AIFMD Awareness

Target audience

This awareness e-learning is relevant to all professionals who (will) have to meet the legal requirements imposed on alternative investment funds.

Contrary to what the ‘A’ of ‘alternative’ might suggest, the scope of the AIFM Directive is broad. The AIFMD applies to all managers of investment funds that do not qualify as UCITS, unless there is an exemption. It does not matter what they invest in.

After finishing the e-learning, you will know when an investment fund manager requires an AIFMD license and what requirements have to be met to obtain and retain the license.

Education level

This e-learning is a course at HBO (higher vocational education) level. We assume that participants already have some prior knowledge of fund management. For those who want to brush up their knowledge in this area, the training contains an appendix with information about investing and investment funds in general.

Objective

This course will teach you the broad outlines of the AIFMD, the regulation of alternative investment funds. In this e-learning we will discuss:

• the scope of the AIFMD (difference with UCITS, regimes and activities);
• the licensing requirements (minimum capital, management and integrity, remuneration policy, etc.);
• the ongoing requirements (risk management, liquidity management, transparency, etc.); and
• the requirements from the Wwft/Sanctions Act and SFDR.

After the e-learning, you will know what requirements have to be met to obtain and retain an AIFMD license.

Study duration

You can follow this Awareness training in our online learning environment, wherever and whenever it suits you.The training takes between two and three hours to finish, depending on your prior knowledge about the subject.