Guernsey's funds industry is demonstrating clear value to fund managers and is increasingly being viewed as a world-leading jurisdiction in which to establish investment funds; in particular hedge funds and private equity funds. A report authored by KPMG and commissioned
Gibraltar is a peninsula located on the southern tip of Iberia and is home to 32,000 people. It is the only British jurisdiction located in continental Europe. For managers, particularly those based in the UK, who are searching for options
Dillon Eustace is one of Ireland's leading law firms focusing on corporate and M&A, financial services, banking and capital markets, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, insurance and taxation. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the firm's international practice has seen it
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry, has become co-chair of the Open Protocol Working Group. The Open Protocol template standardises the collection and representation of risk information of hedge funds
ALFI has welcomed the publication of a draft law relating to a new Luxembourg alternative fund structure, the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF). The bill will run through the usual legislative process and is therefore still subject to change. A
The Lawson Conner Group has passported its AIFM capabilities into both the Central Bank of Ireland and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) in Luxembourg. The firm can now launch asset management businesses and their associated investment funds
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
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
Indos Financial, the UK independent depositary, has secured approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to extend its Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) depositary permissions to become a full depositary. The move represents the first such authorisation of a non-bank
Research unbundling is creating a whole new marketplace model for research procurement and consumption. One of the biggest changes that asset managers face under MiFID II will be the need to unbundle research payments from execution commissions and provide evidence
