The Bermuda Monetary Authority says it made significant progress toward enhancing the regulatory framework for Bermuda’s financial services industry during 2008.
By Dawn Howe (pictured) and Michael Padarin, Walkers – From the point of view of a Cayman Islands investment funds lawyer it seems as if FATCA dawned on most clients around January 2014, even though it's been gestating for a number of
Global Reporting Company (GRC) and REGIS-TR have teamed up to provide buy-side and corporate clients with European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) compliant trade reporting services. The move comes ahead of the EMIR obligation to report over-the-counter (OTC) and listed derivative
La Française Group has obtained AIFM approval for all its management companies. By capitalising on its experience in the registration of UCITS funds internationally and now its AIFM status, the La Française Group is able to extend its services across Europe.
The International Organization of Securities Commissions’ technical committee has published six principles that aim to enable securities regulators to address the regulatory and systemi
There is a compliance shortfall among alternative investment funds (AIFs) on the eve of the deadline for Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) authorisation, according to research by BNY Mellon. While 82 per cent of managers canvassed confirmed the required
Two thirds (64 per cent) of funds are ready for the deadline for implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) on 22 July, according to a global survey of alternative investment fund managers. Only one in six (15
The Alternative Investment Management Association has welcomed comments about the hedge fund industry contained in the Treasury’s white paper on reforming financial markets.
Hedge fund manager Paul Eustace of Ontario, Canada, has been ordered to pay more than USD279m in restitution and a USD12m civil penalty under a court order settling an enforcement action b
Steven Francis (photo) and Richard Burger, former FSA enforcement lawyers now with City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, say the UK regulator’s latest report on anti-market abuse syst
