ICMA’s European Repo Council (ERC) has launched its updated guide to best practice in the European repo market, setting out standards for the orderly trading and settlement of repos. Much repo trading in Europe is between banks in different countries,
The Council of Ministers has announced that Jersey is to maintain its zero-ten tax regime, following a recent review by the EU Code of Conduct Group and High Level Working Party. Concerns over deemed distribution and attribution rules were raised
Dechert has released the following update regarding the US Treasury Department’s recent proposed regulations and announcement relating to FATCA… On 8 February, the US Treasury Department released proposed regulations and a related ground breaking announcement relating to the recently enacted
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an anti-fraud enforcement action charging Hasaan R Steel of Brooklyn, NY, with fraudulently soliciting more than USD1 million from 28 participants to invest in a commodity pool to trade commodity futures
Appleby, an offshore law firm, has opened a representative office in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The European Commission has adopted a Communication that aims to ensure efficient, safe and sound derivatives markets.
The Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) has noted a significant uptake in applications by fund managers seeking authorisation in Ireland under the new Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). According to information released from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
Icap, the interdealer broker, has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to ensure efficient, safe and sound over-the-counter derivatives markets.
Portfolio managers and executives of US hedge funds believe the industry can survive the economic turmoil, but the overriding concern – by a three-to-one margin – is that the government
Iconic is launching a turnkey Malta authorised, EU-compliant hosted-funds platform enabling EU and non EU based fund managers to run their own fully supported and administered funds. In addition, for those larger intermediaries which have an asset management capability Iconic
