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European Commission backtracks over AIFMD

24 April 2012


The European Commission has explained to European Parliament why it departed from key areas of Esma’s advice, according to an MEP. Stephanie Baxter reports

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The European Commission has “promised” to take another look at concerns over the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive, according to Syed Kamall, Conservative member of European Parliament (MEP) for London, speaking exclusively to Global Investor/ISF.

The Commission had been accused of unjustifibly departing from the advice presented by the...