Hedge Funds Publications

• Luxembourg Hedge Funds

Before launching a Hedge Fund, a set of questions questions will have to be answered that are essential to assessing whether the development of alternative investment products properly reflects the strategy and operational philosophy of the Investment Management firm.

This guide is intended to help identify and assess the implications of your choice and thus provide you with the concrete first steps you can take.

• The Hedge Funds Leadership Team

Our Hedge Funds Leadership Team is part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Alternative Investment Management Industry Group, which comprises teams of industry specialists who advise alternative investment managers in all aspects of their business developments.

• Press Article: Is UCITS 3 driving the convergence between hedge funds and long-only funds and what are the challenges? (April 2008)

Since the transposition of the first UCITS Directive (85/611/EC), the Investment Fund Industry has been subject to continuous changes in the tax and legal frameworks, booming investor demand for investment funds and increasing pace of financial product innovation. The latest amendment of the UCITS framework issued in 2002, referred to as UCITS 3, paved the way for these trends to enter the UCITS passport world.

• Flash News: The new law on Specialized Investment Fund came into force on February 13, 2007(February 2007)

On February 13, 2007, the 1991 law on UCIs dedicated to institutional investors ceased to exist and was replaced by the law on Specialized Investment Funds (“SIF”).