24 Feb 2015
Assessing the evolution of the Swiss funds industry
Interview from Lugano, Switzerland’s third financial centre, with Gian Luigi Trucco, Swiss Association of Asset Managers…With revised CISA…
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Managers face Swiss Legal Representative requirement
The sands of time are running out for hedge fund managers wishing to continue distributing their funds to Swiss investors. As of 1 March…
TABB Group sees first-mover advantage in innovation and migration for firms in coming post-Dodd-Frank period
While the past several years of regulatory uncertainty have frustrated, if not left, the derivatives industry treading water, capital…
Growing complexities of asset management demand evolutionary leap in operating capabilities
Investment organisations will need sophisticated operating capabilities that support their business strategies if they want to be…
19 Feb 2015
Montlake QIAIF Platform provides AIFMD solution
Hedge fund managers have two options when looking to bring a regulated fund product to Europe. The first is to go the UCITS route, the…
The art of orchestration as a European AIFM
Luxembourg-based Fuchs Asset Management is not your typical AIFM provider. Its heritage is firmly rooted in wealth management. Having now…
Understanding the AIFMD distribution landscape
“I was in Chicago recently. A German pension fund said they had a USD500m allocation in a Chicago-based fund. They wanted to know that they…
Setting up a hedge fund under AIFMD
The AIFM Directive may not be universally welcome but with greater focus being applied to compliance and operational risk oversight within…
Owning an AIFM without the operational burden
Cordium, one of the industry’s leading regulatory and compliance firms, has devised a new offering for the European market to help managers…
Extending AIFM license to PE and real estate funds
Last May, MS Management Services SA, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of the Maitland group, received authorisation from the CSSF to act as a…
ESMA needs to clarify specific Annex IV issues
Ask any AIFM what the key regulatory challenge is under AIFMD and the response is unanimous: Annex IV reporting. The first deadline, 31…
How to access Europe using third party AIFMs
Alternative fund managers wishing to continue to market their funds into Europe have to navigate unchartered territory. The AIFMD only…
17 Feb 2015
ESMA publishes annual report and supervisory focus for CRAs and TRs
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an annual report (Report) on its direct supervisory activities in 2014…
13 Feb 2015
SA institutions lack exposure to alt and PE assets, says Old Mutual
South African institutions are, on average, lacking significant commitment to alternative assets and private equity investments, with many…
12 Feb 2015
Tax paid by UK hedge fund industry at record levels
The tax contribution of the UK hedge fund industry has never been greater than it is today, according to new research from AIMA, the global…
