21 Dec 2011
eFront opens Singapore office
eFront, a software provider of solutions for the alternative investment market, has opened a new office in the heart of Singapore’s…
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SYZ & CO launches a new alternative fund - “Tail & Trading”
SYZ & CO has has launched OYSTER Multi-Manager Tail & Trading, a new sub-fund of its Luxembourg Part II SICAV 3A Alternative Funds.…
20 Dec 2011
Why Luxembourg will preserve its Ucits dominance
By Michael Sanders – When Alceda Fund Management was established in 2007, Luxembourg was already a well-recognised fund domicile, so the…
Jersey: the blue-chip option for fund managers
By Simon Gray – For nearly a decade Jersey has been focusing its strategy for developing the financial services industry on fund…
Is redomiciliation the answer for alternative funds?
By Simon Gray – Never has there been so much discussion in the industry about the redomiciliation of funds from offshore to onshore…
Malta: speedy, efficient, cost-effective – and sun-kissed
By Simon Gray – At a time when an uncertain economic environment and financial climate is forcing existing investment fund managers to…
Guernsey – relocation has never been so attractive
By Peter Niven – No matter whether fund managers are considering relocating personally and/or corporately, there are few better options…
Fund and manager domiciles in a state of flux
By Simon Gray – A perfect storm of factors over the past four years has upended many of the traditional assumptions of asset managers,…
Michigan Federal Court orders Jeffrey L Groendyke and JG Forex Fund to pay over USD1.4m for operating Forex Ponzi scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal consent order for permanent injunction against CFTC…
CFTC issues final order amending effective date for swap regulation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a Final Order regarding the effective date for swap regulation. On 14 July,…
SEC charges Madoff employee with falsifying books
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a longtime Bernie Madoff employee with falsifying books and records in order to hide…
FSA authorises Apex Fund Services
Apex Fund Services (UK) Limited has received authorisation by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a Fund Operator. As a Fund…
2011 – A year for machines, not for men
As 2011 draws to an end, it is interesting to note that eight of the Top 10 performers on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (Lyxor MAP)…
SEC charges broker for assisting investment adviser's fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil injunctive action against Stephen M Folan, a former registered representative in…
19 Dec 2011
Inflation pressure could mount in the next recovery cycle
Enzo Puntillo (pictured) , Head/CIO Fixed Income at Swiss & Global Asset Management, assesses the prospects for fixed income…
