With Brexit due to be finalised in the next nine months, picking the right EU jurisdiction has become a key strategic consideration, both for established hedge fund managers and start-up managers, who need a “Plan B” to ensure continued use
New Switzerland-based index provider LIMEYARD has launched its Crypto Asset Index, together with Decentriq, a FinTech enabling financial institution, to benefit from distributed ledger technology based in the Swiss crypto valley. LIMEYARD writes that the LIMEYARD Crypto Asset Index (LYCAI)
Publicis.Sapient has been selected by the European DataWarehouse (ED) to build the first securitisation repository under the new EU regulation for Simple, Transparent and Standardised (STS) securitisations, expected to take effect in 2019. ED is the designated European repository for
Fintech company Capital.com is the first CFD trading platform to become fully compliant with the regulations published by the European Security and Markets Authority (ESMA). ESMA has set out a series of sensible measures designed to protect retail traders from unsustainable or
Traders disagree over whether MiFID II has been successful, according to new research by SIX, with a combined 70 per cent of traders surveyed by the Swiss exchange believing that trading has become more transparent – a key goal of
The European Securities and Markets Authority, the pan-EU financial watchdog, tightened rules on short-selling on Monday, and will now require hedge funds and other holders of net short positions to notify their respective national regulators of positions greater than 0.1
The Alternative Investment Management Association says the plan to add the Cayman Islands – the major offshore domicile for the global hedge fund industry – to a tax haven blacklist remains an “open matter” until any formal decision is reached.
By Keith Parker, Link Asset Services – The Irish funds industry had another bumper year with total assets for 2017 growing by EUR298 billion – a 16 per cent year-on-year increase – to a record high of EUR2.4 trillion1, a
By Mark Crossan, Bridge Consulting – Irish Funds are on the move again. Every couple of years there is a new product evolution. In 2015 we had the introduction of the ICAV (Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicle) and 2018 is
By Gayle Bowen & Aongus McCarthy, Pinsent Masons – Under new rules implemented by the Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) last month, Irish Loan Originating Qualifying Investor AIFS (“L-QIAIFs”) are now permitted to adopt broader credit focussed strategies. Previously L-QIAIFs
