By Stuart Mauger – The past five years have certainly been eventful for custodians, as they and the financial centres in which they are based have needed to evolve constantly or risk being left behind. Regulatory developments such as the

By Simon Gray – After a blip at the end of 2011, Guernsey’s fund industry started the new year vigorously with growth in the total net asset value of funds under management and administration in the island of GDP8.7bn in

The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange is expanding its offering to include futures and options on the Euro Stoxx 50 ex Financials Index. This index has been calculated since October 2011 by the index provider Stoxx. The new contracts will

Rotella Capital Management and Molinero Capital Management have formed a joint venture, Rotella Molinero, based on the long standing relationship between the firm’s respective founders, Robert Rotella and Rafael Molinero, and their respective teams.  Rotella and Molinero have formed a

EFAMA has commented on the the US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service’s long-awaited proposed regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which were released on 8 February, 2012    FATCA is a sweeping law that requires non-US

Capital Group One is launching a second Euro hedge fund to balance the risk of further losses for the Euro and Euro backed securities. Certain high level investors with Capital Group One have already taken significant positions in the fund.