GATEWAY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION SINGLE MARKET Gibraltar Finance is the growing success story in Europe for investment funds and investment managers. It offers robust fund legislation, a favourable fiscal regime, an EU framework, efficient regulation, the flexibility of a small jurisdiction and quality infrastructure.
Experienced Investor Funds (EIF) An EIF is an authorised collective investment scheme exclusively for investment by experienced investors and is designed to invest in a wide range of traditional or alternative asset classes.
As an EU domicile, Gibraltar Finance provides investors with direct access to the single market in financial services, thereby enabling passporting throughout the member states of the EU. Gibraltar also presents both political and economic stability, together with a professional workforce trained to international standards and full employment rights for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens.
Asset Management With a quick and efficient regulatory process, Asset Management firms can establish themselves as a firm under the Financial Services (Markets in Financial Instruments) Act 2006, or the Financial Services (Alternative Investment Fund Managers)Regulations 2013. The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) was transposed into Gibraltar law on 22 July 2013 and investment management firms which fall within the Directive’s requirements can market across EU member states.
One of the attractions of Gibraltar as a fund domicile is that no regulatory approval is required before an EIF can begin to raise capital and commence its investment activities. An EIF may be launched based on a legal opinion that confirms that the EIF has met all legal and structural requirements for its operations, and provided that the fund’s documentation is submitted to the regulator for registration within 10 business days of its launch.
For more information visit the Gibraltar Finance website:
www.gibraltarfinance.gi
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