The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a set of principles regarding cross-border supervisory cooperation developed by its technical committee’s task force on supervisory cooperation. These principles, accompanied by a report and sample memorandum of understanding, set out how

The UK’s Financial Services Authority has fined JPMorgan Securities GBP33.32m for failing to protect client money by segregating it appropriately. Under the FSA’s client money rules, firms are required to keep client money separate from the firm’s money in segregated

Hedgeweek is pleased to announce the launch of a new free-to-access global jobs section on its website. The n

The Edhec-Risk Institute believes the unilateral measures taken by Chancellor Merkel on the sovereign debt markets, both on the short selling of sovereign bonds and credit default swaps, are counterproductive, inconsistent and liable to hinder European growth. It has made

The Securities and Exchange Commission has permanently barred Richard S. Strong, founder of Strong Capital Management, Inc.

The SEC is set to reveal its final thinking on the registration of hedge fund advisers at an open meeting in Washington on Wednesday 14 July.

Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC, has surpassed USD 100 million in assets for its European Event-Driven strategy. The strategy is

In response to the market disruption of 6 May, the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are proposing new rules under which they would pause trading in certain individual stocks if the price moves 10 per cent or

NYSE Euronext has welcomed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s move to gain the agreement of exchanges and trading venues on the implementation of industry-wide single-stock circuit breakers.  The adoption of this market-wide mechanism will promote investor protection and is designed