The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday extended the ban on covered short-selling for non-financial stocks until November 19, but announced that its ban on shorting
Suggestions from Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti that Italy could push for the abolition of hedge funds has the industry baffled.
The European Commission has appointed several hedge fund experts to a group that will look at improving the EU framework for alternative
Contrary to recent press reports, the hedge fund industry is in good shape and expanding into new areas, say Peter Cockhill and James Ba
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team have provided Guernsey legal and regulatory advice to Stenham Asset Management, the London based fund of hedge funds group, on its acquisition of Montier Partners. Montier Partners is a discretionary investment management provider with
The launch of 26 unregulated funds in Jersey since their introduction on February 19 this year represents a solid start for the unregulated regime despite a tricky market environment, acco
LCH.Clearnet Limited’s interest rate swap clearing service, SwapClear, has announced in increase in buy-side cleared volumes of 175% y-o-y to April 2012. A marked acceleration in cleared volumes over the last two months has driven total end-user client notional cleared
A US district court judge has granted a motion brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission for summary judgment against the main perpetrator of the multi-million-dollar Lancer hedge
Andre Flotron, a former precious metals trader for UBS AG, is to pay a USD100,000 civil monetary penalty for spoofing and engaging in a deceptive or manipulative scheme through his spoofing in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and
TerraNua, a provider of investment compliance solutions, has launched a new version of MyComplianceOffice for hedge fund and private equity firms. The new version features the Compliance Program Wizard, a module that allows firms to build their compliance programme
