London- and New York-based fund of hedge fund manager International Asset Management has expressed its satisfaction with the inclusion for the first time of hedge funds within benchmark po
Foreign hedge fund managers may find themselves unable to access the fledgling Spanish market directly without going to the cost and trouble of setting up their own management company and funds ins
One of the new mantras in the asset management sector is the convergence between traditional and alternative asset management styles.
By Olivier Sciales (pictured) and Rémi Chevalier – Continued uncertainty regarding the provisions of the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, despite its formal finalisation on June 8, remains an important growth driver for the growth of Ucits funds
Interview with Paul Farrell – Since Walkers decided to open an office in Dublin last September the firm has grown steadily. There are currently 35 members of staff. Of these, five are lawyers working in the Investment Funds Group, which
SecFinex, a European electronic trading platform for equity finance, and EuroCCP, the London-based subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, have signed an agreemen
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) is to provide EQI Asset Management with fund administration, financial reporting, transfer agency, taxation, custody and trustee services. SGSS Ireland was chosen for its expertise in alternative investment funds and its experience of working
The list of due diligence red flags in Bernard Madoff’s operations was so long and unsettling that it should have deterred potential investors, according to a paper from the Edhec Risk
London-based hedge fund manager GLG Partners has announced that its US subsidiary, GLG Inc, has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser.
Vienna-based Salus Alpha questions the wisdom of recent intervention by US regulators in this no-holds-barred analysis of the impact of recent events.
