By Philip Graham, Harneys – As a new 'regulation-light' fund manager regime is launched in the British Virgin Islands, eligible fund managers can now count on a simpler application process.
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As hedge funds anticipate the finalisation of a JOBS Act provision that will lift advertising restrictions on hedge funds, they are faced with the new challenge of installing more robust investor due diligence procedures.
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BGC Partners, a brokerage company servicing the wholesale financial and real estate markets, has appointed Jean-Jack Badet as general manager of its business in Switzerland.
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Liquidnet, the institutional trading network, has made two senior appointments to its London based EMEA trading team to further strengthen and develop relationships with its community of asset management firms.
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Asset class performance has been very mixed so far this year with currency volatility re-awakened and softening global economic data suggesting more difficult times ahead.
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Omgeo is supporting the global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) initiative by adding additional entity- and fund-level fields and data into Omgeo ALERT, the company’s web-based global database for standing settlement instructions (SSI).
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SEI has been selected by Duet Alternative Investments (USA) Ltd, a subsidiary of Duet Group, to provide operational outsourcing services for the firm’s emerging macro hedge funds.
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On 1 March 2013 Swiss fund managers awoke to a new era of regulation under the watchful gaze of FINMA, the Swiss regulator. The regulatory changes reflect recent European regulations under the AIFMD and bring Swiss funds a new imprimatur that will enhance their attractiveness to external investors
As 2013 begins, everything's up for grabs in the alternative fund world. With relocation a hot topic, which jurisdictions are luring fund managers and service providers?
