Tom Carey has been made a partner with Carey Olsen in Guernsey, where he is a member of the corporate and finance group, while Chris Philpott will become a partner in the law firm’s Jersey
The Financial Services Authority has announced that there will be a delay in the publication of its policy statement and final rules putting flesh on its proposals to allow retail consumer
Former high profile motivational speaker Christopher Philip Koch has been sentenced in the Melbourne County Court to 13 years and two months jail on charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Koch, of Point Cook, Victoria, was found
For the second year running, Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine has ranked Sidley Austin as the leading legal adviser to the hedge fund industry.
One would think that the ongoing global uncertainty would be enough to give any hedge fund manager a headache.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has provided an update on the work relating to the collapse of Trio Capital. ASIC has taken enforcement action on Trio against a range of gatekeepers. This includes directors of Trio, its investment manager, various
Private equity lawyer Matthew Hudson has formed a new law firm, MJ Hudson, to provide legal advice on the formation of specialist investment funds and structuring deals. MJ Hudson has been formed to strengthen the partnership between advisers and their
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order filing and settling charges that, over an 18-month period, Morgan Stanley & Co LLC (Morgan Stanley), a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), unlawfully executed, processed, and reported numerous off-exchange
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Discussion Paper setting out its initial views on the implementing measures it will have to develop for the new Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). MAR aims to enhance market integrity and
Irish Funds has welcomed the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI) approval for Irish domiciled UCITS and AIFs to invest in the Chinese interbank bond market via Bond Connect. The decision follows a CBI review of the China Bond Connect initiative
