News & Events

The AIFMD Third Country Passport – An Update

September 2016 | Monica Gogna, Michelle Moran, Anand Damodaran, Matthew Judd and John Young, Ropes & Gray


The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published on 19 July 2016 its final advice to the European Commission (the Commission) on the extension of the marketing passport under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to 12 non-EEA countries, including the United States. This note is intended to highlight ESMA’s advice to the Commission and set out the steps firms would need to consider when applying for a third country passport.

New Managed Accounts Exemption Opens Doors for Jersey Fund Managers

December 2014 | Robert Milner, James Mulholland, Daniel O’Connor Carey Olsen


A new exemption from the requirements of Jersey’s Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 (FS(J)L) has been introduced which will enable Jersey-regulated fund managers to service qualifying segregated managed accounts (QSMAs) without the need for further regulation in Jersey while continuing to benefit from Jersey’s 0% corporate income tax rate.