08 Oct 2014
Options aplenty for managers running funds in Malta
The official grandfathering period of the AIFMD only ended this July so assessing how different jurisdictions and their fund industry…
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The AIFMD transition in Malta
By Robert Higgans (pictured) & Clare Farrugia, MFSA – Since the end of the transition period applicable to Alternative Investment Fund…
Loan funds – a compelling opportunity
For a number of years, it has been practically impossible for funds to grant loans to third parties unless done on a one-off basis.…
Choosing the right fund structure in Malta
For emerging managers, the fact that Malta retained its PIF regime alongside the new AIF fund regime means that a number of fund…
Malta’s PIF regime proves popular with non-EU managers
Retaining its Professional Investor Funds (PIF) regime is possibly the single biggest development for Malta in recent memory. The island is…
Malta beginning to see AIFM cluster formation
“What we are seeing under AIFMD is increased interest in asset managers using Malta as a domicile for the setting up of AIFMs,” observes…
Hedge funds add USD18.4bn in August
The hedge fund industry took in USD18.4 billion (0.8 per cent of assets) in August, the highest inflow in three months and a strong rebound…
07 Oct 2014
Basel III set to increase prime brokerage costs
Market regulation is starting to impact the way prime brokers do business with their hedge fund clients. The need to store away more…
Getting around AIFMD
By Kavitha Ramachandran, Maitland Group – The EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has essentially created a vast…
Peregrine expands US capabilities with NY office
This summer, Peregrine Communications pitched its flag on 44th & Fifth, New York to further bolster its award-winning reputation as a…
Investors quench their thirst with liquid alternatives
The second part of a report released by Deutsche Bank in September 2014 reveals that investor allocations to US alternative mutual funds…
SEC enforcement: the state of play
Developing trends – Recent SEC investigations into hedge funds, investment advisers, officers, directors, and political intelligence firms…
Delivering transparency to run liquid alternatives
“Being able to wrap an alternative trading strategy into a ’40 Act fund structure is going to open up hedge funds to a far wider audience,”…
Growing traction in private equity funds space
Jill Calton (pictured) is a managing director of the Alternative Investment Services division at UMB Fund Services. Over the past 12…
U.S. Bancorp brings shadow accounting solution to the table
The continuing institutionalisation of the hedge fund industry can be illustrated by a growing demand among managers – and indeed their…
