{"id":458,"date":"2021-09-21T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/cy\/insights\/how-aifm-solutions-can-help-your-fund-launch-succeed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:20:09","slug":"how-aifm-solutions-can-help-your-fund-launch-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/cy\/insights\/how-aifm-solutions-can-help-your-fund-launch-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"How AIFM Solutions Support Successful Fund Launches in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive<\/a> (known as AIFMD), first instituted in the EU back in 2014, provides a regulatory framework for monitoring and supervising alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs).<\/p>\n

The UK is no longer subject to EU regulations post-Brexit, which includes AIFMD. But the UK has implemented a\u00a0domestic AIFMD regime<\/a>\u00a0that generally upholds the same set of rules\u2014at least for now.<\/p>\n

Of course, that regime is likely to change in the not-too-distant future. See our recent post about the\u00a0<\/em>upcoming changes<\/em><\/a>\u00a0we expect.<\/em><\/p>\n

Using an FCA-regulated AIFM allows fund managers to outsource the set-up, oversight, and operation of alternative investment funds to a licensed firm with regulatory experience and infrastructure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read on for a brief history of AIFMD, and how AIFM solutions can make your compliance work easier.<\/p>\n

What is AIFMD?<\/h2>\n

AIFMD regulates the management, administration, and marketing of alternative investment funds (AIFs). The focus is primarily on regulating the AIFM, rather than the fund itself.<\/p>\n

The FCA defines AIFs as \u2018collective investment undertakings\u2019 not subject to UCITS, including hedge funds, private equity funds, retail investment funds, investment companies, and real estate funds, among others.<\/p>\n

AIFMD has its roots in the 2008 financial crisis, when alternative investment funds were largely unregulated. Initial legislation in the EU was rolled out in 2014, and since then it has been used to set standards for marketing around raising private capital, remuneration, risk monitoring and reporting, and overall accountability.<\/p>\n

The UK AIFMD includes the following requirements, among others:<\/p>\n