The Malta Financial Services Authority has published guidelines regarding the redomiciliation of offshore funds to Malta under the Companies Act, Continuation of Companies Regulations, 2002. The guidelines specify the documentation required from fund promoters and outline the way the process
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has appointed David Walsh to the firm’s hedge funds business. Walsh's responsibility will be to identify and source emerging hedge fund talent, and to structure and develop relationships with these managers.
“Most people think that of the USD3tn we spend on healthcare in the US, USD1tn is wasted. If we succeeded in taking out that waste and were paid 20 per cent of the cost savings, it’s a USD200bn annual revenue
Guernsey is at the forefront of standards on tax transparency and information exchange, according to Tony Mancini, Head of Tax at KPMG in Guernsey. Interviewed by Caroline Hyde on Bloomberg’s Countdown show, Mancini was questioned on how Guernsey was responding
Dermot Butler, former Chairman of Custom House Group, and Lancelot Frick, Principal of Frick Capital, have formed SwissRepCo to help non-Swiss fund managers market their funds in the country following recent regulatory changes. FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory
The TCW Group, a global asset management firm, has appointed Felice Shiroma, as a senior portfolio specialist and client portfolio manager for the TCW Relative Value Group. In this capacity, she is responsible for managing client relationships and representing the
Diamond Hill Investment Group has appointed Tom Skowron as a portfolio specialist. Skowron will primarily be focused on supporting Diamond Hill's fixed income strategies working closely with Strategic Income portfolio managers Bill Zox, CFA and John McClain, CFA. He brings
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is providing no-action relief, subject to specified conditions, to registered provisionally swap dealers from compliance with certain Commission regulations. The relief is provided to swap dealers from compliance with certain Commission regulations related to
bfinance has made two new appointments to its investment teams – Witold Witkiewicz joins as a Director in Private Markets and John Amoasi joins as a Senior Associate in Fixed Income. Prior to joining bfinance, Witold was a portfolio manager,
MarketAxess Holdings has enhanced its European credit trading platform with the addition of a further four market-making broker-dealers. The new dealers providing liquidity to institutional investors in European credit are: Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ), Canadian Imperial Bank of
