Investment Management
30 April 2008
On 21 February 2008, the Luxembourg government has introduced a draft law aimed to make more attractive the SICAR vehicle to private equity and venture capital investors.
Brief overview of the main changes proposed in the draft law:
- introduction of possibility to create multiple compartments (as is already the case for the Luxembourg specialized investment fund (SIF) vehicle;
- share premiums will be taken into account for the computation of the minimum capital (share capital + share premium must be at least 1,000,000 Euro)
- no requirement to publish NAV of its assets;
- obligation to publish annual report within 6 months following the end of the accounting year;
- lighter requirements imposed upon custodian (the SICAR regime will be aligned on the SIF regime as to that). Consequently, the annual running costs of the SICAR will be reduced;
- the assets of the SICAR will have to be valued at fair market value;
Please contact Olivier Sciales or Rémi Chevalier should you have any further questions.