Listed hedge fund Boussard & Gavaudan Holding will this month ask shareholders to approve the creation of a sterling class of ordinary shares to be listed and traded alongside its exis
The US financial regulators, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have announced that each has approved the trading and clearing of two novel
The Alternative Investment Management Association, the London-based hedge fund industry association, has announced plans to publish what it says will be the world’s first global guide to s
Arnaud Claudon, head of depositary banking, BNP Paribas Securities Services, says AIFMD will bring ‘greater stability’ to European alternatives market… We have everything in place for the transition to AIFMD and welcome the new regulation coming into effect. We have
Latest figures from US government agencies and trading data have indicated that hedge fund managers and speculators have reduced bets on higher oil prices by 80 per cent since July last ye
Volatile financial markets continued to impact the hedge fund industry in the second quarter of the year, contributing to more than 180 hedge fund liquidations, according to Chicago-based
The National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), a registered retail foreign exchange dealer located in New York City, to pay a USD200,000 fine. NFA issued the fine to FXCM for conducting business with an unregistered entity
It’s a fair assumption to say that the proliferation of hedge fund regulation has spurred technology providers to produce newer, innovative solutions. Central to this is the growing complexity surrounding data management. If one were to plot data volume over
Interactive Data, a provider of independent evaluated pricing and reference data services, has introduced a solution to help financial institutions address the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The solution can help alternative investment fund managers and their service providers
Thomas Murray Data Services has launched a suite of products and has been working with a number of depositary banks to provide a total risk solution to ensure depositary bank compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). "Thomas
