The EVCA comments on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) entering into force across the European Union… European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) Chairman George Anson on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) entering into force
By Jay Gould, partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP – In a speech before the American Bar Association’s Trading and Markets Subcommittee on 5 April, 2013, David Blass, the Chief Counsel of the Division of Markets and Trading, put hedge
European Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday overcame the final major hurdles to an agreement on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. Parliament pushed through new chapters on asset stripping and remuneration principles, as well as influencing the rules on
As managers and investors look for fund domiciles with a focus on quality, Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, explores how Guernsey is well positioned to meet these
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has proposed a series of changes to the general business conduct and practice code of conduct issued under the Investment Business Act 2003 that aim to improve practices among investment providers. The project stems from a
Coinfloor’s spot exchange in Gibraltar has received an in-principle authorisation as a distributed ledger technology (DLT) provider from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission under the jurisdiction’s Financial Services (Distributed Ledger Technologies Providers) Regulations 2018. Introduced in January this year, the
UBS AG (UBS) is to pay a USD15 million civil monetary penalty and to undertake remedial relief to settle CFTC charges of attempted manipulation and spoofing of the precious metals futures markets. A CFTC order finds that that from January 2008
The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has opened a South Africa Chapter with 21 founding member companies.
The European Union should not diverge from the path already set by the G20 on hedge fund regulation, the Alternative Investment Management Association says. Aima believes that doing so could fragment global markets, create inconsistent regulatory requirements and result in
Cayman Finance chief executive Gonzalo Jalles has welcomed recent news that Moody’s credit ratings agency has affirmed its Aa3 sovereign rating for the Cayman Islands, viewing the outlook on the country as “stable”. “At a time when the global economic
