Paul Hale and Martin Shah of Simmons & Simmons examine the implications of the BBL decision on the cross-border supply of fund management services. In a decisio
Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has promoted five lawyers across its British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Singapore offices and corporate, litigation and insurance practices to partner status. Richard Evans (pictured) of Conyers’ BVI litigation department has over
The Clearing Corporation (CCorp) and Eurex Clearing AG confirmed today the immediate roll out of Phase I of their Global Clearing Link. The Global Clearing Link is
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced additional charges in its insider trading case against Denver-based traders who traded on confidential information in the securities of Mariner Energy Inc. ahead of the oil and gas company’s USD3.9 billion takeover by
The leading hedge fund associations, AIMA and the MFA, each voiced their ongoing concerns over the SEC’s vote for hedge fund adviser registration. In response to th
Ravi Mehra, who made Vega Asset Management one of Europe’s largest and best known hedge fund managers, is returning to the market to capitalise on a market environment that he believes wil
The International Securities Lending Association is urging consistent and proportionate regulation for short selling, in response to a current European Commission consultation exercise. The European Commission is consulting on measures that enable authorities to restrict or ban short selling temporarily
Pierre Bourlatchka has been appointed a Director at Kinetic Partners and will join the risk management consulting and monitoring team in London. Bourlatchka joins Kinetic Partners from F&C Asset Management, where he worked for the Alternative Investment Market Risk team,
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has switched the iShares FTSE Euro 100 and iShares FTSE Eurotop 100 ETFs benchmarks to the FTSEurofirst indices. The new ETFs are th
Julius Baer’s Diversified Fixed Income Hedge Fund will be opening to subscriptions from new and existing investors for a limited period. The fund will opened to new
