KNEIP has been appointed by Oppenheim Asset Management Services (OPAM) to carry out transparency reporting under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD). OPAM will be making use of KNEIP’s Fund Reporting service for aggregating and submitting information to regulators.

New York-based activist hedge fund manager Steel Partners is facing legal action from investors after announcing plans to merge Steel Partners II fund into an industrial holding company an

ILF and IGS Group have announced the launch of Independent Litigation Funding, a joint venture partnership that aims to raise finance for the wave of corporate litigation cases they exp

The International Centre for Financial Regulation, an independent global research institute focused on financial regulation, has been launched in the City of London, headed by chief exe

One would have thought that the Financial Services Authority’s proposal yesterday not to renew its ban on the short selling of UK financial sector stocks would be welcomed by hedge fund ma

The new chairman of hedge fund industry body the Alternative Investment Management Association has promised full and active co-operation with policy makers and regulators to facilitate the

Short selling is not per se a significant contributor to market instability, according to a survey of senior managers at hedge fund firms in London commissioned by IMS Consulting.<

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil injunctive enforcement action against Vertical Integration Group, Richard V Morello and Junior Alexis.  The CFTC complaint charges the defendants with engaging in illegal, off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals