The Cayman Islands Government (CIG) has concluded negotiations with the US on a Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) and a new tax information exchange agreement (TIEA). The agreements pave the way for automatic exchange of information (AEOI) under the
John Kenny, previously Risk Officer at Brevan Howard, is joining RAB Capital plc as Chief Risk Officer.
S&P 500 companies with full reporting information posted 46.6 per cent of their sales from outside of the US in 2012, up from the 46.1 per cent reported in 2011, 46.3 per cent reported in 2010 and on par with
Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint collateral processing service which will significantly increase efficiency, reduce risk and support the growing collateral needs of industry participants. Initially,
Dr Sven Zeller, partner at Clifford Chance, and Patrick Schmidt, associate at Clifford Chance, say that more needs to be done to improve Germany’s legal framework for hedge funds.
Three Bridges Capital has appointed Ranjit Unnithan and Marc S Cooperman as senior analysts. Unnithan focuses on European industrials and Cooperman focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Both will report to managing partner Gene Salamon,
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services has launched an online regulatory module to streamline the preparation and submission of Form PF filings. The new tool will support clients in meeting Form PF and other emerging regulatory requirements through a combination
SEI has been selected by Duet Alternative Investments (USA) Ltd, a subsidiary of Duet Group, to provide operational outsourcing services for the firm’s emerging macro hedge funds. SEI will provide Duet (USA) with a suite of operational outsourcing services in a straight-through-processing
UBS Global Asset Management has announced that O’Connor, the hedge fund specialist within the bank’s alternative and quantitative investments group, has appointed Mark Melchiorre as head o
DBFS Consultants has appointed David Hastings as senior consultant within the firm’s front office practice. Hastings has worked in the investments industry for over 25 years, focusing on computerised trading and e-commerce since 2001. He has extensive business development
