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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Venture Insights: EU Inc - is it a gamechanger for Europe?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The EU is on a well-publicised mission to boost competitiveness. Guided by its 2025 &quot;competitiveness compass&quot;, which sets an ambitious course, growth and innovation are at the heart of this mission, and venture capital and start-up businesses are key to its success.  &#xD;&#xA;But, even if ambition is not in short supply, delivery is complicated. Getting agreement on any game-changing initiative from all 27 member states will always be challenging, and the EU&#x27;s latest innovation &#x2013; a &quot;28th&quot; company la...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:31:32 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Accountability drives culture</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[FCA sharpens oversight: The UK regulator is finalising new rules on non-financial misconduct, extending its scrutiny beyond the office and setting clearer standards for personal and workplace behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;Manager accountability grows: Managers must actively prevent bullying and harassment, or risk personal liability under the Conduct Rules if they fail to act.&#xD;&#xA;Culture change expected: Firms can no longer dismiss poor behaviour as business as usual, with the FCA aiming to shift the conversatio...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:25:33 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The UK&#x27;s cautious roll out</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the UK&#x27;s rollout of sustainability disclosure standards.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:12:47 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Unlocking Private Markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at UK regulator&#x27;s client categorisation rules and their effect on firms looking to access individual investors.&#xD;&#xA;Wealthy individuals targeted: In Europe, policymakers and larger private fund managers are adapting rules and processes to attract more high-net-worth investors, while acknowledging that managing investor protection rules is essential.&#xD;&#xA;FCA aims to simplify categorisation: The UK&#x27;s regulator is proposing a...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:33:33 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Six fixes for SFDR 2.0</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In his week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the six fixes for SFDR 2.0.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:54:33 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Alternative Insights: Insights &#x27;26</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Our specialists offer their thoughts on how the standout items fit together and what they mean for you. The resulting six opinion pieces, each on a different theme, are supplemented by links to briefings that provide more detail on the specific developments that should be on your checklist this year.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:46:35 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: More turbulence in the year ahead</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This week we are taking a special look at the issues that will shape private capital in the year ahead. You can read our full analysis of those legal, regulatory and tax headwinds in our new publication Insights 26.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:46:30 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith provides strategic regulatory advice to EQT on its acquisition of Coller Capital for USD 3.2 billion</title>
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                            Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:13:49 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>ESG and sustainable finance &#x2013; issues for pension schemes and sponsors</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Sustainability is rising rapidly up the pensions agenda because of a mix of changing law, regulatory guidance, and growing demand from pension scheme members and other stakeholders.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:43:56 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Sustainability reforms lack a convincing theory of change</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In his week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the agreed reforms to the EU&#x27;s sustainability disclosure rules.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:53:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Financial Services and Markets 2026 Regulatory Roadmap</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Discover Travers Smith&#x2019;s 2026 Regulatory Roadmap, summarizing key regulatory developments in the UK and EU for asset managers, financial market infrastructures, and fintech firms. Stay informed on the evolving financial services landscape with concise insights designed to help senior managers and legal and compliance advisers prepare for upcoming regulatory changes in the new year.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:51:35 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The Commission&#x27;s SFDR proposal fails to deliver clarity</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the Commission&#x27;s SFDR proposal fails to deliver clarity.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:43:44 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>EU Market Integration Package</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 4 December 2025, the European Commission published three legislative texts, known collectively as the &quot;Market Integration Package&quot; (MIP). The MIP legislation forms part of the EU&#x27;s wider Savings and Investments Union initiative, which in turn is a product of the EU&#x27;s current drive to improve competitiveness and encourage growth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MIP proposals, if enacted, would make a large number of changes across a wide range of EU financial services legislation. In this briefing, Travers Smith&#x27;s...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:34:38 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Welcome changes made to new UK carried interest tax regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The government yesterday published an updated draft of the legislation implementing the UK&#x27;s new carried interest tax regime coming into force from 6 April next year. The key principles of the regime have not been changed &#x2013; broadly, all carried interest will be taxed as trading income (with a bespoke effective rate of around 34.1% being available for so-called &quot;qualifying carried interest&quot;) - but there have been some helpful amendments to the mechanics. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the summer, we published a guide...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:43:59 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Venture Insights: Behind the UK Budget headlines &#x2013;  impacts on venture</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It&#x27;s been a long time since a UK Budget and especially its behind-the-scenes mechanics (leaks, briefings and uploads) caused such a row. Looking behind those headlines, there was lots in the Budget of potential value to venture capital, but with a tax raising sting in the tail which we&#x27;ll come to at the end.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:11:38 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Does the UK have a coherent strategy for private capital?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at European fund labels.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:04:39 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Autumn Budget 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Stay informed with our expert Autumn Budget 2025 analysis. Explore key highlights, tax changes, spending reviews, and economic impacts. Get in-depth insights and updates to help individuals and businesses navigate the latest UK budget developments.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:07:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Finalised SFDR 2.0 proposals</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 20 November 2025, the European Commission published its final legislative proposal to update the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), commonly known as SFDR 2.0. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The finalised proposal contains a range of important changes from the leaked draft text which was circulated earlier in November 2025. Travers Smith&#x27;s Financial Services and Markets and Operational Risk and Environment teams have published an updated briefing setting out the key changes from the leaked draft an...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:36:07 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Infrastructure and Energy Spotlight &#x2013; Autumn/Winter 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we look at the prospects for data centres in the UK, what to watch out for in the Budget and whether EU objections could derail UK planning reforms.  We also discuss the clean energy aspects of the UK&#x27;s Industrial Strategy, the impact of consumer law on the energy and infrastructure sectors, recent developments in sustainability reporting and the National Underground Asset Register.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:02:32 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Should you label your next fund?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at European fund labels.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:45:11 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Draft SFDR 2.0 proposals</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Following the publication of a leaked draft of the European Commission&#x27;s proposals for revisions to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Travers Smith&#x27;s Financial Services and Markets and Operational Risk and Environment teams have published a briefing on the key points contained within the draft text and their implications for asset managers.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:33:47 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Are pooled investment funds on their way out?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the long term implications of the development of fund tokenisation.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:13:14 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Human rights due diligence and defence investments</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at human rights due diligence and defence investments.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:25:34 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Venture Insights: Emerging Managers and the UK AR Regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Introducing... Venture Insights. Brought to you by our alternative asset management team, Venture Insights builds on our award winning Alternative Insights newsletter &#x2013; a regular publication for GPs and LPs. Each month, we will focus in on developments for venture and growth strategies in the rapidly accelerating landscape of venture capital. In our first edition, we explore the coming changes to the UK&#x27;s appointed representative rules.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:28:45 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Unlocking Global Markets &#x2013; Strategies for the Cross-Border Fund Distribution of Alternative Funds to Private Wealth Investors</title>
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                            Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:50:26 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Private markets and policy goals</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at public private markets and how asset managers can influence them.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:31:36 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Why less might be more</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights, we are looking at transition plans in the UK.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:49:19 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>ICLG:  Alternative Investment Funds Laws and Regulations 2025</title>
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                            Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:12:41 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Transatlantic tax policy and the art of the deal</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at transatlantic tax policy and the art of the deal.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:46:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-transatlantic-tax-policy-and-the-art-of-the-deal/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The impact of UK tax policy</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the impact of Taxing financial services professionals in the UK.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:37:08 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>One person&#x27;s trash is another person&#x27;s treasure: ESMA&#x27;s Final Report on the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 26 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (&quot;ESMA&quot;) published its Final Report (&quot;the Report&quot;) on Technical Advice to the European Commission on the Review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (&quot;EAD&quot;).  &#xD;&#xA;The EAD builds upon the UCITS Directive to specify in more detail the assets in which an EU UCITS fund is permitted to invest. The Report proposes changes to both the EAD and the UCITS Directive.&#xD;&#xA;The main point of interest in the Report, which has been much highlighted...]]></description>
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                            Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:47:35 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/one-persons-trash-is-another-persons-treasure-esmas-final-report-on-the-ucits-eligible-assets-directive/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: UK takes another step towards mandatory sustainability disclosures</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are  looking at the UK&#x27;s adoption of ISSB standards.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:47:39 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-uk-takes-another-step-towards-mandatory-sustainability-disclosures/</link>
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                <title>Infrastructure and Energy Spotlight &#x2013; Spring/Summer 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we look at the UK Government&#x27;s 10 year Infrastructure Strategy and whether the &quot;Washington effect&quot; has trumped the &quot;Brussels effect&quot; in relation to ESG regulation.  We also provide updates on topics including planning reform, housing, heat networks, national security, pension fund infrastructure investment and carbon markets.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:26:47 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/infrastructure-and-energy-spotlight-springsummer-2025/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Secondary market liquidity before exit: old wine in new bottles?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at liquidity routes for portfolio companies before exit.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:35:45 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-secondary-market-liquidity-before-exit-old-wine-in-new-bottles/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith announces new Head of Asset Management</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP has announced the appointment of Will Normand as Head of Asset Management.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:52:57 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smith-announces-new-head-of-asset-management/</link>
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                <title>Alternative Insights summit 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We are excited to be hosting our fourth annual Alternative Insights Summit on Thursday 19 June.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This year&#x27;s theme is European Private Capital in a Trump 2.0 World.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hear from leading lights across the asset management industry in presentations, panels and fireside chats during a day packed with fantastic speakers and unique networking opportunities.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:11:13 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/events-container/alternative-insights-summit-2025-register/</link>
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                <title>PISCES &#x2013; Key questions answered</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[With the legal framework  now in place for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (&quot;PISCES&quot;) regime to become operational, in this briefing we answer the key questions that clients are asking about this innovative trading platform for private companies.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:01:51 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/pisces-key-questions-answered/</link>
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                <title>Financial Reporting Council publishes the updated UK Stewardship Code 2026</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 3 June 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (&quot;FRC&quot;) published the UK Stewardship Code 2026 (the &quot;Code&quot;). The Code is a voluntary framework designed to promote high standards of stewardship among financial market participants, encouraging the responsible allocation, management and oversight of capital. This edition of the Code will replace the UK Stewardship Code 2020 (the &quot;2020 Code&quot;) as of 1 January 2026. The Code outlines a number of Principles and Disclosures for effective stewardship...]]></description>
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                            Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:02:31 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: What will SFDR 2.0 look like?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at the ongoing review of the SFDR.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:33:13 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-what-will-sfdr-20-look-like/</link>
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                <title>Rule changes for European private fund managers</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK regulator&#x27;s review of valuations in private markets, highlighting some important action points for UK-regulated firms.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 23 May 2025 08:48:38 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/rule-changes-for-european-private-fund-managers/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Sustainability reporting season</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at the forthcoming round of sustainability reports for alternative asset managers.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 09 May 2025 08:41:17 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-sustainability-reporting-season/</link>
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                <title>Sustainability Exchange Podcast</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[A series of dynamic conversations hosted by Simon Witney, sustainable finance specialist, joined by two expert guests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simon meets with James Alexander, Chief Executive of The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and Sarah-Jane Denton, Director of our Operational Risk &amp; Environment team to evaluate the need, benefits, and practicality of a implementing UK-specific green taxonomy versus adopting the current EU framework.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The episode ends with a one-sentence answer fr...]]></description>
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                            Wed, 07 May 2025 09:56:49 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/sustainability-exchange-podcast/</link>
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                <title>A Fine Line for Green Collaboration</title>
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                            Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:45:43 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/a-fine-line-for-green-collaboration/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Investing in Europe&#x27;s defence</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at investments in defence by alternative asset managers.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:52:39 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-investing-in-europes-defence/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights:  Fixing the European plumbing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at securitisation reform in Europe.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:29:15 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-fixing-the-european-plumbing/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Will Trump 2.0 kill off the Brussels effect?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are asking whether it still makes sense for global compliance programmes to adopt a single standard.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:21:45 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-will-trump-20-kill-off-the-brussels-effect/</link>
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                <title>Climate Transition Planning: The Why and How</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Pressures for large organisations to adopt credible climate transition plans is starting to build and is expected to increase substantially in the next few years, with requirements to develop and implement a credible transition plan (CTP) aligned with the 1.5&#x2DA;C goal of the Paris Agreement on the horizon in both the EU and UK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Businesses in the Netherlands are more familiar than most with these pressures, in light of a particularly active NGO community holding them to account for public sta...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:42:40 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/climate-transition-planning-the-why-and-how/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights:  Taxing incentives in private markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at tax incentives in private markets.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:23:06 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-taxing-incentives-in-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: All aboard the unstoppable omnibus</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at the simplification of EU sustainability laws.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:21:47 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-all-aboard-the-unstoppable-omnibus/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights:  Insights &#x27;25</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we focus on our annual preview of the year ahead for the alternative asset managers, which we call Insights &#x27;25.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:39:51 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-insights-25/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: What&#x27;s in store for 2025?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at UK sustainability regulation, and what&#x27;s in store for 2025.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:21:49 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-whats-in-store-for-2025/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: EU sustainability regulation in 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at EU sustainability regulation, and what&#x27;s in store for 2025.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:21:51 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-eu-sustainability-regulation-in-2025/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The UK government&#x27;s boost to private markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at some recent UK government announcements that affect alternative asset managers.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:31:46 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-uk-governments-boost-to-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>Infrastructure Spotlight &#x2013; Autumn/Winter 2024</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we focus on the infrastructure implications of the new Labour Government&#x27;s first Budget, including for energy, vehicles, telecoms, housing and major projects.  We also look at new initiatives affecting the UK water industry and UK infrastructure investment more generally.  Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any of the issues discussed below.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:19:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/infrastructure-spotlight-autumnwinter-2024/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: What does COP29 tell us about the UK&#x27;s green growth ambitions?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at what COP29 tells us about the new UK government&#x27;s green growth ambitions.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:21:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Tax rises for UK alternative asset managers</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the Labour Government&#x27;s Autumn Budget, and its likely impact on UK alternative asset managers.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:29:37 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-tax-rises-for-uk-alternative-asset-managers/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The role of government in transition finance</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we look at the new UK government&#x27;s approach to transition finance.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:21:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 5: Does responsible investment have a meaningful impact on real world problems?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the fifth episode in our Sustainability Insights ... in conversation series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the fifth episode of our Sustainability Insights &#x2026; in conversation series, where we discuss the role of responsible investment in improving risk-adjusted returns, in aligning values, and in solving real world problems.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:21:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/sustainability-insights-in-conversation-episode-5-does-responsible-investment-have-a-meaningful-impact-on-real-world-problems/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The EU AI Act</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at we are looking at the EU AI Act, and its likely impact on the attractiveness of the EU as a hub for Artificial Intelligence.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:25:59 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-eu-ai-act/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The impact of the Draghi report on ESG regulation</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at Mario Draghi&#x27;s report on EU competitiveness and its potential impact on sustainability regulation for private capital firms]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:21:55 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-impact-of-the-draghi-report-on-esg-regulation/</link>
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                <title>ICLG: Alternative Investment Funds Laws and Regulations Report 2024</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Elmore and Emily Clark were contributing editors to the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide - Alternative Investment Funds 2024. Travers Smith also contributed two articles.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:32:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/iclg-alternative-investment-funds-laws-and-regulations-report-2024/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: NAV lending to private equity funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at we are looking at NAV lending to private equity funds, and ILPA&#x27;s recently issued guidance.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:21:43 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-nav-lending-to-private-equity-funds/</link>
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                <title>Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 4: Diandra Soobiah, Director of Responsible Investment at Nest, the National Employment Savings Trust</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the third episode in our Sustainability Insights ... in conversation series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the fourth episode of our Sustainability Insights &#x2026; in conversation series, Simon Witney speaks to Diandra Soobiah, Director of Responsible Investment at Nest, the National Employment Savings Trust. Their discussion explores Nest&#x27;s significant commitments to the private markets and, with 15% of Nest&#x27;s &#xA3;42 billion AUM allocated to private markets, Diandra explains what more she wants to see from the s...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:21:57 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/sustainability-insights-in-conversation-episode-4-diandra-soobiah-director-of-responsible-investment-at-nest-the-national-employment-savings-trust/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Politics, Policy, and Private Capital</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at trends in the private markets as discussed at our third annual Alternative Insights Summit in June.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:47:30 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-politics-policy-and-private-capital/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Back to work</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at trends in the private markets as reported by the keynote speaker at our recent summit.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 12 Jul 2024 09:26:35 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-back-to-work/</link>
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                <title>Infrastructure Spotlight &#x2013; Summer 2024</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we look at what a Labour Government could mean for investors in and operators of UK infrastructure.&#xA0; We also provide an update on disclosure rules for corporates, greenwashing rules for funds and a range of other topics, from EV charging, housing and planning through to tax and expiry of PFI/PPP deals.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:21:58 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/infrastructure-spotlight-summer-2024/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: UK sustainability policies of the future</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights we are looking at the future for UK sustainability policy.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:11:06 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 3: Ellen De Kreij</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the third episode in our Sustainability Insights ... in conversation series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our third episode of Sustainability Insights &#x2026; in conversation focuses on impact investing, and what impact means to Apax Partners.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:09:05 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/sustainability-insights-in-conversation-episode-3-ellen-de-kreij/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The diverging paths of private funds regulation</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the diverging path of private funds regulation in the US and the EU.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:21:50 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-diverging-paths-of-private-funds-regulation/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Fund names and sustainability</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of sustainability insights we are looking at the latest EU rules on fund names and greenwashing.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 31 May 2024 08:35:06 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-fund-names-and-sustainability/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Financial regulation and AI</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at Artificial Intelligence, and the opportunities it offers for asset managers.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 17 May 2024 16:28:10 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-financial-regulation-and-ai/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The UK&#x27;s anti-greenwashing rule</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of sustainability insights we are looking at the UK&#x27;s latest clampdown on greenwashing.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 03 May 2024 08:43:18 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - Is a continuation vehicle an AIF?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Continuation vehicles are typically structured as limited partnerships, with the investors (both rolling and new) constituting limited partners in the vehicle and the GP acting as manager of the vehicle. From a regulatory perspective, this continuation vehicle will typically fall within one of two regulatory categories: an alternative investment fund (&#x201C;AIF&#x201D;) or a non-AIF collective investment scheme (&#x201C;CIS&#x201D;).]]></description>
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                            Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:17:04 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-is-a-continuation-vehicle-an-aif/</link>
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                <title>Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 2: Kristen Weldon</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Our second episode of Sustainability Insights &#x2026; in conversation charts Kristen Weldon&#x27;s journey to natural capital in private markets.  Simon Witney and John Buttanshaw from Travers Smith&#x27;s ESG team talk to Kristen about the importance of nature and biodiversity, explore some of the investible opportunities for the private markets, and discuss UK and EU legal and regulatory initiatives.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:27:09 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/sustainability-insights-in-conversation-episode-2-kristen-weldon/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: UK pensions and private capital funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK&#x27;s attempts to get defined contribution pension schemes to invest in private funds.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:43:18 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-uk-pensions-and-private-capital-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Employment law and private markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at Labour law reforms across the UK and Europe in light of upcoming elections.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:48:36 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-employment-law-and-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Private markets and foreign subsidies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights we are looking at the European Commission&#x27;s recent policy brief reviewing the first 100 days of the EU&#x27;s Foreign Subsidies Regulation.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:31:34 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Supply chain due diligence in Europe</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at European supply chain due diligence requirements including the fate of the EU&#x27;s CS3D.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:15:12 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Subscription line financing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights we are looking at subscription line financing and the emerging role of rating agencies.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:30:18 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-subscription-line-financing/</link>
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                <title>Sustainability Insights ... in conversation - Episode 1: Cornelia Gomez</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Listen to a discussion between Travers Smith&#x27;s Simon Witney and Cornelia Gomez, Global Head of ESG at General Atlantic. Simon and Cornelia discuss the outlook for regulation in 2024, differing global perspectives on sustainability, and responsible AI.]]></description>
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                            Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:31:07 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Alternative Insights: Insights &#x27;24</title>
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                            Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:20:53 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/alternative-insights-insights-24/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Getting governance right</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at corporate governance and reporting in EU portfolio companies.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:37:13 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-getting-governance-right/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: What&#x27;s in store for 2024?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights week we are looking at what is in store for 2024.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:30:09 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-whats-in-store-for-2024/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Retailisation: Will 2024 be the year of the ELTIF?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at ESMA&#x27;s proposed implementing rules for the European Long Term Investment Fund, or ELTIF, and how they match up to the needs of sponsors.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:21:34 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-retailisation-will-2024-be-the-year-of-the-eltif/</link>
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                <title>Financial Services Regulation 2024 - New Year briefing</title>
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                            Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:41:31 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/financial-services-regulation-2024-new-year-briefing/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Labels for UK funds, but limited impact for private capital?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights week we are looking at the UK&#x27;s new disclosure and labelling regime for asset managers and its impact on private capital firms.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:38:31 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - Indirect transfer taxes (non-resident capital gains taxes)</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the ninth instalment of our Talking. Secondaries series, we examine what indirect transfer taxes are and why they matter.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:50:40 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-indirect-transfer-taxes-non-resident-capital-gains-taxes/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Tax cuts for UK business &#x2013; and a welcome focus on private capital</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the UK&#x27;s 2023 Autumn Statement and focus on private capital.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:44:36 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-tax-cuts-for-uk-business-and-a-welcome-focus-on-private-capital/</link>
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                <title>Infrastructure Spotlight &#x2013; Autumn 2023</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this edition, we highlight the key regulatory and policy developments this Autumn which will impact investors in and operators of energy and infrastructure assets in the UK.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:36:55 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/infrastructure-spotlight-autumn-2023/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The European Commission&#x27;s review of SFDR</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights week we are looking at the The European Commission&#x27;s review of SFDR.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:00:18 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-european-commissions-review-of-sfdr/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: Sharpening impact&#x27;s blurred edges</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Financial Services &amp; Markets Senior Consultant Simon Witney have featured in the latest edition of Private Equity International&#x27;s Impact Investing Report. In this keynote interview, Jeremy and Simon discuss how greater clarity, precision and standardisation can help the impact investing market reach its full potential.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:45:09 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-sharpening-impacts-blurred-edges/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Hot topics: The UK tax landscape</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In a special Alternative Insights to mark the publication of the Autumn edition of our Asset Management Tax Checklist, our &quot;need to know&quot; guide to topical tax issues facing the industry, Travers Smith&#x27;s Elena Rowlands, was interviewed by Tosin Adeyeri. Elena is a partner in our Tax Team whose practice focuses on focuses on the taxation of asset managers, investment funds and their investors, and tax authority disputes, and Tosin is a partner in our Funds Team.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:57:37 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-hot-topics-the-uk-tax-landscape/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - Transfer taxes</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the eighth instalment of our Talking. Secondaries series, we examine when transfer taxes apply, the implications they may have on a secondary transaction, and how to potentially mitigate these risks and allocate liability accordingly.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:21:16 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-transfer-taxes/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Can the UK&#x27;s FCA move the needle on diversity?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights week we are looking at the UK&#x27;s proposed new rules on Diversity and Inclusion for regulated financial firms.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:15:21 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-can-the-uks-fca-move-the-needle-on-diversity/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - US tax rules - Publicly Traded Partnerships</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the seventh instalment of our Talking. Secondaries series, we examine the US tax rules for publicly traded partnerships (&quot;PTPs&quot;). Secondaries transactions can potentially trigger adverse tax consequences for the fund and its investors under these rules. Many GPs will refuse consent to a secondary unless they are satisfied the transaction will not result in the fund becoming a PTP.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:18:09 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-us-tax-rules-publicly-traded-partnerships/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The impact and regulation of private credit funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Alternative Insights we are looking at the impact and regulation of private credit funds.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:00:20 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-impact-and-regulation-of-private-credit-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Navigating the antitrust challenge to ESG</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are at why it&#x27;s important to manage competition law and antitrust risks when signing-up to industry-wide ESG collaborations and collective pledges.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:48:29 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-navigating-the-antitrust-challenge-to-esg/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - US tax rules - ECI and FIRPTA</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the sixth instalment of our Talking. Secondaries series, we examine the US tax rules which have significant implications on secondaries transactions &#x2013; ECI and FIRPTA. Getting the US tax right is key to many secondary transactions. It should be considered at an early stage &#x2013; if not, the risk of unexpected US withholding taxes and filing obligations could derail your transaction.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:21:34 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-us-tax-rules-eci-and-firpta/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The impact of the EU&#x27;s new rules on foreign subsidies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Alternative Insights we are looking at some important new EU regulations on foreign subsidies that will affect many large M&amp;A deals.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:03:18 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-impact-of-the-eus-new-rules-on-foreign-subsidies/</link>
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                <title>SEC finalises Private Fund Adviser Rules</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The SEC has recently adopted new rules under the Investment Advisers Act  of 1940 (the &#x201C;Advisers Act&#x201D;) (together, the &#x201C;New Rules&#x201D;), based on a set of proposals originally set out in February 2022 (the &#x201C;Original Proposals&#x201D;).]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:03:39 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/sec-finalises-private-fund-adviser-rules/</link>
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                <title>International Comparative Legal Guides: Alternative Investment Funds 2023 - Sustainability Transition: Is the Grass Always Greener?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In their expert analysis chapter for the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides for Alternative Investment Funds, Travers Smith Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Associate Rory Page discuss the opportunities that effective ESG engagement may provide for asset managers, existing ESG regulations and the basis on which it can provide a competitive advantage to GPs.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:16:02 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/international-comparative-legal-guides-alternative-investment-funds-2023-sustainability-transition-is-the-grass-always-greener/</link>
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                <title>International Comparative Legal Guides: Alternative Investment Funds 2023 - England &amp; Wales</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Head of Asset Management Emily Clark have produced the England &amp; Wales chapter for the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides for Alternative Investment Funds.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:33:14 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/international-comparative-legal-guides-alternative-investment-funds-2023-england-wales/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith bolsters Asset Management offering with strategic Funds partner hire</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP has bolstered its Asset Management client offering with the hire of Tosin Adeyeri as a partner in the Funds group, further strengthening its expertise in private funds formation and secondaries work.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:21:19 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smith-bolsters-asset-management-offering-with-strategic-funds-partner-hire/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - NAV facilities</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the fifth instalment of our Talking. Secondaries. series, we examine NAV facilities, an increasingly popular form of fund level borrowing against the net asset value of the portfolio. We look at some of the important structuring considerations as well as explore the key economic terms and negotiation points.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:47:28 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-nav-facilities/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The new global baseline in sustainability reporting</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at new international sustainability reporting standards.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:28:21 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-new-global-baseline-in-sustainability-reporting/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: ILPA guidance on GP-leds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the latest ILPA guidelines on the use of continuation funds.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 07 Jul 2023 10:19:31 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-ilpa-guidance-on-gp-leds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: PRI guidance on human rights</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the new UN PRI guidance on human rights due diligence on private markets.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:51:25 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-pri-guidance-on-human-rights/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Retailisation: the evolving European regulatory environment</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This week we are looking at the evolution of retail fund regulation in the EU &#x2013; and its impact on private markets firms.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:01:34 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-retailisation-the-evolving-european-regulatory-environment/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - New ILPA Guidelines on Continuation Funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the fourth instalment of our Talking. Secondaries. series, we set out some of the key points from the new ILPA guidance which is intended to help encourage deal processes and structures which support the general principles that: (a) CF deals should maximise value for existing LPs; and (b) Rolling LPs should be no worse off than if the transaction had not occurred.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:46:14 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-new-ilpa-guidelines-on-continuation-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The FCA&#x27;s discussion paper on sustainability</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at the prospect of yet more UK sustainability regulation and the UK&#x27;s reaction.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 19 May 2023 08:35:25 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-fcas-discussion-paper-on-sustainability/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - Continuation funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the third instalment of our Talking. Secondaries. series, we examine a continuation fund, a vehicle capitalised by a secondary buyer and managed by the existing GP acquiring one or more assets from the existing fund.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We explore the rationale for using such a vehicle, what the process entails and the key considerations to be taken into account.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 11 May 2023 08:17:51 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-continuation-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: UK competition law</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at the role of regulators in M&amp;A transactions.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 05 May 2023 14:43:31 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-uk-competition-law/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - Single fund interest/portfolio sale</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the second instalment of our Talking. Secondaries. series, we examine a single fund interest/portfolio sale, typically the simplest form of secondary structuring. We outline the key items to consider as well as any potential advantages or disadvantages of such transactions.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:18:44 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-single-fund-interestportfolio-sale/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: A busy month for European sustainability regulation</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Sustainability Insights, we are looking at some important recent developments in sustainability regulation in Europe.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:44:09 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-a-busy-month-for-european-sustainability-regulation/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith LLP advises Hunter Point Capital on Strategic Partnership with Inflexion </title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP advises Hunter Point Capital on Strategic Partnership with Inflexion]]></description>
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                            Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:15:13 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smith-llp-advises-hunter-point-capital-on-strategic-partnership-with-inflexion/</link>
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                <title>Talking Secondaries - What&#x27;s in your structuring toolkit?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the first instalment of our Talking. Secondaries. series, we outline the different motivations at play in the secondaries market as well as the structuring options that are available. Future instalments will take a deeper dive into these different structuring options and assess their key features, advantages and disadvantages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our new series will seek to demystify the secondaries and synthetic secondaries markets and provide insights into the variety of tools available to GPs when looki...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:41:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/talking-secondaries-whats-in-your-structuring-toolkit/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: EU foreign subsidy rules and private equity deals</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Alternative Insights, we are looking at the impact of the EU&#x27;s new foreign subsidies regulation on private equity deals.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:47:23 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-eu-foreign-subsidy-rules-and-private-equity-deals/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Retailisation</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this week&#x27;s issue of Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights, we are looking at developments in retailisation in private markets. In particular, we consider the future of the ELTIF, and discuss some emerging European Commission proposals to enhance protections for retail investors.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:50:48 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-retailisation/</link>
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                <title>Chambers Global Practice Guides: Investment Funds 2023</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds partner, Sam Kay, and Tax partner, Elena Rowlands, have featured in the latest Chambers Global Practice Guides, giving an overview of the investment fund market and discussing alternative investment funds, retail funds and the recent developments relating to legal, regulatory and tax changes.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:35:59 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/chambers-global-practice-guides-investment-funds-2023/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Diversity and Inclusion: Interview with Gurpreet Manku</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Gurpreet Manku is the BVCA&#x2019;s Deputy Director General and Director of Policy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After more than a decade at the UK&#x27;s industry association &#x2013; taking the lead on some huge projects for the sector &#x2013; Gurpreet is about to take over as CEO of Level 20, an organisation determined to improve gender diversity in the private equity industry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We wanted to celebrate Gurps&#x27; achievements at the BVCA, especially those related to diversity and inclusion, so we invited her to feature in this special edit...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:55:15 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Insights &#x27;23</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, we launched our annual publication, Insights &#x27;23, at an event in London. It was an opportunity to look ahead to what the rest of this year holds for alternative asset managers in the context of three dominant themes: GP-led liquidity, the retailisation of private markets, and sustainability and greenwashing.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:52:48 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-insights-23/</link>
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                <title>GLI - Fund Finance 2023: Derivatives at fund level</title>
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                            Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:38:57 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/gli-fund-finance-2023-derivatives-at-fund-level/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: Democracy in action</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds Partner Will Normand and Senior Counsel Leigh Stockey have featured in the latest edition of Private Equity International&#x27;s Democratisation Report. In their keynote interview, Will and Leigh discuss the current status of the market and the likely evolution of the sector.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:45:26 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-democracy-in-action/</link>
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                <title>GLI - Fund Finance 2023: Newer liquidity solutions for alternative asset fund managers &#x2013; increasingly core</title>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:52:58 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/gli-fund-finance-2023-newer-liquidity-solutions-for-alternative-asset-fund-managers-increasingly-core/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The impact of labelling impact</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This week we are looking at the UK FCA&#x27;s proposals for an impact fund label.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:16:23 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-impact-of-labelling-impact/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: UK red tape</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Policymakers have made welcome moves to improve the UK funds regime in recent years, and the BVCA &#x2013; the UK&#x27;s private equity and venture capital association &#x2013; has an active and productive dialogue with regulators and government.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:18:58 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-uk-red-tape/</link>
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                <title>Financial Services Regulation 2023 - New Year briefing</title>
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                            Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:43:24 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/financial-services-regulation-2023-new-year-briefing/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Greenwashing and the regulation of fund names in the EU</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The EU may have blazed the trail in sustainability regulation, but European policymakers and regulators show no signs of relenting in their mission to stamp out &quot;greenwashing&quot;.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:37:38 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-greenwashing-and-the-regulation-of-fund-names-in-the-eu/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Changes to UK limited partnership law</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Policymakers have made welcome moves to improve the UK funds regime in recent years, and the BVCA &#x2013; the UK&#x27;s private equity and venture capital association &#x2013; has an active and productive dialogue with regulators and government.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:56:14 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-changes-to-uk-limited-partnership-law/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Sustainability labels for the UK</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[When the UK left the EU, it could have chosen to copy out the EU&#x27;s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:55:43 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-sustainability-labels-for-the-uk/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Policymakers, retail investors and private funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[As we wrote earlier this year, there is growing demand for alternative investments from individual investors &#x2013; and many private fund sponsors are keen to oblige.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:22:53 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-policymakers-retail-investors-and-private-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Tax and ESG in private markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It has become clear in recent years that tax is an ESG topic.  The UN has said that taxes play a vital role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and public reporting of tax practices is increasingly expected by sustainability-conscious investors.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:27:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-tax-and-esg-in-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry in the UK</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Partners Andy Lewis and Jonathan Gilmour, Senior Counsel Harriet Sayer and Senior Consultant Simon Witney have contributed to the latest paper from Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): A legal framework for impact (UK): integrating sustainability investment goals across the investment industry.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:14:02 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/principles-for-responsible-investment-pri-integrating-sustainability-goals-across-the-investment-industry-in-the-uk/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Carried interest and continuation funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Continuation funds offer investors a choice: take liquidity if you need it, or retain exposure to assets with further potential upside.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:40:28 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Liquidity for the house: Preparing an alternative asset manager for sale</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[While the vast majority of alternative asset managers remain owner-managed, in recent years a growing number of GPs have pursued IPOs, equity and debt solutions from external investors, and even outright sales.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:55:14 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/liquidity-for-the-house-preparing-an-alternative-asset-manager-for-sale/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Focusing on stakeholders</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last week, Travers Smith lawyers joined business leaders and academics at Harvard Business School to debate the purpose of companies.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:48:20 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-focusing-on-stakeholders/</link>
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                <title>Tax Journal Issue 1586: UK implementation of Pillar Two: where are we now?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith Tax Partners Jessica Kemp and Elena Rowlands, and Knowledge Counsel Laura Hodgson have written an article in the latest edition of Tax Journal, examining the UK implementation of BEPS Pillar Two.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:01:26 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/tax-journal-issue-1586-uk-implementation-of-pillar-two-where-are-we-now/</link>
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                <title>The new FCA Consumer Duty: a higher standard, better culture and good outcomes</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 8 July 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down its long-awaited judgment in the Municipio De Mariana group litigation claim, granting permission for some 200,000 Brazilian claimants to pursue in the UK their group action for damages caused by the collapse of the Fund&#xE3;o Dam in Brazil in 2015.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:26:50 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Changing the structure of financial regulation in the UK</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[At least for some of its advocates, one of the main benefits of Brexit was to enable the UK to set its own regulatory rules &#x2013; perhaps in particular for the financial services sector.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:54:08 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith announces Emily Clark as Head of Asset Management</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Emily Clark as Head of Asset Management, focusing on driving one of the firm&#x27;s core areas of focus.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:50:56 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>FCA sets outs its alternatives supervisory strategy</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 9 August 2022, the FCA issued its latest portfolio letter (Letter) to alternative asset management firms setting out its supervisory priorities.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:29:28 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>International Comparative Legal Guides: Alternative Investment Funds 2022 - The Evolution of Liquidity Solutions in Private Markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In their expert analysis chapter for the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides for Alternative Investment Funds, Travers Smith Funds Partners Jeremy Elmore and Sacha Gofton-Salmond discuss the evolution of liquidity solutions in private markets.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:57:11 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/international-comparative-legal-guides-alternative-investment-funds-2022-the-evolution-of-liquidity-solutions-in-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>International Comparative Legal Guides: Alternative Investment Funds 2022 - England &amp; Wales</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Head of Tax Emily Clark have produced the England &amp; Wales chapter for the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides for Alternative Investment Funds.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:17:38 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Labelling impact</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the FCA, the UK regulator, announced that its consultation on a sustainability disclosure and labelling regime for asset managers and regulated asset owners would be delayed until the autumn.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:13:21 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The benefits of a well-structured continuation fund</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Although some recent press commentary may suggest otherwise, the rise in so-called &quot;continuation funds&quot; (or, as the FT has labelled them, &quot;sell-to-yourself&quot; deals) is a healthy sign of a maturing market.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:53:24 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Private wealth and private capital</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Investment platforms like Moonfare &#x2013; which offer individual investors access to a range of alternative investment funds &#x2013; have proved popular.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:20:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The regulatory focus on &quot;greenwashing&quot;</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It has been clear for some time that regulators are concerned about &quot;greenwashing&quot;, by which they mean the risk that companies, investors and asset owners will overstate their sustainability credentials in order to attract capital.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:19:00 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>HMRC provides comfort to credit funds (and others) on scope of trading prohibition for QAHCs</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In April, the UK introduced a new tax privileged regime for qualifying asset holding companies (QAHCs). However, many in the industry felt that the original guidance on the regime published by HMRC did not provide sufficient clarity as to when the activities of an asset holding company (AHC) would constitute a trade.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:38:41 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/hmrc-provides-comfort-to-credit-funds-and-others-on-scope-of-trading-prohibition-for-qahcs/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Gaining liquidity and retaining control</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[With some notable exceptions, the private funds industry grew from founder-led partnerships and spin outs from financial institutions.  Independence and specialisation have been prized qualities.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 20 May 2022 13:53:02 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-gaining-liquidity-and-retaining-control/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Sustainability disclosure standards</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Just about everyone agrees that a single set of internationally accepted sustainability disclosure standards would benefit all stakeholders. But global convergence creates significant challenges.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 06 May 2022 15:07:54 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-sustainability-disclosure-standards/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith has advised long-standing client, life sciences investment firm, Abingworth on its sale to Carlyle</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith has advised long-standing client, life sciences investment firm, Abingworth on its sale to Carlyle]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:45:36 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smith-has-advised-long-standing-client-life-sciences-investment-firm-abingworth-on-its-sale-to-carlyle/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The EU&#x27;s sustainability challenge</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The European Commission&#x27;s renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, adopted in July 2021 and building on a 2018 Action Plan, was certainly ambitious.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:54:53 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-eus-sustainability-challenge/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: The effect of regulatory change on the fundraising market</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds partners Sam Kay and Will Normand have featured in the latest edition of Private Equity International discussing the effect of regulatory change on the fundraising market. You can read the full keynote interview below.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:35:40 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-the-effect-of-regulatory-change-on-the-fundraising-market/</link>
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                <title>The New UK Asset Holding Company Regime - What is the ownership condition?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We recently hosted a webinar on the UK&#x27;s new Qualifying Asset Holding Company Regime (QAHC) which will come into effect from April 2022. In this clip from the webinar, Tax Partner Elena Rowlands explains what the ownership condition is and what requirements must be met for a QAHC to be deemed to have sufficiently &#x27;good&#x27; category A ownership.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:38:43 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/the-new-uk-asset-holding-company-regime-what-is-the-ownership-condition/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: UK government sets out next steps for funds regime</title>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:38:42 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-uk-government-sets-out-next-steps-for-funds-regime/</link>
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                <title>Using QAHCs as a holding platform for pan-European Real Estate funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We recently hosted a webinar on the UK&#x27;s new Qualifying Asset Holding Company Regime (QAHC) which will come into effect from April 2022. In this clip from the webinar, Tax Senior Counsel Jonathan Woodall discusses how QAHCs might be used as a holding platform for pan-European Real Estate funds]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:38:43 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/using-qahcs-as-a-holding-platform-for-pan-european-real-estate-funds/</link>
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                <title>What is the new UK qualifying asset holding company regime and why is it being introduced?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We recently hosted a webinar on the UK&#x27;s new Qualifying Asset Holding Company Regime (QAHC) which will come into effect from April 2022. In this clip from the webinar, Tax Partner Russell Warren outlines what the regime is and why it is being introduced.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:38:44 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/what-is-the-new-uk-qualifying-asset-holding-company-regime-and-why-is-it-being-introduced/</link>
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                <title>Webinar: The new UK Asset Holding Company Regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We recently hosted a webinar on the UK&#x27;s new Qualifying Asset Holding Company Regime (QAHC).&#xA0;In this webinar, our panel discussed the criteria that must be met for a company to qualify as a QAHC and the UK tax benefits of QAHCs, as well as looking at some practical examples as to how they might be used in fund and deal structures, focussing on private equity, credit and real estate strategies.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:38:45 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: European Commission proposal on mandatory due diligence</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[At the end of last month, the European Commission unveiled its much-delayed plan to require companies doing business in the European Union to undertake far-reaching sustainability due diligence throughout their supply chain.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:51:10 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-european-commission-proposal-on-mandatory-due-diligence/</link>
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                <title>ESG Investor: Act Naturally</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Environmental reforms will require asset managers to manage and report on a wider range of risks and opportunities, says Simon Witney, Senior Consultant, Travers Smith.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:59:00 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/esg-investor-act-naturally/</link>
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                <title>Chambers Global Practice Guides: Investment Funds 2022</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds partner, Sam Kay, and Tax partner, Elena Rowlands, have featured in the latest Chambers Global Practice Guides, giving an overview of the investment fund market and discussing alternative investment funds, retail funds and the recent developments relating to legal, regulatory and tax changes.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:52:31 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/chambers-global-practice-guides-investment-funds-2022/</link>
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                <title>Tax Journal Issue 1564: Early stage tax disputes: a practical guide</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith Tax Senior Associate&#xA0;Sophie Lloyd&#xA0;and Associate&#xA0;Rob Smith&#xA0;have written an article in a recent edition of Tax Journal, providing a practical guide on early stage tax disputes with HMRC.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 01 Mar 2022 13:58:58 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/tax-journal-issue-1564-early-stage-tax-disputes-a-practical-guide/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: SEC proposal for private funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It is no surprise that the US Securities and Exchange Commission &#x2013; now led by Gary Gensler, the Chair appointed last year by the Biden administration &#x2013; has made proposals to increase the regulation of private fund managers (or &quot;investment advisers&quot;).]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:52:55 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-sec-proposal-for-private-funds/</link>
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                <title>Government publishes next steps in review of UK funds regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[For nearly two years the government has been conducting a review of the UK funds regime (the Review) with the aim of making the UK a more attractive location to set up, manage and administer funds and to support a wider range of more efficient investments better suited to investor needs.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:38:45 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>Tax Journal Issue 1563: &#x27;Am I a shell?&#x27; - The new question facing EU entities</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Tax Knowledge Counsel Laura Hodgson has written an article in a recent edition of Tax Journal, discussing the new EU draft directive (ATAD 3) and how it could subject EU entities to additional reporting and adverse tax consequences.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:58:56 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/tax-journal-issue-1563-am-i-a-shell-the-new-question-facing-eu-entities/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Making a Paris-aligned net zero commitment</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last week, Carlyle pledged net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, and committed to significant progress by 2025.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:54:54 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-making-a-paris-aligned-net-zero-commitment/</link>
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                <title>Funds Annual Briefing 2022</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Our annual briefing highlighting the key 2021 legal developments which impact the funds&#x27; industry and previews what can be expected in 2022.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:51:37 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/funds-annual-briefing-2022/</link>
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                <title>Funds Annual Briefing 2022 - Headline grabbers</title>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:38:45 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/funds-annual-briefing-2022-headline-grabbers/</link>
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                <title>Funds Annual Briefing 2022 - Spotlight on your radar</title>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:51:31 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/funds-annual-briefing-2022-spotlight-on-your-radar/</link>
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                <title>Funds Annual Briefing 2022 - What you may have missed</title>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:52:00 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/funds-annual-briefing-2022-what-you-may-have-missed/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith advises RBS International on a &#x20AC;210 million sustainability-linked fund financing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP has advised RBS International, Jersey Branch (RBSI) on a &#x20AC;210 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility provided to Europa Capital, on behalf of its latest value add fund, Europa Fund VI. This is the largest sustainability-linked loan RBS International has provided in the real estate sector.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:09:20 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smith-advises-rbs-international-on-a-210-million-sustainability-linked-fund-financing/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Liquidity options for LPs</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Private equity had a bumper year last year. Although official data will not be available for a few months, there are already reports that 2021 was a record year for fundraising, investments and exits.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:51:03 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-liquidity-options-for-lps/</link>
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                <title>GLI - Fund Finance 2022: Chapter 20 - Newer liquidity solutions for alternative asset fund managers &#x2013; concept proven</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Danny Peel, Katie McMenamin and Jamie Parish have co-authored a chapter in the GLI - Fund Finance 2022 publication highlighting the new liquidity solutions available for alternative asset fund managers.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:53:56 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/gli-fund-finance-2022-chapter-20-newer-liquidity-solutions-for-alternative-asset-fund-managers-concept-proven/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Is 2022 the year to focus on nature?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last year, many alternative asset managers worked harder than ever to ensure that their investment approach was equipped to meet one of the defining challenges of our time.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:54:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-is-2022-the-year-to-focus-on-nature/</link>
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                <title>Financial Services Regulation 2022 - New Year briefing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This briefing outlines upcoming changes to financial services regulation in 2022.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:35:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/financial-services-regulation-2022-new-year-briefing/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Regulatory hosting under scrutiny in the UK</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[For many private fund managers &#x2013; especially a new firm, a spin out from a larger business, or a firm that manages a relatively small pool of capital &#x2013; the UK regulatory requirements can be daunting.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:58:39 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-regulatory-hosting-under-scrutiny-in-the-uk/</link>
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                <title>ICLG: Environmental, Social &amp; Governance Law 2022</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Derivatives &amp; Structured Products Partner,&#xA0;Jonathan Gilmour, and Pensions Partner,&#xA0;Andy Lewis, have jointly contributed to the recently published International Comparative Legal Guide on Environmental, Social &amp; Governance Law 2022.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:58:37 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/iclg-environmental-social-governance-law-2022/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The gradual evolution of EU fund regulation</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It is just over 10 years since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers&#x27; Directive (AIFMD) became law, harmonising the regulation of private funds managers across the EU.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:58:34 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-gradual-evolution-of-eu-fund-regulation/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The UK&#x27;s new sustainability disclosure regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Glasgow&#x27;s climate summit was both an important step forward and a missed opportunity to go further. One important step forward was undoubtedly COP 26&#x27;s unprecedented focus on the role of finance in tackling the climate emergency, which catalysed huge commitments from the private sector.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:09:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-uks-new-sustainability-disclosure-regime/</link>
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                <title>Listen to Alternative &amp; Sustainability insights</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[A series of regular audio briefings for the alternative asset management industry.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:32:39 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-asset-management-and-sustainability-insights-podcast-series/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The UK&#x27;s Autumn 2021 Budget</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last week&#x27;s Autumn Budget confirmed the UK government&#x27;s determination to use regulatory change as a key driver of economic growth and recovery.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:38:48 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-uks-autumn-2021-budget/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The UK&#x27;s Green Taxonomy</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[COP 26, the most important climate summit since the 2015 Paris Agreement, is just around the corner. The UK government, which is playing host, desperately wants it to be a success &#x2013; and needs to show its own continued leadership on climate change if it is to marshal commitments from other countries.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:54:55 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-uks-green-taxonomy/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Helping UK savers access private funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The benefits of investing in private funds have always been spread widely.  The biggest contributors to the fund raisings of European private equity funds are pension funds and insurance companies &#x2013; whose ultimate beneficiaries are millions of individual savers.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:58:17 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-helping-uk-savers-access-private-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Sustainability-linked incentives in private markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Investors, regulators and stakeholders increasingly require sustainability issues to be integrated into investment decision-making.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:54:56 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-sustainability-linked-incentives-in-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>SuperReturn CFO/COO 2021 - Talking Tax</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP is sponsoring this year&#x27;s SuperReturn CFO/COO conference - the world&#x27;s leading private capital event for senior private equity finance, operations, compliance and risk professionals.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:16:22 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/events-container/superreturn-cfocoo-2021-talking-tax/</link>
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                <title>SuperReturn CFO/COO 2021 - Off the record: A global mobility guide</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP is sponsoring this year&#x27;s SuperReturn CFO/COO conference - the world&#x27;s leading private capital event for senior private equity finance, operations, compliance and risk professionals.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:16:22 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/events-container/superreturn-cfocoo-2021-off-the-record-a-global-mobility-guide/</link>
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                <title>SuperInvestor 2021 - LP/GP alignment and getting to know your GPs</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP is sponsoring this year&#x27;s SuperInvestor conference - the world&#x27;s largest global private equity conference focused on LP/GP relations.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:16:22 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/events-container/superinvestor-2021-lpgp-alignment-and-getting-to-know-your-gps/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The future of &quot;parental liability&quot; in UK competition law</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Since the well-publicised 2014 case involving the Goldman Sachs portfolio company, Prysmian, the private equity industry has been acutely aware that European competition law can impose liability on private equity funds and fund managers for infringements by their portfolio companies]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:58:08 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-future-of-parental-liability-in-uk-competition-law/</link>
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                <title>International Comparative Legal Guides: Alternative Investment Funds 2021 - GP-Led Transactions: The Investor&#x2019;s Perspective</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In their contribution to the International Comparative Legal Guides, Travers Smith Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Senior Associate Andrew Benson discuss GP-led transactions from the investor&#x27;s perspective.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:48:52 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/international-comparative-legal-guides-alternative-investment-funds-2021-gp-led-transactions-the-investor-s-perspective/</link>
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                <title>International Comparative Legal Guides: Alternative Investment Funds 2021 - England &amp; Wales</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In their contribution to the International Comparative Legal Guides, Travers Smith Funds Partner Jeremy Elmore and Head of Tax Emily Clark discuss alternative investment funds in England &amp; Wales.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:58:03 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/international-comparative-legal-guides-alternative-investment-funds-2021-england-wales/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The UK&#x27;s new holding company regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[An important part of the UK government&#x27;s post-Brexit review of the UK funds regime is its commitment to a new set of tax rules for UK-resident asset holding companies.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:58:01 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-uks-new-holding-company-regime/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Balancing national security and national interest</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The latest proposals attempt to remedy that &#x2013; and certainly seem more reasonable in their scope. For example, the definition of &quot;artificial intelligence&quot; as a sector has been narrowed, and, significantly, now says more clearly that companies that purchase products or licenses in relation to AI (for use, but not for further development) are not covered by the definition.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:28:19 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-balancing-national-security-and-national-interest/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Are B Corps part of private equity&#x27;s future?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Demonstrating a lasting commitment to sustainability &#x2013; and to respecting the interests of key stakeholders &#x2013; is increasingly recognised as a driver of long-term commercial success.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:54:56 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-are-b-corps-part-of-private-equitys-future/</link>
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                <title>Holding asset managers to account</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We recently held our third webinar in the series &quot;Sustainability and alternative asset managers: the new normal&quot;.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:49:23 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/holding-asset-managers-to-account/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Reporting by large UK private companies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In launching the UK&#x27;s consultation on corporate governance and audit reform in March,  Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, acknowledged the &quot;economic importance of the largest privately-owned companies&quot; and asserted that they should be held to the same reporting standards as public companies.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:48:24 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-reporting-by-large-uk-private-companies/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: How GPs are moving the needle on DE&amp;I</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith has sponsored the inaugural Private Equity International Women in Private Funds report.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:47:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-how-gps-are-moving-the-needle-on-dei/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Investigating workplace misconduct</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Many organisations, including our own, have been marking this year&#x27;s Pride Season with virtual activities focused on diversity and inclusion.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:54:56 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-investigating-workplace-misconduct/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Financial services policy in a post-Brexit Britain</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It was always optimistic to hope that sticking closely to EU rules would persuade Brussels to give UK firms access to the single market, but now that any such deal seems to be off-the-table, the mood in the City has adapted.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:57:39 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-financial-services-policy-in-a-post-brexit-britain/</link>
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                <title>Navigating the sustainable finance agenda</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the years leading up to Brexit, both the UK and the European Union had been busy developing sustainability policy and legislation. Now the UK has left the EU, it remains committed to being at the forefront of the sustainable finance agenda.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:57:38 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/navigating-the-sustainable-finance-agenda/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The quest for a long-term fund vehicle</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last week&#x27;s announcement that Vanguard is stepping up its partnership with HarbourVest to offer private equity products to more wealthy individuals is no surprise.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 28 May 2021 13:47:23 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-quest-for-a-long-term-fund-vehicle/</link>
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                <title>Webinar: GP-led secondaries transactions</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In April 2021, we hosted a webinar on GP-led transactions and explained the legal, regulatory and tax issues relating to these types of transactions.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 14 May 2021 13:46:23 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/webinar-gp-led-secondaries-transactions/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The growing importance of GP-led secondaries</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Dealmakers who were stuck in their home office last year may not be surprised to know that, in 2020, Europe saw the second highest level of capital deployed by private equity and venture capital funds ever.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 14 May 2021 10:20:56 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-growing-importance-of-gp-led-secondaries/</link>
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                <title>Corporate Governance in Private Equity</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, we launched a series of webinars on the theme of &quot;Sustainability and alternative asset managers: the new normal&quot;.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 06 May 2021 10:44:09 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/corporate-governance-in-private-equity/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The impact of the EU&#x27;s sustainability reporting proposals on private companies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[While governments around the world are working hard on new domestic sustainability reporting requirements, developing an international rulebook will be much harder.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:54:57 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-impact-of-the-eus-sustainability-reporting-proposals-on-private-companies/</link>
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                <title>HMT review of the UK funds regime: Travers Smith response</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We welcome HM Treasury&#x27;s consultation on how to improve the UK&#x27;s funds regime, to support existing managers and attract new ones.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:49:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/hmt-review-of-the-uk-funds-regime-travers-smith-response/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Sustainability and private funds - is it possible to set the bar too high?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Proliferation of policies has become a fact of corporate life. Designed to mitigate a wide range of identified risks, company policies are now virtually compulsory for even the smallest business.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:54:57 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-sustainability-and-private-funds-is-it-possible-to-set-the-bar-too-high/</link>
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                <title>The unfinished business of Brexit: what still needs doing and how long will it take?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In 2019, UK voters were promised that there was a plan to &quot;get Brexit done&quot;, so that we could all move on &#x2013; and businesses could invest against a background of greater certainty. Whilst considerable progress has been made towards those goals, there remains a significant amount of unfinished business and uncertainty in key areas.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:52:14 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/the-unfinished-business-of-brexit-what-still-needs-doing-and-how-long-will-it-take/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: GPs turn to creative solutions to support new funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds partner, Sam Kay has featured in Private Equity International discussing]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:46:00 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-gps-turn-to-creative-solutions-to-support-new-funds/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The UK budget and the competitiveness agenda</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The British government&#x27;s ambitions to use its new freedom to diverge from EU laws to give the UK a competitive edge have, inevitably, been delayed by the more urgent need to focus on COVID recovery.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:57:21 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>Changes coming down the track for alternative asset managers</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[To help you keep on top of legal developments relevant to alternative asset managers, we have created a checklist that pulls the key ones together. Our checklist highlights each development, providing a brief description and setting out the next steps. We hope that you find it useful.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:45:29 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/changes-coming-down-the-track-for-alternative-asset-managers/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: Brexit and immigration rules</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The UK government is determined that a post-Brexit Britain should continue to be a world-leading financial centre. Recent announcements &#x2013; including a call for evidence on the UK funds regime, and a consultation on asset-holding companies &#x2013; lend support to that ambition]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:57:09 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-brexit-and-immigration-rules/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith advises RBSI Luxembourg on a &#x20AC;300m credit facility provided to NREP Income&#x2B; Fund</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith LLP has advised the Royal Bank of Scotland International Luxembourg (RBSI Luxembourg) on a new &#x20AC;300m subscription line made available to NREP Income&#x2B; Fund, a fund managed by NREP, the leading real estate investor and innovator in the Nordics.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:25:23 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smith-advises-rbsi-luxembourg-on-a-300m-credit-facility-provided-to-nrep-incomeplus-fund/</link>
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                <title>Raconteur: Navigating the sustainable finance agenda</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Raconteur Navigating sustainable finance agenda]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:57:05 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/raconteur-navigating-the-sustainable-finance-agenda/</link>
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                <title>How the EU&#x27;s Green Deal and Sustainable Action Plan will affect private markets</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The sustainability agenda is inevitably resulting in a wave of new regulation for alternative asset managers as well as the wider business community, a trend which looks set to continue in the coming years.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:39:41 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/how-the-eus-green-deal-and-sustainable-action-plan-will-affect-private-markets/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: Impact investments and fiduciary duties</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[At a&#xA0;conference discussing the Future of the Corporation organised by the British Academy last week, many speakers made an obvious point: all investment activity has impact.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:54:57 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-impact-investments-and-fiduciary-duties/</link>
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                <title>Funds Annual Briefing 2021</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Our annual briefing highlighting the key 2020 legal developments which impact the funds&#x27; industry and previews what can be expected in 2021.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:50:41 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/funds-annual-briefing-2021/</link>
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                <title>Tax Journal Issue 1517: UK asset holding company proposals &#x2013; a truly competitive regime?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Tax partner Elena Rowlands, Consultant Cathryn Vanderspar and Knowledge Counsel Ian Zeider have featured as the lead article in the latest version of Tax Journal with their article &#x27;The UK asset holding company regime: what&#x2019;s proposed&#x27;.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:57:01 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/tax-journal-issue-1517-uk-asset-holding-company-proposals-a-truly-competitive-regime/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The last chance saloon</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last week, we hosted a seminar looking at the likely impact of the EU&#x27;s sustainability reforms on private markets &#x2013; and the message delivered by our keynote speaker was clear: we are in the last chance saloon.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:54:58 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-last-chance-saloon/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: The UK as a holding company jurisdiction</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[As the UK embarks on life outside the EU, the Government is actively talking to the business community about how it can use tax, legal and regulatory reform to stimulate economic activity and enhance Britain&#x27;s position as a place to do business.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:56:53 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-the-uk-as-a-holding-company-jurisdiction/</link>
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                <title>Financial Services Regulation 2021 - New Year briefing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This briefing outlines upcoming changes to financial services regulation in 2021.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:56:49 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/financial-services-regulation-2021-new-year-briefing/</link>
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                <title>Private Funds CFO: Preferred equity vs secondaries transactions: The GP&#x2019;s choice</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Writing for Private Funds CFO, Funds Senior Associate Ed Ford and Senior Counsel Sacha Gofton-Salmond outline the pros and cons of preferred equity transactions.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:43:42 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-funds-cfo-preferred-equity-vs-secondaries-transactions-the-gp-s-choice/</link>
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                <title>Proposed new UK asset holding company regime</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[HM Treasury (HMT) has published a consultation document (the Condoc) containing proposals for the design of a new tax privileged regime for asset holding companies (AHCs) used in alternative fund structures (the Proposals).]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:26:31 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/proposed-new-uk-asset-holding-company-regime/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Alternative Insights: &quot;Retailisation&quot; of private capital</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Last month,&#xA0;the UK government&#xA0;promised&#xA0;that, within a year, it will introduce a new investment fund regime that will make it easier for&#xA0;&#xA0;pension funds &#x2013; and potentially other investors &#x2013; to&#xA0;&#xA0;access longer-term, illiquid investments.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:56:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-alternative-insights-retailisation-of-private-capital/</link>
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                <title>ICLG: ESG and UK pension schemes - challenges and opportunities</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Derivatives &amp; Structured Products Partner, Jonathan Gilmour, and Pensions Partner, Andy Lewis, have written a chapter on the economic rationale behind ESG investment and the key considerations and challenges surrounding ESG pension legislation.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:56:45 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/iclg-esg-and-uk-pension-schemes-challenges-and-opportunities/</link>
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                <title>Investment Firm Prudential Regime: FCA Consultation</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Following its Discussion Paper earlier in the year, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published this week the first of three Consultation Papers on the Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR).]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:56:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/investment-firm-prudential-regime-fca-consultation/</link>
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                <title>Retailisation of alternative investment strategies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The announcement earlier this year that ordinary savers in the United States would be able to invest in private equity&#xD;&#xA;funds through their employer-sponsored retirement accounts represents a significant victory for the alternative&#xD;&#xA;investment management industry.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:56:45 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/retailisation-of-alternative-investment-strategies/</link>
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                <title>Real Estate bitesize video series - Episode 4: ESG</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This series of bite-size videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector. In the fourth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Associates Elizabeth Duan and Neela Bhurtun, discuss the challenges ESG is causing the Real Estate sector, how their investments are being affected, and what asset managers now need to consider moving past Covid-19 and into the rest of the decade.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:34:08 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/real-estate-bitesize-video-series-episode-4-esg/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The EU&#x27;s corporate governance proposals</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In 2018, the European Commission published an ambitious and wide-ranging 10-point sustainable finance action plan. If there was any doubt in 2018, it is now clear that sustainable finance is a legislative priority.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:54:58 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-eus-corporate-governance-proposals/</link>
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                <title>Travers Smith&#x27;s Sustainability Insights: The UK&#x27;s path to a sustainable future</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In a year when good news has been in very short supply, the last two weeks have offered several reasons to be more hopeful. Most notable, perhaps, was&#xA0;news&#xA0;that the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine candidate had 90% efficacy in its Phase 3 tests (quickly followed by equally positive news from&#xA0;Moderna), giving hope that mass vaccinations next year could spell the end of COVID-19.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:56:34 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/travers-smiths-sustainability-insights-the-uks-path-to-a-sustainable-future/</link>
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                <title>ESG - TCFD and SFDR disclosures: a fork in the road?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The UK government and regulators have jointly announced their approach to implementing the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures within the next five years. Notable by its absence is any explicit mention of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation which comes into force in March 2021.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:56:33 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/esg-tcfd-and-sfdr-disclosures-a-fork-in-the-road/</link>
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                <title>A blueprint for a bright future: The UK Alternatives Asset Management Industry Framework</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We believe it is of paramount importance to protect and develop the alternatives asset management industry in the UK following our exit from the EU in order to maintain the UK&#x27;s status as a world leader in the sector and to ensure that the wider economy continues to benefit from the deployment of global capital across alternatives asset classes by UK based managers.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:43:17 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/a-blueprint-for-a-bright-future-the-uk-alternatives-asset-management-industry-framework/</link>
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                <title>A blueprint for a bright future: The UK Alternatives Asset Management Industry Framework</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[We believe it is of paramount importance to protect and develop the alternatives asset management industry in the UK following our exit from the EU in order to maintain the UK&#x27;s status as a world leader in the sector and to ensure that the wider economy continues to benefit from the deployment of global capital across alternatives asset classes by UK based managers.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:56:19 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/where-to-now-a-blueprint-for-a-bright-future-the-uk-alternatives-asset-management-industry-framework/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: Inside dual-track fund liquidity processes</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Finance Partner Katie McMenamin and Funds Senior Associate Ed Ford discuss the bespoke nature of liquidity options available to private equity managers in their Expert Commentary for Private Equity International.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:42:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-inside-dual-track-fund-liquidity-processes/</link>
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                <title>Private Equity International: Accessing liquidity in the secondaries market</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Funds Partner, Sam Kay, and Senior Associate, Ed Ford, discuss accessing liquidity in the secondaries market.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:42:26 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/private-equity-international-accessing-liquidity-in-the-secondaries-market/</link>
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                <title>Asset Management Toolkit: COVID-19 Response</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The global COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation that will have a long-term impact on the asset management industry.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 07 May 2020 13:55:37 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/asset-management-toolkit-covid-19-response/</link>
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                <title>COVID-19: regulatory measures for financial services firms</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[As COVID-19 continues to impact daily life, the Financial Conduct Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority are working to try and mitigate its impact on the financial markets, financial services firms and their customers.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:55:19 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/regulatory-measures-for-financial-services-firms/</link>
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                <title>Preferred equity as a portfolio-wide liquidity option</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Potential liquidity concerns are dominating private equity managers&#x2019; contingency planning for their portfolio investments.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:58:12 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/preferred-equity-as-a-portfolio-wide-liquidity-option/</link>
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                <title>What&#x2019;s in your liquidity toolkit for 2020 and beyond?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[GPs/managers continue to seek to differentiate themselves in terms of yield and broader &#x2018;value add&#x2019; for investors.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:41:25 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/what-s-in-your-liquidity-toolkit-for-2020-and-beyond/</link>
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                <title>COVID-19: FCA&#x27;s expectations under SMCR</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its expectations of solo-regulated firms under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:55:28 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/covid-19-fcas-expectations-under-smcr/</link>
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                <title>COVID-19: Liquidity, liquidity, liquidity</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Over the last 4 weeks, in the face of COVID-19 the worldwide economy has experienced the sorts of pressures not seen since the Great Depression.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:41:57 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/covid-19-liquidity-liquidity-liquidity/</link>
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                <title>Liquidity Driven Fluidity in the Alternative Assets Space</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Alternative assets have enjoyed an unprecedented level of growth over the last decade, which looks set to continue.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:56:35 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Financial services regulation 2020 - New Year briefing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[After a tumultuous 2019, it&#x27;s a new year, a new decade and a new UK Government pledged to &quot;get Brexit done&quot;.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:09:57 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>FCA sets out its Asset Management and Alternatives Supervision Strategies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The FCA has outlined key risks of harm in the asset management and alternative investments sector and the steps that firms should take to address these risks.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:55:08 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>New rules on money laundering</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Fifth Money Laundering Directive comes into force on 10 January 2020. Firms will need to be ready.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:54:59 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/new-rules-on-money-laundering/</link>
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                <title>Pros and cons of preferred equity transactions</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond of law firm Travers Smith outline the pros and cons of preferred equity transactions.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:39:24 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/pros-and-cons-of-preferred-equity-transactions/</link>
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                <title>The FCA&#x27;s 5 Conduct Questions: senior managers of all firms required to consider their culture</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The FCA recently published a feedback report on its 5 Conduct Questions programme.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:53:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/the-fcas-5-conduct-questions-senior-managers-of-all-firms-required-to-consider-their-culture/</link>
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                <title>The value in NAV facilities</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Asset-backed or net asset value (NAV) facilities as a feature of the fund finance landscape are not new, but their uses have increased over the last five years.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:05:10 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/the-value-in-nav-facilities/</link>
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                <title>Appointed Representatives: FCA concerned about oversight and risks</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The FCA has raised concerns about appointed representative (AR) arrangements entered into by firms in the investment management sector.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 30 May 2019 13:53:53 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/appointed-representatives-fca-concerned-about-oversight-and-risks/</link>
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                <title>The EU cross-border distribution of funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In April 2019, the European Parliament adopted a new package of measures which will amend the existing regimes governing the cross-border distribution of funds.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 30 May 2019 13:53:56 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/the-eu-cross-border-distribution-of-funds/</link>
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                <title>MLD 5: HMT consultation on UK transposition</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 15 April 2019, H.M. Treasury published a consultation paper seeking views on the transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (MLD 5) in the UK.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 15 May 2019 13:53:53 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/mld-5-hmt-consultation-on-uk-transposition/</link>
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                <title>New EU prudential regime for investment firms</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The new Regulation on prudential requirements for MiFID investment firms (IFR) and the accompanying Directive (IFD) were passed by the European Parliament.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 02 May 2019 13:53:54 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/new-eu-prudential-regime-for-investment-firms/</link>
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                <title>New proposed FCA rules on shareholder engagement</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The EU Revised Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II) is currently required to be implemented by 10 June 2019.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:51:55 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/new-proposed-fca-rules-on-shareholder-engagement/</link>
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                <title>Financial services regulation 2019: New Year briefing</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This briefing outlines upcoming changes to financial services regulation in 2019.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:54:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/financial-services-regulation-2019-new-year-briefing/</link>
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                <title>HM Treasury and FCA Brexit proposals for investment funds</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[HM Treasury and the FCA have published draft regulations and rules which contain their respective Brexit proposals for investment funds.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:51:58 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/hm-treasury-and-fca-brexit-proposals-for-investment-funds/</link>
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                <title>AIF &amp; UCITS depositaries: heightened duties when delegating</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Two new regulations have been published amending existing Level 2 requirements on depositaries of AIFs and UCITS with effect from 1 April 2020.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Sat, 05 May 2018 13:51:59 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/aif-ucits-depositaries-heightened-duties-when-delegating/</link>
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                <title>Brexit and financial services: one year to go, but where are we going?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[It has been exactly twelve months since the UK submitted its notification of withdrawal from the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:51:58 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/brexit-and-financial-services-one-year-to-go-but-where-are-we-going/</link>
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                <title>The UK Asset Management Industry &#x2013; Blueprint for a Bright Future</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The election result has re-kindled debate over the Single Market, and sharpened the focus on achieving a Brexit outcome with positive effects on the UK economy.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:54:28 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/the-uk-asset-management-industry-blueprint-for-a-bright-future/</link>
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