Sapient Global Markets has launched a suite of software and services to help companies meet the new requirements of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Designed to help firms consolidate and streamline the labour-intensive back-office identification and
Many hedge fund observers will have their eyes on CSX’s annual shareholders’ meeting on June 25 – a meeting that takes place amid much wrangling between the US railway operator and its hed
The Managed Funds Association has announced its support for mandatory registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of investment advisers, including advisers to private pool
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Oversight will provide additional time for futures commission merchants (FCMs) to comply with Commission regulations requiring FCMs to obtain acknowledgement letters from certain depositories. DSIO will provide no-action relief until 17
INDOS Financial, the first independent UK authorised depositary specialising in hedge funds, is planning to offer a depositary-lite solution to US and other non-EU hedge fund managers. Since the introduction of the AIFMD in July 2013, US and other non-EU
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has expressed concerns over how the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) would apply to non-EU managers and funds under proposals by a task force of the European Securities
Steven Ferrigno (pictured), Managing Director EMEA for Allegro Development Corporation, comments on Monday’s announcement from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regarding the reporting deadline for EMIR, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation regime… After months of wait-and-see, ESMA fired
Kinetic Partners, a regulatory consultancy to the UK hedge fund industry, estimates that the proposed EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers will cost the UK hedge fund in
The Alternative Investment Management Association has expressed its satisfaction that the Consultation Report on the Principles for the Valuation of Hedge Fund Portfolios issued by the Int
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that James J.
