Under the terms of the AIFMD, UK and EU hedge fund managers marketing non-EU, offshore hedge funds to EU investors through private placement, now need to comply with the so-called Depositary-Lite regime. This requires managers to ensure one or more
The Managed Funds Association, which represents US alternative managers, has announced that its collaboration with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has yielded success i
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Pars Purewal, a partner since 1995, as head of its UK alternative investments practice, covering hedge funds, private equity and real estate, responsib
A new London-based investment partnership, Ironshield Capital Management LLP, has been formed to focus on investing in European stressed and distressed debt and equity special situations.<
NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) have entered a cooperation agreement to jointly develop and explore new opportunities in trading systems and other related techno
Hedge funds, as measured by the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished July up 0.88 per cent with two out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated outflows of approximately USD0.5bn in July, bringing
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will launch trading in Guarantees of Origin for Green Power on 6 June 2013. Guarantees of Origin are certificates which prove that a given megawatt hour of power was generated from renewable resources. Used
ETF Securities, which has pioneered the offering of exchange-traded commodities on the London Stock Exchange and other leading European markets, will set out the investment case for gold and other
Specialist asset management group Polar Capital Holdings has announced the recruitment of Gareth Powell and Daniel Mahony to set up a healthcare business unit and launch the Polar Capital
Trium Capital has welcomed QLO Capital to its multi-manager platform, Trium Multi-manager Alliance (TMA) – an alliance of quantitative and systematic style early stage hedge fund managers. Managers that join TMA will be teaming up a range of like-minded outstanding
