Funds

News analysis

• Fragmented climate change investment strategy hinders progress

  01 November 2017

  Markets may care about responsible investing but only some companies have made significant inroads

• SEC issues long awaited no-action letter on Mifid II

  27 October 2017

  The Commission has finally addressed the EU’s impending directive, confirming no-action relief for two and a half years

• SEC's Clayton: no silver bullet to solve fiduciary conundrum

  26 October 2017

  The regulator said that the DoL’s position and process must be respected when it comes to the fiduciary rule

• Why SPACs should be European PE’s new favourite tool

  29 September 2017

  They offer considerably more flexibility and certainty over the traditional IPO route, and look set to make a resurgence in volatile times

• How the fiduciary rule is favouring big brokers

  20 September 2017

  Respondents to IFLR’s upcoming survey on the rule suggest that it is likely to favour large brokers over their small to mid-sized counterparts

• Mifid II: SEC poised to issue no-action relief

  06 September 2017

  Tackling the impending EU regulation could be Jay Clayton’s first signature move as chairman

• Mifid II and Priips force business model rethink

  31 August 2017

  As implementation enters the home stretch, communication between manufacturers and distributors needs to improve

• Nigeria's NPL plans are a work in progress

  25 August 2017

  Efforts to establish an active distressed debt market have raised concerns over security and loan recovery

• How to improve BoE fund stress testing

  26 July 2017

  The central bank's research is a first step into determining how asset managers' actions can impact the market. It's unlikely to be the last

• Mifid II research unbundling to be global norm

  14 July 2017

  Uncertainty surrounding the sweeping new measures is yet to be clarified by EU or third country regulators including the US