The International Centre for Financial Regulation, an independent global research institute focused on financial regulation, has been launched in the City of London, headed by chief exe
One would have thought that the Financial Services Authority’s proposal yesterday not to renew its ban on the short selling of UK financial sector stocks would be welcomed by hedge fund ma
The new chairman of hedge fund industry body the Alternative Investment Management Association has promised full and active co-operation with policy makers and regulators to facilitate the
Short selling is not per se a significant contributor to market instability, according to a survey of senior managers at hedge fund firms in London commissioned by IMS Consulting.<
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil injunctive enforcement action against Vertical Integration Group, Richard V Morello and Junior Alexis. The CFTC complaint charges the defendants with engaging in illegal, off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has acquired Impendium Systems, a London-based firm that deploys cloud-based software solutions to help customers’ achieve regulatory compliance in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. The acquisition was completed on 10 January 2014 for an
INDOS Financial Limited has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as an Article 36 Custodian to provide AIFMD depositary-lite services to non-EU alternative investment funds. INDOS is the first independent UK authorised depositary specialising in hedge funds. Following
Despite opposition from two of the European Union’s biggest fund jurisdictions, EU finance ministers have backed the introduction of a so-called passport for investment fund managers as pa
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s office of general counsel has announced the issues of no-action letters allowing futures contracts based on Korean and Thai equity indices to be
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published a consultation document on global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs). The document sets out proposed assessment methodologies for identifying non-bank non-insurer (NBNI) G-SIFIs. Systemically
