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The private equity industry is currently facing one of its most challenging times. Fundraising activity is slow, reaching a final close continues to be a long road for many fund managers and the AIFMD (and other new legislation including FATCA and Dodd Frank) increase the regulatory burden. There is also continued uncertainty as to how the AIFMD will look, and whether it will be suitably adapted for private equity and what the additional costs to the industry will be. So, what are the implications for Luxembourg?
Competition between jurisdictions to attract those funds which are coming to the market is intense and this means Luxembourg needs to ensure it has a competitive offering. Luxembourgs EU member status has attracted fund managers with a European...
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