The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a time-limited no-action letter that extends relief to swap dealers (SDs) registered with the Commission that are established under the laws of jurisdictions other than the United States (Non-US SDs) from
Cybersecurity issues have existed as long as the internet. What seems to have changed in the last 18 months is not only that the nature of the breaches has become more sophisticated, but also the fact that hedge funds have
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) will list options on Shake Shack, Inc (ticker symbol: SHAK) beginning Friday, 14 August, 2015. Shake Shack, founded in 2004, owns, operates and licenses Shake Shack restaurants (called Shacks)
The May 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,019 million (+30% compared with May 2014). The activity on ETFs remained particularly dynamic last month with an average daily transaction value at EUR549 million,
Trevor Chisholm, Director of Alternative Investments at Intralinks has appeared in a new video on Asset TV. The interview discusses how managers can achieve transparency whilst still maintaining control. This is becoming something of a juggling act for managers as
The Government of the British Virgin Islands is pleased to announce that The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been rated “Largely Compliant” for its approach to tax transparency and exchange of information, in the Supplementary Peer Review report published by
responsAbility Investments AG, a specialist in development investments, has chosen eFront’s FrontPM portfolio monitoring solution. FrontPM streamlines and automates the collecting of portfolio company data. For responsAbility, the eFront solution will allow the firm to grow efficiently while providing exceptional
By Simon Schilder, partner, Ogier – In recognition of the needs of assisting start-up and small/ mid-sized non-institutional investment managers to overcome some of the continued barriers to entry into the industry, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has recently published the
LIM Advisors Limited, a Hong Kong based hedge fund manager, is to employ SimCorp’s Dimension to provide a full front, middle and back office platform. The USD2 billion fund manager will leverage SimCorp Dimension to establish full operational capability across
Following further increases in R/QFII allocations and improvements in the R/QFII application process, FTSE has begun its transition to include China A Shares in its widely followed global benchmarks with the launch of two transitional indexes for Emerging Markets. The
