Advice on regulatory, compliance and corporate issues for foreign and Italian asset managers, pension funds, investment firms and banks.
Topics covered included the requirements for carrying out offering to the public of financial instruments in Italy; issues about assets eligible for investment by Italian and foreign asset managers; requirements for and setting up of asset management companies, investment firms, branches of foreign regulated entities and real estate/property vehicles.
Advice on compliance/ internal auditing/ risk management structures and requirements for outsourcing of essential functions and investment services for intermediaries. Delegation and sub-delegation of management activities (including master-feeder structures).
Drafted and reviewed agreements for foreign asset management companies distributing their products cross-border or setting up a presence in Italy (correspondent bank agreements, distribution and trail agreements).
Counselling on the engineering of foreign and domestic investment vehicles and the regulatory requirements for the operation of harmonised and non-harmonised investment structures.
Issues regarding hedge funds, non-harmonised and harmonised investment vehicles establishment and passporting of products in Italy; regulatory limits and framework for marketing investment and financial products in Italy, using alternative financial products (hedge funds and hedge fund indices) as underlying for financial products (domestic non-harmonised funds, insurance wrappers, structured bonds and notes).
Counselling on innovative financial instruments related to Carbon Emissions Trading.