Jersey’s dominant role in the structuring of property funds for UK promoters is widely associated with the tax advantages it offered at one time, but in fact the island’s expertise in the sector wa
By Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Guernsey Finance – In July 2013 the global economy is continuing to throw up significant events but these are nothing in comparison with what we s
Ali Homayoun has joined GAM as a client director, focusing on marketing GAM’s single manager hedge fund range notably to fund of hedge funds clients, and reportin
Emerging Markets hedge funds led broad-based performance gains across the global hedge fund industry to start 2012, with the HFRI Emerging Markets (Total) Index gaining +4.4 per cent for the month of January, as reported by HFR. Prior to January
Man Investments is looking to attract investors seeking to capitalise on the current market turmoil with the launch of the Man AP Stratum Index Notes, a capital-protected product that targ
By Jennifer Fox, Dillon Eustace – The EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EC) (“AIFMD” or “the Directive”) will be transposed into Irish legislation by implementing regulations and will come into effect on 22 July, 2013. In Ireland the implementation
Bank of New York Mellon, a leader in hedge fund administration with more than USD195bn in assets under administration, has appointed Kate Colchester as vice-president for sales in Asia for
By Ashley Le Feuvre, Volaw Fund Services Group – After a lengthy period of negotiation and development the European Union’s (the “EU”) Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD” or the “Directive”) finally comes into force on 22 July 2013. Following
Foreign exchange trading platform FXall has signed a distribution agreement with Investment Technology Group, a provider of technology-based trading services and transaction research, that
A total of USD110 trillion in notional volume in EUR, JPY, GBP and USD interest rate swaps has been terminated by 21 SwapClear members using TriOptima’s triReduce service since the first cycle in 2008. In 2012 alone, USD20.4 trillion has
