The Simmons & Simmons financial services team in Frankfurt has supported a US alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) with the registration of a Cayman alternative investment fund (AIF). This is likely to be the first successful registration of a non-EU AIF

Martin Currie Investment Management has attained conformity with the Hedge Fund Standards Board’s best practices for hedge fund managers.

The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication has released a market practice that aims to address the challenge of increasing over-the-counter trading v

The Financial Services Authority is proposing to extend the current disclosure regime for significant net short positions in the stocks of UK financial sector companies, due to expire o

The Bermuda government has passed a series of legislative amendments to improve the efficiency of international business in Bermuda. 

The classic characterisation of the British is the stiff upper lip that enables them to face misfortune bravely and resolutely.

The Alternative Investment Management Association says it plans to mobilise the world’s hedge fund industry on the European Commission’s draft directive for Alternative Investment Fund

Last month the European Commission rolled out its draft Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which is designed to bring order and regulation to the supposedly chaotic and stabil

Gibraltar has become a full signatory to the Multinational Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSC). Nicola Smith, managing director of hedge fund administrator Helvetic, says: “This is a significant move as it bolsters Gibraltar

Following controversy in the UK over the lack of deposit protection for savers who had placed their money with subsidiaries of failed Icelandic banks in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Ma