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Investing In Infrastructure: The Scale Of The Opportunity
Private infrastructure has emerged as one of the fastest-growing asset classes, with nearly $1.8 trillion deployed across 10,000 transactions in five years. As institutional investors, family offices, and private debt funds converge on sectors from data centres to renewable energy, the market is experiencing unprecedented capital deployment alongside increasingly complex structuring requirements.
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Macfarlanes LLP
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Jazz Shaper: Sam Tidswell-Norrish (Podcast)
Sam Tidswell-Norrish, Partner at Access Holdings, shares his journey from founding team member at Motive Partners to leading fundraising and investor relations across London, Baltimore and New York. With extensive experience in alternative investments and financial technology, he discusses building strong investor relationships, supporting portfolio growth, and the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people rather than treating your career as a single player game.
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Mishcon de Reya
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Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: SFDR 2.0 – The Mist Clears (Podcast)
The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has published its negotiating position on SFDR 2.0, proposing a three-category product classification system with new opt-outs for alternative investment funds and closed-ended funds. While some improvements have been made to the framework, new disclosure burdens and engagement requirements raise questions about whether the reforms truly simplify sustainable finance regulation.
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Travers Smith LLP
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FCA Financial Crime Control Findings: Implications For UK Private Asset Managers And Advisers
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has recently (22 July 2026) published its review of financial crime controls across 242 asset management and alternatives firms. The findings reinforce themes from the FCA's February 2025 portfolio letter, which identified anti-money laundering controls in private markets as a supervisory priority.
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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New ALTS, Old Tricks? What You Need To Know About The Reforms To The U.K.'s AIFM Regime
The U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority have launched a comprehensive reform package that will fundamentally restructure the alternative investment fund manager regime through a new three-tier classification system based on net asset value. The proposed changes, set to take effect in 2028, aim to make the regulatory framework more proportionate and competitive while moving most requirements from EU law into a new FCA sourcebook called ALTS.
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Winston Taylor
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Number 10 North: How Guernsey’s Funds Industry Already Supports The New UK Prime Minister’s Place-based Growth Mission
Andy Burnham's vision for 'Number 10 North' aims to devolve power and drive regional economic growth across the UK, but where will the investment come from? Guernsey's funds sector has quietly been channeling billions in international capital directly into UK regions for years, backing infrastructure, innovation, and defense projects from Manchester to Durham. With £58 billion already invested and growing at 7% annually, this established conduit may hold part of the answer to Britain's regional investm
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Guernsey Finance
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FCA And HM Treasury Publish Detailed Proposals To Streamline UK Asset Management Regulation
HM Treasury and the FCA have released comprehensive proposals to reform the UK's Alternative Investment Fund Managers regime, introducing a simplified three-tier framework based on fund size and moving away from the EU AIFMD model. The reforms aim to create a more proportionate regulatory approach while maintaining investor protection and market integrity.
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Proskauer Rose LLP
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A New Regime For UK Private Fund Managers: Latest From The FCA And HMT
The UK Financial Conduct Authority and His Majesty's Treasury have launched consultations on sweeping reforms to the alternative investment fund manager regime, introducing a three-tiered compliance framework based on net asset value thresholds. How will these changes reshape regulatory requirements for private equity, real estate, venture capital, infrastructure, and credit fund managers operating in the UK market?
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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