Brexit

The BVCA director general discussed fund managers’ top concerns in the run-up to Brexit.

The UK-focused firm predicts a positive outlook for private equity investment despite Brexit uncertainty.

Director General Tim Hames said May offered a ‘new level of clarity’ on Brexit.

As private fund managers try to decipher the UK Prime Minister’s latest remarks on Brexit, the Channel island has reported no rush to domicile firms in the jurisdiction.

Offering an AIFMD passport to some jurisdictions may be of little benefit to EU investors, market participants say.

The international law firm has developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool to help clients identify and address Brexit risk in existing and future contracts.

UK trade minister Mark Garnier said on Wednesday the UK is likely to lose its financial passporting rights as a result of Brexit, but research suggests the alternatives industry would be relatively unscathed.

As a result of the Brexit referendum result, the political risk advisor has moved its Brussels office closer to the EU Commission, and beefed up its political due diligence team in London.

Vikki Wiberg, senior counsel in the Employment, Pensions & Mobility group at international law firm Taylor Wessing, looks at the impact of the Immigration Act on private equity GPs.

Non-EU managers may not be allowed to rely on NPPRs or reverse solicitation for ever, says Michael Collins, chief executive at Invest Europe.