This article provides a brief guide to marketing investment funds in the EU. This article sets out the three main investment fund regimes currently operating within the EU; the types of funds applicable to each regime; and the types of investors likely to be targeted in each of the three regimes. This article also provides a brief comparison of the national private placement rules in the United Kingdom and France.

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