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The European Commission has consistently advocated against intra-EU bilateral investment treaties (BITs). It views them as being contrary to the...

UK limited partnership law reforms are like buses: you wait ages, then lots arrive at once. The legislation is over...

Wags have predicted consolidation fever in the asset management space for a good half-decade, but few seem to have looked...

For those asset managers’ legal and compliance teams who breathed a sigh of relief in January when MiFID II was...

The European funds industry, like the rest of the financial services industry and indeed many other industries, is awaiting a...

The UK’s residential income investment market is changing rapidly with increased political focus, leasehold reform, new entrants and insatiable housing...

Few in financial services will have missed the advent of MiFID II. So intense was the interest, it would have...

The European Union’s focus on investor protection, especially in the retail market, deserves strong support and encouragement. The EU’s Packaged...

The proposed EU Shareholder Rights Directive aims to overcome certain corporate governance shortcomings in European-listed companies, and to encourage a...

Debt funds and banks today are using EU regulations to engage in loan portfolio financing at attractive rates using securitised...