Investment Funds: International Series 3rd ed

This third edition of Investment Funds (Sweet & Maxwell, International Series) provides a global comparison of the laws and regulations that govern investment funds in over 30 key jurisdictions.

Written by the leading practitioners within the field, this title is intended to assist lawyers, advisers and fund managers who are seeking to offer their funds both domestically and internationally.

• Reader-friendly Q & A format allows for easy cross-jurisdictional comparisons, covering over 30 jurisdictions worldwide
• Provides a quick and easy first look at key issues relating to Investment Funds, helpful to financial professionals and their clients
• Covers the full spectrum of investment funds, from alternative strategies to traditional retail-market funds
• Has a strong international focus, describing the common structures that are used for investment funds in each of the different jurisdictions
• Explains the tax and regulatory framework that exists for investment funds, in particular the consequences of new rules that have an extra-territorial application to the industry such as the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in Europe
• Provides a comparison of the usual commercial terms that are in place for different investment fund structures
• Sets out the marketing requirements for investment funds in all the major jurisdictions
• Will help the readers to stay ahead of the game by providing an overview of expected developments that will affect the industry