AIMA has broadly welcomed the revised Private Funds Adviser rules and amendments adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week, but has expressed ongoing concerns about some of the changes in the final text.
Hedge funds and private equity firms are facing increased disclosure of their fees, and new restrictions on giving certain investors special treatment, after the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a raft of new rules and amendments governing the
The approach adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its proposal requiring public disclosure of large security-based swap (SBS) positions (Rule 10B-1) is “critically flawed”, according to the Managed Funds Association (MFA).
A coalition of alternative investment industry groups including Managed Funds Association (MFA) and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has submitted a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requesting a 60-day extension to the comment period for
A legal clash between hedge funds and private equity firms and the SEC is looming large over the regulator’s proposed plan to tighten rules on the disclosure of fees and dealing with investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Crypto asset trading platform Bittrex, and its co-founder and former CEO, William Shihara, have agreed to pay $24m to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that they operated an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency.Â
Managed Funds Association (MFA) has written a comment letter to His Majesty’s Treasury endorsing the UK government’s proposed changes to its Short Selling Regulation (SSR) relating to sovereign debt and credit default swaps (CDS).
Hedge funds Brevan Howard, Citadel, Millennium Capital Partners, Rokos Capital Management and Capula Investment Management are on a list of more than 50 City institutions to take part in the Bank of England’s first-ever stress tests involving the shadow banking
NWQ Capital Management, a Perth-based hedge fund that numbers Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens among its investment committee members, has had its licence suspended by the The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for holding insufficient assets, according to a
The UK’s financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority is investigating whether hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is “a fit and proper person” to work in financial services, and is in contact with the police over allegations made against the Odey
