Securing a third-country passport to access European investors is no longer viewed as the go-to solution it once was by the UK investment fund sector, according to Tim Hames, the Director General of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital
The past 12 months has seen The Bahamas review its existing legislative framework for investment funds, with a view to ensuring that it maintains its competitiveness. Under the existing framework, some of the innovations that The Bahamas has introduced, such
Close to 70 per cent of fund manager clients, prospective clients and consultants attending a Northern Trust event on regulation believe that the upcoming regulatory environment will demand more of their time, compared with time spent over the past year.
DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS') Limited was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour in 2000. Over the past 15 years it has grown into one of the industry's leading fund governance firms with over 200 people. One of
Castine Consulting and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company, are teaming up to provide enhanced RPA (research payment account) solutions to asset managers and hedge funds. Castine has operated in the commission management space for 20 years and is combining
The Portfolio Amalfi™ platform by Nedelma Inc. offers multi-asset, multi-language and multi-currency dynamic reporting and data visualisation and analysis capabilities to the asset management industry. The platform also offers data aggregation tools as well as portfolio management solutions and a
The emergence of complex rules and regulations such as AIFMD and FATCA means that any new manager with visions of running their own hedge fund business must think carefully about the best route to market. For managers who wish to market outside
Axioma, a provider of risk and portfolio management solutions, has launched the latest version of its Japan Equity Factor Risk Model suite (AXJP4). The model provides improved methodologies, enhanced style factors and enriched exposures for its fundamental and statistical
Regulatory data exchange Silverfinch has added a MiFID II data solution to its datamodel in response to its clients’ changing regulatory requirements. From 3 January 2018, MiFID II product governance requires a step change in how fund distributors and
Capital markets firms can now access a continuous compliance service for algorithm risk management, thanks to a partnership between GRC solution provider OXIAL and financial markets specialist GreySpark. The collaboration means that buy-side and sell-side institutions can stay on
