By Christopher Simpson & Kerry Anderson – News outlets, including The Guardian and CNBC, were reporting and market watchers were opining in early 2019 that a slowing world economy forebodes a major global economic shift – possibly another recession. By mid-August,
Federated Investors Inc., one of the largest US mutual fund firms with USD 202 billion in assets, has named two hedge fund firms which engaged in marketing timing practi
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has charged Anjam Ahmad, an ex-hedge fund trader who worked with AKO Capital until last September, with one count of conspiracy to commit insider dealing. The offence relates to trading in 22 different shares
London-based law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been appointed by Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited (GIB) as the sole UK legal adviser for its investment fund bus
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have made the following joint statement regarding MF Global Inc… “For several days, the SEC, CFTC and other regulators had been closely monitoring developments affecting MF Global, Inc, a jointly registered
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman, Sachs & Co and one of its vice-presidents with defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to sub-prime mortgages launched as the US housing market was
The current German fund tax regime in principle distinguishes between domestic (hedge) funds and foreign (hedge) funds, the latter being treated as "white" (= registered)
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules that would impose reporting requirements on traders whose trading activities exceed certain thresholds. The SEC says there is increasing prominence of large traders in securities markets and it needs to effectively identify,
Offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has opened an office in Cyprus. Located in Limassol, the Cyprus office provides advice on all aspects of commercial, banking, corporate and tax law with particular emphasis on investment flows into and via
Equalt, the alternative asset management subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Indosuez, has selected Riskdata’s on-line, interactive risk management solution to actively monitor th
