Abstract

Consequent to the financial crisis, the European Union (the EU) is promulgating an unprecedented amount of regulation. These EU initiatives are part of a global overhaul of financial markets, which was initiated at the London summit of the G-20 Leaders in April 2009 and closely followed by other international initiatives. After months of intense legislative debate at EU level, in November 2010 the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached political agreement on the text for a Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers of the European Parliament and of the Council (the Directive). Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, expressed the aspirations of the EU for the Directive as follows:

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