A survey report released today by RBC Dexia and KPMG predicts that hedge fund managers will continue to create EU-domiciled hedge funds to complement their Cayman Islands or other offshore offerings, but that the QIFs and SIFs were gaining popularity
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action against Jonathan Hansen of Pearland, Texas, and his company, J Hansen Investments (JHI). The action charges Hansen and JHI with fraudulently soliciting and accepting more than USD1.1m
Guernsey’s Chief Minister Lyndon Trott has told a major London conference that the island should not be “dismissively” compartmentalised as an offshore centre. He was speaking at The Future of Onshore and Offshore Financial Centres Conference alongside Jeffrey Owens, director
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil enforcement action charging Marc Perlman and his firm, iGlobal Strategic Management, with operating a commodity pool Ponzi scheme that fraudulently solicited and accepted at least USD670,000 from at least 17
Jefferies has appointed Naomi Kumagai, Makarim Salman and Masahiro Wakasugi as Senior Equity Research Analysts based in Tokyo. Kumagai will cover the Healthcare sector, Salman will cover the Financial Services and Insurance sectors, and Wakasugi will cover the Technology sector.
Newedge has hosted a seminar in Chicago for senior executives from nearly 40 of China’s top futures commission merchants on opportunities in today’s international futures market. The China Futures Association (CFA) Orientation Program focused on strategic cooperation and featured presentations
NYSE Euronext’s trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges in November 2009 were mixed, with European derivatives and US options trading volumes increasing while US and European cash equities trading volumes fell. NYSE Euronext European derivatives products
Hedge fund capital invested in Emerging Markets reached a new record level in Q1 2011, as global investors increased exposure to Emerging Asia and Russia, according to the latest data released by Hedge Fund Research. Total assets invested in Emerging
Fixnetix, a provider of ultra low latency market data and trading infrastructure connectivity services, will provide trading access to EDX London and a direct market data feed for financial institutions trading in Russian and Nordic derivatives on Sola, TMX Group’s
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Jeffrey Gustaveson of Carlsbad, California with fraud, misappropriation, and issuing false statements in a USD2.5m commodity pool scheme. According to the CFTC complaint, filed on 29 August 2012, from at least January
