27 Jun 2014
The British Virgin Islands – AIFMD one year on
By Tim Clipstone (pictured) & Jill Shaw, Maples & Calder – It has been almost a year since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers…
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StormHarbour to acquire 49 per cent of Japanese hedge fund manager Asuka
Global markets and financial advisory firm StormHarbour Securities is to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Japanese hedge fund manager Asuka…
The role of the CCO in a highly scrutinised global regulatory environment
By Gary Kaminsky, ConceptONE – It seems almost daily that regulators on both sides of the pond remind the industry of the importance of…
Prime broker relationships remain key
Last year there was considerable angst and uncertainty among hedge fund managers. Central to their concerns was the impact appointing an…
Global Fund Media Guide to AIFMD 2014
The publication of the Global Fund Media Guide to AIFMD 2014 is timed to coincide with the 22 July 2014 date by which AIFMs are required to…
SGSS launches multi-counterparty and multi-asset class trade repository reporting service
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched a trade repository reporting offer for OTC derivatives, servicing…
SEC adopts cross-border security-based swap rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted the first of a series of rules and guidance on cross-border security-based swap…
26 Jun 2014
Global hedge fund assets top USD3trn for the first time, says eVestment
Total assets in hedge funds surpassed USD3 trillion for the first time on record in May 2014, according to a report from eVestment. The…
Barclays charged with fraud over marketing and operation of dark pool
Barclays has been charged with fraud over the marketing and operation of its dark pool and other aspects of its electronic trading…
CFTC issues extension of time-limited no-action relief to LCH
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) has issued a further extension of time-limited…
Hedge funds enjoy USD18.6bn in inflows in April… Tiger Management backs new Asia focused fund…
Global hedge funds investors added USD18.6bn in new money to portfolios in April, nearly twice as much as the amount of new cash they sent…
Hedgeweek reader survey: Help us to help you
Thousands of readers around the globe trust Hedgeweek to provide comprehensive coverage of the news, issues and developments affecting the…
Japanese investors to maintain hedge fund allocations, says survey
Japanese investors plan to maintain the size of their hedge fund allocations this year, according to a survey by AIMA Japan and…
25 Jun 2014
First fully electronic JSCC-cleared swap trade is executed on Tradeweb
The first electronically-traded and JSCC-cleared yen swap transaction by a Japanese bank has been executed by Tradeweb.Bank of…
BlackRock launches first UCITS multi-strategy absolute return fund for European investors
BlackRock has launched an absolute return fund for institutional investors in Europe to meet an expected increase in demand for regulated…
