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Michael Jackson, Dualta Counihan
From: Alternative Investment Funds in Europe
Edited By: Lodewijk van Setten, Danny Busch
5.01 Ireland is a leading international domicile for regulated alternative investment funds (AIFs) and fund of funds, with EUR 300 billion in assets under management as at November 2013. Ireland is also the largest hedge fund administration centre in the world, servicing alternative investment assets representing more than 40% of global and 63% of European hedge fund assets.1 5.02 Ireland was the first regulated jurisdiction to provide a regulatory framework specifically for the AIF industry. AIFs can avail of a variety of fund structures, with different levels of...