Quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of local insights into fund management issues, including regulatory framework and authorities; regulation of fund administration; fund authorisation and licensing; territorial scope of regulations; acquiring a stake in a fund manager; restrictions on compensation and profit sharing; fund marketing, including rules on commission payments; legal vehicles available for retail funds and non-retail pooled funds; investment, borrowing ownership, management and operating restrictions; tax, asset protection, governance, reporting, issue, transfer and redemption issues; separately managed accounts; re-domiciliation of funds; listing funds; foreign investor participation rules; funds investing in derivatives; hot topics, such as treatment of strategic industries, high-frequency trading, commodity position limits, capital adequacy for investment firms and ‘shadow banking’; and other recent trends.

The Asset Management Review is an incisive general introduction to the complex regulatory frameworks governing asset management activities worldwide, and the related practical issues that arise in the sector. With a focus on recent trends and developments, it covers – among other things – key regulatory hurdles; common asset management structures; main sources of investment; tax implications; and an outlook for future developments.