By Simon Gray – As much as any country, Switzerland has observed with trepidation the European Union’s painful progress toward regulation of alternative investment fund managers. However, now that the EU has finally agreed on the top-level outline of the
By Ger van Nijkerken – Switzerland’s position at the heart of Europe means that the country’s alternative investment industry tends to be pressurised to follow European Union regulation, a situation that presents both challenges and opportunities. A new white paper
Chi-X Europe’s Chi-Delta non-displayed order book was Europe’s largest dark pool in November, according to Thomson Reuters’ Equity Market Share Reporter. Chi-Delta represented 27.28 per cent of all reported European dark liquidity by turnover in November. Liquidnet Europe held 25.02
A growing number of new hedge funds offered by US-based managers implemented management fee structures that decrease as fund assets grow, according to a new study by Seward & Kissel. The law firm’s latest annual hedge fund study reveals that
Mourant, a provider of offshore legal and administration services, has signed an agreement to sell Mourant International Finance Administration to State Street. MIFA is the division of Mourant which handles fund and company administration. Completion of the transaction remains subject
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Jonathan Hollander, a former hedge fund professional, with insider trading in Albertson’s, LLC based on material nonpublic information regarding an impending acquisition of ABS that Hollander received from a friend who was employed
Private equity investors are coping with the challenges of valuation and audit of alternative assets, but a majority say their documentation process may not meet new accounting standards for hard-to-price and hard-to-value assets, according to an informal survey by Northern
Luxembourg Financial Group and Ganymede Partners have launched the Luxembourg Alternatives Ucits Platform. LAUP is a one-stop independent and open-architecture platform for hedge fund managers to set up a Ucits III hedge fund or fund of hedge funds. More than
UMB Fund Services, Inc (UMBFS), a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF), has added five new clients in the first three months of 2011. Two clients added in the first quarter have mutual funds that have joined the Investment
Once again, Global Prime Partners and Bougeville Consulting joined forces to prepare this third annual survey for Hedgeweek. We spent the back end of last year compiling and analysing feedback, thoughts and remarks gathered from the world of hedge fund
