Travers Smith's Alternative and Sustainability Insights
A series of regular briefings for the alternative asset management industry.

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Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Retailisation
The many alternative fund managers looking at high net worth (HNW) investors as a source of capital have had mixed news over the last year. Policymakers are grappling with competing priorities: they want to facilitate the flow of capital to long term investments, but they also want to protect investors who may not be able to bear the risks and illiquidity inherent in those investments. So, while the market continues to tap wealth management firms and private banks, regulators are both helping and hindering those efforts.
There is still no market consensus on the best structure to use to address the HNW market. The three main candidates are: feeders into institutional funds, evergreen semi-liquid funds, and the (soon to be improved) European Long Term Investment Fund (or ELTIF).
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Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Greenwashing and the regulation of fund names in the EU
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Changes to UK limited partnership law
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Sustainability labels for the UK
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Policymakers, retail investors and private funds
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Tax and ESG in private markets
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Carried interest and continuation funds
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Focusing on stakeholders
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Changing the structure of financial regulation in the UK
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
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Rachel Woodburn
- Director of Knowledge & Learning
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