19 Sep 2013
AIFMD: challenges facing US and other non-EEA managers
By Michael Rucci (pictured), head of fund ervices Americas, UBS Global Asset Management – How does AIFMD impact how I can market in Europe?…
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Capitalising on convergence between 40 Act and onshore funds
In August, the Financial Times reported that more than half of US hedge fund groups had launched, or were in the process of launching,…
A new reporting engine with OMS connectivity
"Emerging managers under the USD200million AuM mark struggle to get the necessary reporting needs from their service providers because of…
Independent directors: considerations and queries
By Geoff Ruddick, IMS Fund Services: Independence – Independence is the ‘holy grail’ of effective corporate governance. If a director is…
Automated solution to help relieve FATCA burden
Next July marks the introduction of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). To meet the demands of this far-reaching legislation,…
DeAWM appoints head of smart beta
Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management (DeAWM) is expanding its expertise in the management of passive investment products with appointment…
US hedge funds start to branch out into 40 Act funds
By James Williams – One thing is certain: hedge fund regulation in the US is tightening and is here to stay. What remains uncertain is the…
Brown Rudnick appoints Bibby as partner in London office
Law firm Brown Rudnick has appointed Peter Bibby as a partner in the London office. Bibby was head of enforcement at the Financial…
Federal Reserve back-tracks on tapering, investors need to ignore the noise
Following the comments from Ben Bernanke in May, investors have clearly priced in some form of tapering with government bond yields having…
AKJ appoints former London Stock Exchange legal department head
AKJ, an independent brokerage and software group serving the institutional and hedge fund industries, has appointed Tom Mackay as general…
Mixed performance for Newedge indices in August
The Newedge CTA and Trend Indices decreased in August, finishing down 1.75 per cent and 2.53 per cent respectively. Commodity strategies,…
Funds adopt sophisticated governance solutions to meet business challenges
Fund sponsors are upgrading to more sophisticated fund governance solutions by moving beyond the friction of limited service providers to…
18 Sep 2013
SYZ Asset Management hires Ian Penrose as distribution director for the UK
SYZ Asset Management, the institutional asset management arm of the Swiss banking Group SYZ & Co, has appointed Ian Penrose as…
European repo market recovers as banks return to the market for funding, says ICMA survey
The European repo market stands at EUR6,076bn, according to a survey by the European Repo Council of the International Capital Market…
State Street survey debunks misconceptions about alternative investment industry
Investors are leading the way in shaping the future of the alternative investment industry, according to a soon to be published global…
