18 Jan 2017
Cayman Islands compliance and transparency
By Chris Humphries, Stuarts Walker Hersant Humphries – The Cayman Islands is a transparent International Financial Centre which complies…
More
The growing importance of independent boards
Such is the level of scrutiny facing alternative fund managers that the general trend towards increased usage of independent directors has…
Using SPCs as emerging manager platforms
Flexibility, cost-effectiveness and speed to market are just a few of the advantages to electing to launch a fund on a pre-existing…
Cayman LLC is flexible and cost-effective
The Cayman Limited Liability Company structure has been up and running since mid-July 2016 and over that short period of time close to 200…
Under the microscope: Cayman regulatory updates
With the introduction of the Cayman LLC, the EU Connected Fund in its final stages of approval and a general drive towards continued…
Castle Hall Alternatives expands to Abu Dhabi
Due diligence company Castle Hall Alternatives has opened an office within Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial…
Tax practitioner James R Brown rejoins Ropes & Gray
James R Brown has rejoined law firm’ Ropes & Gray’s tax practice as a partner in New York.Brown (pictured) previously practiced at…
Ramius CEO quits to pursue new career opportunities
Ramius chief executive officer Michael Singer is leaving the alternative investment manager to pursue new career opportunities.Fred…
Bricknode launches full brokerage system in the cloud
Bricknode has launched a Software as a Service solution for financial brokers and dealers called Bricknode Broker, which allows brokers to…
17 Jan 2017
SkyBridge Capital sells majority stake with Anthony Scaramucci to step down immediately
The majority of global alternative firm SkyBridge Capital has been sold to RON Transatlantic EG and HNA Capital. Financial terms of the…
Thomson Reuters completes REDI acquisition
Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisition of REDI Holdings, allowing it to incorporate a cross-asset execution management system (EMS)…
Financial services businesses see high levels of fraud and risk incidents in 2016
Fraud, cyber and security incidents are now the “new normal” for financial services companies across the world, according to the executives…
Hedge funds up 4.48 per cent in 2016
Hedge funds saw gains of 4.48 per cent in 2016, posting better performance compared to a modest 1.78 per cent gain during 2015, according…
DTCC appoints chief compliance officer for European global trade repository business
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed Derek West, former senior director of derivatives oversight at the…
MSCI appoints head of securitised products research
MSCI has appointed David Zhang has head of securitised products research, a newly created role.Zhang, who previously headed modelling of…
