Anne Dolan, a chartered secretary with Walkers Management Services in the Cayman Islands, argues that it is telling that in the recent case regarding the collapsed Macro Fixed Income Fund, which resulted in a USD111m judgement against the fund’s independent
Yorkville Advisors HK, a wholly owned sub-adviser to the US-based investment firm Yorkville Advisors, has appointed Katsutomo Fujimoto as senior adviser for Japan. <
Dublin-headquartered Dillan Eustace, a leading Irish law firm focusing on the investment funds industry, has expanded its global footprint by opening an o
Structured investment specialist Blue Sky Asset Management has strengthened its business support team with the recruitment of Chris Gillam from Cazenove Capital Management as business d
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined by 0.78 per cent in February, although it remains positive with a bare 0.12 per cent gain so far in 2009, according to Hennessee Group, a provider o
A non-linear, factor-based model could have reduced the proportion of hedge fund ‘time bombs’ – managers who have simply been lucky rather than skilled in their past performance – exposed
Proskauer has expanded its global Private Investment Funds Group and London office with the addition of Nigel van Zyl, Kate Simpson and Oliver Rochman as Partners. Van Zyl and Rochman will join the firm from SJ Berwin, and Simpson will
At first sight, it might seem deeply inappropriate for two sectors of the global fund industry to have held their biggest and most high-profile get
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a notice of intent to revoke the registrations of Illinois resident Joseph A Dawson (Dawson) and his company, Strategic Research LLC (SR), a registered Commodity Pool Operator (CPO). Dawson is the president and sole
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an exemptive letter which provides relief from certain provisions restricting marketing to the public. This exemptive letter harmonises certain regulations, which, as amended by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant
