Ireland opens for AIFMD applications

Application forms, along with detailed rules relating to full compliance and securing authorisation under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ (AIFM) Directive, can be accessed opening the way for fund companies to operate through what the Irish Fund Industry Association (IFIA) calls a “hassle free” process for managers. “We know that there is a great deal of pent-up demand around the implementation of the AIFMD and this announcement from the CBI allowing managers to ‘go live’ with applications for AIFMs is further affirmation of Ireland’s dominance and leadership in alternative in...