Thomson Reuters has enhanced its reference-data solutions available on its integrated data and analytics delivery platform, DataScope, to assist firms in complying with MiFID II requirements. Thomson Reuters DataScope will deliver key regulatory content and will link crucial information, such
Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Julie Ferguson as Co-Head of Throgmorton Compliance Solutions, working alongside previously announced Co-Head Mel Scotland.Ferguson brings an extensive record of accomplishment and experience across all non-investment areas. In addition to her background in the traditional
Circle Partners is an independent fund administrator with offices in the BVI, Cayman Islands, and across the EU, the Americas and Hong Kong. "We've seen a lot of growth in new BVI fund vehicles over the last 12 months –
ACA Compliance Group and GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide mutual clients with the option to retain ACA’s third-party monitoring service for expert consultations arranged by GLG. Through this service, ACA Compliance Group, a
Castle Hall Alternatives is to integrate SwissAnalytics within its global due diligence platform. Under a user rights and intellectual property agreement, Castle Hall has acquired SwissAnalytics’ operational due diligence practice, together with SwissAnalytics’ quantitative and qualitative investment risk due diligence
Convergex, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading related services provider, has deployed Ancoa’s market surveillance platform to monitor all trading activity across its domestic (US) and international cash equities and options brokerage businesses. The deployment monitors trading activity of all
By Ras Sipko, KOGER – For the past four years, alternative fund managers with US investors have been coming to terms with the far-reaching effects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act or FATCA. Some 60-plus countries have signed up to
There are a number of encouraging developments in Ireland that would, on the surface, appear to place it on a strong footing to further enhance its reputation as Europe's leading onshore alternative funds jurisdiction. If one looks at fund growth,
The Irish Government is keen to embrace the FinTech revolution as is evidenced by its IFS2020 strategy for International Financial Services, which aims to create 10,000 new jobs in the IFS sector by 2020. One particular area of innovation underway
Alternative fund managers have had a myriad of regulatory change to contend with over recent years. In the early stages, many chose to take on the reporting burden themselves. This was very much a learning curve. However, as the complexity
