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Regulation Press Releases
News
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Events in North Africa could provide opportunities, according to fund manager
Feb 16, 2011 -
Smaller Asian economies offer best growth potential, according to RBC Capital Markets survey
Feb 14, 2011 -
Northern Trust makes senior hire in asset management division
Feb 14, 2011 -
Institutionalisation of investors prompts greater risk management and fee concessions
Feb 11, 2011 -
Hedge fund directors should sit on fewer boards and be paid more, according to industry experts
Feb 10, 2011
Press Releases
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VITEOS announces significant growth in assets under administration
Feb 07, 2011 -
Deutsche Bank and Traxis launch Ucits compliant global equity macro fund
Feb 01, 2011 -
Laven Partners launches Redflag database for professional investors
Jan 31, 2011 -
Global hedge fund industry not 'un-regulated' - AIMA
Jan 28, 2011 -
Deutsche Bank to provide third-party securities lending services for MOSERS
Jan 20, 2011
Opinion
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Alpha Waves: Road Warriors in the Transparency Wars
Jan 31, 2011 -
The unnoticed custody constraint in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
Jan 20, 2011 -
The drivers of hedge fund returns: Identifying risk and alpha
Jan 20, 2011 -
Alpha Waves: The Pebble in The Pond
Jan 20, 2011 -
Operational due diligence gets real at GAIM Ops Europe
Nov 02, 2010
The global hedge fund industry is not ‘un-regulated’ or lightly-regulated. Hedge fund managers are already rigorously regulated in all the main jurisdictions in which they operate, and significant new regulation is being introduced internationally.
Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD), the world’s largest independent money market fund portal, announced today the results of a client survey on the proposed Money Market Fund (MMF) reform options presented by PWG’s report.
Jan 10, 2011
The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group ended 2010 with a turnover of approximately 2.64 billion contracts, compared with 2.65 billion in 2009.
Jan 03, 2011
Stenham Advisors has joined the Hedge Funds Standards Board’s (‘HFSB’) Investor Chapter. The HFSB was formed with the goal of creating a framework for promoting integrity, transparency, and good governance in the hedge fund industry.
Dec 16, 2010
The former director of investment manager Astarra Asset Management Pty Limited (AAM) Mr Shawn Richard has pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest conduct in the course of carrying on a financial services business and admitted a third charge of making false statements in relation to financial products. The charges had been laid following an investigation by ASIC.
The IMS Group (“IMS”), a leading provider of regulatory compliance consulting and integrated business support to the wholesale asset management and securities industry in the United Kingdom, today announces that it is accelerating its planned growth via a majority investment from Sovereign Capital, the UK’s Buy and Build specialist.
Quintillion Limited today announced the completion of its SAS 70 Type II Independent Service Auditor’s report. The certification was completed by leading big four Accounting and Audit firm Deloitte and Touche and provides verification of independent review and rigorous testing of Quintillion’s internal control environment.
Nov 24, 2010
Liongate Capital Management (Liongate), a fund of hedge funds manager with over US$3bn in assets, has announced its membership and participation in the establishment of the Hedge Fund Standards Board Investor Chapter, a group of hedge fund managers and investors who have come together to help shape best practice within the industry.
Nov 17, 2010
FASB has agreed to give investment managers of certain mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds a deferral from the consolidated reporting requirements under SFAS no 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).
Oct 18, 2010
NYSE Technologies™, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext and Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced the launch of a joint initiative designed to consolidate data and enhance transparency in the European over the counter (OTC) equity markets.
Jul 01, 2010
