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The UK asset holding company regime: a quacking idea!

James McCredie (Macfarlanes) reviews a hugely welcome new regime, but explains there are still some ‘shoot in foot’ opportunities that it is to be hoped the government and HMRC will resist.

Fans of the asset holding company regime will already be familiar with the first and second stage consultations which have preceded this latest publication. For the benefit of other readers the use of asset holding companies by investment funds and institutional investors has long been a fixture of investment structuring for a number of tax and non-tax reasons.

Most private funds (both private equity and other asset classes) tend to be structured as tax transparent limited partnerships formed to pool investment from (largely institutional) investors. These funds...

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