Silke Bernard News Today

This year has been a pivotal one for the development of European Long-Term Investment Funds in Luxembourg. Already chosen as the domicile for more than half of all...

The European Parliament voted to formally approve amendments to the European Long-Term Investment Fund (Eltif) regulation in February 2023. Following publication in the EU’s official journal, they entered into effect on 9 April. Delano talked about the impact of these changes with eight industry figures.

The 2023 ALFI European Asset Management Conference report following the conference last week in Luxembourg.

The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry holds its Swiss roadshow on 8-9 November. One of the speakers, Silke Bernard, global head of the investment funds practice at the law firm Linklaters, says Swiss links are going strong.

Continuing the frenetic pace set during last week’s round of lateral partner recruitment, CMS has hired a patent litigation specialist from A&O in London.

Lux private markets not meeting AML challenge A lack of automation and poor record-keeping means that Luxembourg’s private markets sector is struggling to meet its growing anti-money laundering (AML) compliance requirements. This is according to Paul Bratch, managing partner for financial services consulting firm Sionic, who spoke to Funds Europe for its recently published Luxembourg Report. Private market funds have faced a perfect storm as a massive movement of capital from public to privat...