05 Jul 2011
Comment: A trendless yet eventful 2011 for CTAs
Asset class performances were as hard to predict as ever during the first half of this year. While the global economic outlook has been…
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04 Jul 2011
CFTC charges ROF Consulting over USD4m commodity pool fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint in the US District Court for the District of Nebraska, charging…
Court orders Locke Capital Management and owner Leila Jenkins to pay over USD5m
A federal judge in Rhode Island has granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's motion for summary judgment and entered final…
Signet hires investment specialist to focus on Europe
Signet, a USD1.5 billion fund-of-hedge-funds group based in the UK and the US, has hired Marco Meli as a senior investment specialist.…
Flint McClung Capital LLC and Shawon McClung charged over fraudulent foreign currency Ponzi scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Flint-McClung Capital LLC (FMC) of Englewood, Colo., and Shawon McClung of…
Opinion: Proposed anti-fraud and anti-manipulation regimes for loan derivatives products
The seemingly intuitive application of long-standing securities anti-fraud and anti-manipulation rules to the complex world of…
AIFM Directive to come into force on 21 July
The European Union’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers will come into force on 21 July following its publication in the…
New global equity fund leverages Scout Investments' macroeconomic and stock selection expertise
Combining its macroeconomic expertise and global stock selection capabilities into a single solution for investors, Scout Investments…
03 Jul 2011
Skyline Capital launches global EM l/s UCITS
Skyline Capital Management, the London-based hedge fund manager established last year by Geoff Bamber and Vernon West, announced this week…
French law firm highlights benefits under UCITS IV that can apply to French UCITS
Gide Loyrette Nouel, an international law firm established in Paris in 1920 and regarded as one of…
Several European markets miss deadline to implement UCITS IV
According to research by RBC Dexia Investor Services, several European markets missed the deadline to implement the 1July UCITS IV…
JP Morgan launches Japan market neutral UCITS
JP Morgan Asset Management has decided to launch a Japan Market Neutral (UCITS) Fund, based on the Nippon Neutral Strategy,…
CFTC charges two air traffic controllers and commodity trader Michael Gomez over USD1.4m forex fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)has filed charges against two air traffic controllers, Louis J Giddens, Jr of…
Former Schottenfeld proprietary trader David Plate settles SEC insider trading charges
The Honorable Jed S Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a judgment against David…
01 Jul 2011
Comment: “Austerity measures may be passed, but the Greek voters will keep investors twitchy”
David Miller, Partner at Cheviot Asset Management, believes that whilst austerity measures have been passed, this will not do much to…
