INDOS Financial, the only independent AIFMD depositary that has applied to the FCA for authorisation, has agreed provisional contracts with its first clients. On the basis of its formal FCA authorisation now anticipated to take effect in early December, INDOS
The chief executive of the UK’s Financial Services Authority, Hector Sants, may have seen his comment about hedge funds not needing additional regulation splashed all over the UK media, bu
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a pair of Florida college professors with perpetrating a complex naked short selling scheme for more than USD400,000 in illicit profits. Abusive naked short selling occurs when shares are sold without having the
Capital adequacy requirements is a topic that lately may have become lost amid the chaos of the financial markets, but now the Alternative Investment Management Association says the hedge
Guernsey has signed an agreement with the UK on a package of tax measures designed to enhance the automatic tax information exchange provisions already in place between the two jurisdictions. The island’s Chief Minister, Peter Harwood (pictured), signed the Inter-Governmental
Jersey’s chief minister has signed a tax information exchange agreement with France, as part of the island’s ongoing commitment that began with Jersey’s first TIEA, signed with the US i
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a report containing proposed principles designed to help develop a more consistent international approach to the r
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a consultation paper containing preliminary findings and recommended regulatory approaches to mitigate risks assoc
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), chief executive of Guernsey Finance, explores how Guernsey’s investment and insurance expertise mean it is capitalising on the opportunities presented by the growth of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS). Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are growing in popularity
Hedge fund managers will be waiting on tenterhooks next month to see what kind of regulations the European Union will propose to impose on the hedge fund and private equity sectors, after
