By Samuel K. Won and Simon Whiteside
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The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) continues to dominate discussions on global hedge fund regulation, marketing, remuneration, risk, reporting and related topics. In this guest article, two of the leading global authorities on the AIFMD – Samuel K. Won, Founder and Managing Director of Global Risk Management Advisors, and Simon Whiteside, a Partner in the London o% ce of Simmons & Simmons LLP – provide comprehensive answers to 14 of the questions most frequently asked by U.S. and other non-E.U. managers on the impact and implementation of the AIFMD.
Specifically, Won and Whiteside discuss the viability of reverse enquiry; the interaction between capital introduction and reverse enquiry; reliance on national private placement regimes; remuneration, side letter and leverage disclosure; AIFMD versus Form PF; content and frequency of AIFMD reporting; Annex IV reporting on master funds; and AIFMD-relevant risk management and reporting considerations.