BCB Group has secured Swiss regulatory approval as a financial intermediary for its cryptocurrency prime brokerage service by VQF, an authorised SRO by the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority FINMA. Aiming to provide seamless infrastructure covering onboarding, execution, settlement,
Dr Sven Zeller, a partner in the Frankfurt office of Clifford Chance, outlines the latest regulations for hedge fund investments by German insurance companies. A c
By Anne-Gaëlle Delabye & Tara Kapur – Non-EU managers seeking access to European capital are more frequently looking to Luxembourg parallel structures due, in part, to their flexibility and the features that the Luxembourg limited partnerships share with the Anglo-Saxon model.
Commerzbank is to a pay USD12 million civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges relating to numerous violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC Regulations, including failing to supervise its Swap Dealer’s activities for more than 5 years
A federal court in New York has entered orders against Kevin P Whylie of Ozone Park, New York, Matthew James Zecchini of East Islip, New York, and the New York hedge fund they co-founded, Algointeractive, to pay more than USD1
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has written to both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposing a ‘harmonized approach to the regulation of firms that are SEC-registered investment advisers (RIAs) and also CFTC-registered
The International Securities Lending Association says it is disappointed in Germany’s decision to ban the naked short selling of certain assets, including the prohibition of credit default swaps on government bonds. Isla’s chief executive Kevin McNulty says short selling is
Spain is planning to set a minimum threshold of EUR 100,000 for individual and institutional investments in hedge funds. The planned threshold is being set high to limit participation to HNW
“Clients are sophisticated investors and existing disclosure in fund documents should be sufficient,” according to AIMA. That’s the view of the London-based Alterna
Under proposed new rules hedge funds and investment banks in the UK will have to disclose their dealings in derivatives such as CFDs during takeovers. The UK’s Take
