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Operational Risk News
News
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FSA rules forcing hedge funds to record and archive cell phone conversations to increase cost burdens
Mar 01, 2011 -
Credit Suisse investor survey predicts 18% growth in hedge fund AuM in 2011
Mar 01, 2011 -
Factor Advisors launches spread ETFs on NYSE Arca
Feb 25, 2011 -
Lynx Asset Management unveils Ucits-compliant fund on DB platform
Feb 25, 2011 -
Ireland's assets under administration experiences strong growth
Feb 24, 2011
Press Releases
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FIX launches Wiki web tool to make it easier for users to share knowledge of FIX implementations
Mar 01, 2011 -
ZAN Partners implements Paladyne FastStart™ as its Integrated Front-, Middle-, and Back-Office ASP Solution
Mar 01, 2011 -
Apex Fund Services opens Cayman office
Feb 21, 2011 -
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
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

Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulations forcing financial institutions including non-
banks to record traders’ cell phone conversations and archive them for six months could prove
disproportionately costly for smaller to mid-sized hedge funds.
The requirements, which come into play in November 2011, are designed to curb fraud and insider
trading. However, the infrastructure does not come cheap, warned Greg Collins (pictured), chief
executive officer of IT and telecommunications consultancy JP Reis. While recording traders’
landlines has been going on for a while now, cell phones have been exempt from monitoring until
only recently.
Mar 01, 2011

Shoehorning illiquid investment strategies into Ucits wrappers could cause irreparable damage to the Ucits brand and hurt end investors in the event of liquidity drying up.

LCH Clearnet is to launch clearing through its SwapClear Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) for non-bank users including asset managers who utilise interest rate swaps.

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.