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A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Travers Smith LLP has advised the Royal Bank of Scotland International Luxembourg (RBSI Luxembourg) on a new €300m subscription line made available to NREP Income+ Fund, a fund managed by NREP, the leading real estate investor and innovator in the Nordics.

In the years leading up to Brexit, both the UK and the EU had been busy developing sustainability policy and legislation. Now the UK has left the EU, it remains committed to being at the forefront of the sustainable finance agenda.

The sustainability agenda is inevitably resulting in a wave of new regulation for alternative asset managers as well as the wider business community, a trend which looks set to continue in the coming years.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Our annual briefing highlighting the key 2020 legal developments which impact the funds' industry and previews what can be expected in 2021.

Tax partner Elena Rowlands, Head of Real Estate Tax Cathryn Vanderspar and Knowledge Counsel Ian Zeider have written the lead article in a recent edition of Tax Journal in which they set out their views on the government's proposals for a new tax privileged asset holding company regime. You can read the full article below.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Writing for Private Funds CFO, Funds Senior Associate Ed Ford and Senior Counsel Sacha Gofton-Salmond outline the pros and cons of preferred equity transactions.

"You don't need to have 20/20 vision to see that the year ahead will be challenging…"

HM Treasury (HMT) has published a consultation document (the Condoc) containing proposals for the design of a new tax privileged regime for asset holding companies (AHCs) used in alternative fund structures (the Proposals).

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Derivatives & Structured Products Partner, Jonathan Gilmour, and Pensions Partner, Andy Lewis, have jointly contributed to the recently published International Comparative Legal Guide on Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2021, with a chapter on the economic rationale behind ESG investment and the key challenges and opportunities which flow from ESG-related pensions law and regulation

The FCA's first consultation paper on the new UK prudential regime for investment firms.

Opportunities abound but beware of the pitfalls

This series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

The UK government and regulators have jointly announced their approach to implementing the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures within the next five years. Notable by its absence is any explicit mention of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation which comes into force in March 2021.