ING Investment Management Luxembourg S.A. was awarded the license as Alternative Investment Fund Manager by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier on June 6th 2014. The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) was transposed into Luxembourg Law in in July last year. Existing fund managers intending to become AIFMD compliant have until July this year to apply for a license and operate under the directive that will enable them to manage Alternative Investment Funds (AIF).
For ING Investment Management, obtaining this license is a further milestone in the development of its Luxembourg fund platform. It will simplify its cross-border distribution of AIF’s and thus support its strategy of growing distribution via third parties. This year is also...
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