AIFMD: Compliance, Taxes And Risk Management

With the deadline for AIFMD compliance just passed last month, U.S. managers have several viable options to comply with the directive, notes DMS Offshore. Conor MacGuinness of DMS Offshore Investment Service said in an article titled “AIFMD Compliance and its Tax implications for US managers” that as the AIFMD went live on July 22, market data indicates that some 80% of U.S. managers had been slow in getting AIFMD-registered. Options to comply with AIFMD The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) seeks to achieve the twin objective of (a) subjecting the industry to uniform regulatory standards and (b) to foster the…