Key Takeaways By Eve Ellis Background In August, the FCA published the findings of its multi-firm review of wholesale banks into the use of ‘off-channel...
9/30/2025 11:54:07 AM HM Treasury Releases Policy Statement on Appointed Representatives By Eve Ellis Azim Rahman On 11 August 2025, HM Treasury released a policy statement on the Appointed Representatives (AR) regime (AR regime), following a Call for...
9/24/2025 1:53:36 PM Asian Secondaries Market Poised for Growth Amid Evolving Investor Dynamics By Isabel Dische Vincent Ip Billy Zhang The global secondaries market has experienced remarkable expansion in recent years. However, Asia has seen comparatively subdued deal...
9/11/2025 9:56:36 AM Continuation Funds: A Structural Phenomenon? By Isabel Dische Robert Schmidt A recurring topic of discussion among secondaries market players is the extent to which the growth in GP-led deal volume in recent years...