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Operational Risk News
News
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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 -
Altegris launches clearing business for managed futures industry
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
Altegris has unveiled a dedicated clearing business, which will provide clients with access to clearing and execution services across multiple merchants in the managed futures industry.
Capping the number of hedge fund boards directors can sit on while simultaneously increasing their remuneration could significantly improve corporate governance standards in the alternatives space, according to industry experts.
Many fund managers anticipate low returns on their equity products in 2011 – something they predict could lead to an increase in outsourcing, according to a survey by RBC Dexia and Accenture.
European regulators face a backlash from hedge funds following proposals to ban central counterparty clearing house (CCP) –eligible trades that CCPs refuse to process.
Feb 02, 2011
Hedge fund managers have expressed their disdain for the European Union’s (EU) proposed short-selling disclosure requirements. Forcing fund managers to publicly disclose their net short positions could distort financial markets and hinder sound risk management, according to the report by Oliver Wyman.
Feb 01, 2011
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), MarkitSERV and AcadiaSoft are working together to deliver a joint solution for improving communication regarding the setting and maintaining of the collateral required between counterparties to over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.
Bloomberg Trading Solutions has launched a single platform integrating front-to-back office tools for hedge funds trading in FX, fixed income and equity.
Advisers to the biggest hedge funds will face even more reporting requirements as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to toughen up its regulatory oversight.
Ill-thought out regulation could perversely increase the systemic risk posed by hedge funds to the broader financial markets, according to a leading expert.
Jan 24, 2011
There are serious shortcomings among buy-side institutions in addressing their counterparty credit risk and collateral management for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, according to BNY Mellon survey of asset management, insurance and pension funds.
Jan 24, 2011
