The National Association of Private Fund Managers, Alternative Investment Management Association and Managed Funds Association have challenged two rules recently adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission requiring reporting and public disclosure of securities lending and short selling activity.

A compliance training session aimed at helping China’s quant hedge fund firms understand the current regulatory mindset and work requirements as part of a bid to prevent market risk has been held by the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges, according

A British hedge fund trader has been sentenced to eight years behind bars by a Danish court after admitting his part in the so-called ‘cum-ex’ tax scheme that defrauded the country’s tax authorities of billions of Danish crowns, according to

The China Securities Regulatory Commission is to increase its supervision and scrutiny of derivatives business in the country’s stock markets, including so-called DMA-Swap products, according to a report by Reuters.

Michael Barr, the US Federal Reserve’s Vice Chair for Supervision, has warned that Wall Street lenders must do more to identify risks posed by firms they do business with as the central bank looks to increase oversight of risk from

Chinese quant hedge funds are facing a clampdown on their activities by the country’s two main stock exchanges following restrictions imposed on a major player in the sector, Lingjun Investments for “abnormal trading”, according to a report by Bloomberg.

British hedge fund trader Anthony Mark Peterson will admit to his part in a scheme that defrauded the Danish tax authorities of more than DKK9bn ($1.2bn) when his case is heard in court later this month, according to a report

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is facing a legal challenge to its latest set of rules, which require hedge funds and private equity firms to detail quarterly fees and expenses to investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.