The UK’s fund management industry has been given an extra year to comply with the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), says Bovill, the financial services regulatory consultancy. In its consultation on how to implement the European rules, HM
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to lift the ban on general solicitation by hedge funds and other private placements to sophisticated investors, part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS Act) law signed more than a year ago, marks
Offshore law firms Carey Olsen and Hempel and Boyd are entering into an association to provide their clients with British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey legal services. Carey Olsen is an offshore law firm with offices in
Launched in May 2013, the International Financial Litigation Network (IFLN) was founded by more than 20 law firms, including Tannenbaum Helpern. The mission of the network, which presently spans 16 countries, is to improve cross-border solutions for financial institutions, funds
European Commissioner Michel Barnier (pictured) and United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler have announced a ‘path forward’ regarding their joint understandings on a package of measures for how to approach cross-border derivatives. Commissioner Barnier said that:
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has signed bilateral cooperation agreements with 27 securities regulators from the European Union and the wider European Economic Area, including the UK, France and Germany. The cooperation agreements provide a set of arrangements
The Cayman Islands has now signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with 25 European countries, which will enable the continued marketing of Cayman Islands hedge funds throughout the European Union. Cindy Scotland, managing director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA),
Crills Advocates, a full service law firm in Jersey, has joined Walkers, the offshore law firm.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued criminal proceedings against Magnus Peterson, a Swedish national and the founding director of Weavering Capital (UK) Limited. He has been charged with six offences: Two offences of false accounting contrary to s.17(b), Theft
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final Guidelines and a Feedback Statement on the Exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under the Short Selling Regulation. The Guidelines are aimed at providing market participants
