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
Odey Asset Management has suspended withdrawals from two more funds – the Special Situations and Odey Portfolio funds – in response to mounting redemption pressure following sexual assault allegations against its founder Crispin Odey, according to reports.
The Bank of England has launched the first stress test for hedge funds, pension funds and other financial firms as it looks to glean insight into how they would behave under pressure and how this could threaten the UK’s financial
A group of four hedge funds have won their legal case against Argentina over payments due on euro-denominated securities linked to the country’s GDP, leaving the South African republic facing a potential bill of €1.33bn ($1.46bn), according to a report
The extended ramp up in regulation coupled with the challenging economic environment means hedge funds need to continue to look for ways of operating more efficiently in order to stay ahead.
