Like other investment services centres such as the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Luxembourg, Ireland continues to look to increase the depth of its  funds business by seeking to attract

Few practitioners in the Guernsey fund industry would dispute that the establishment of a closed-ended private equity vehicle by venerable US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and its listin

Christian Benigni expects to see strong growth in the German hedge funds business this year and next, and he is well placed to know.

Since the introduction of the 2004 German Investment Act, there has been debate on the potential growth of the local hedge fund market, and on possible ‘local’ prime brokerage solutions.

The change of the law in 2004 allowed hedge funds and funds of hedge funds to be launched under German regulations for the first time.

When Germany liberalised its rules governing hedge funds and taxation of their income at the beginning of 2004 the initiative was hailed in some quarters as a new dawn for the sector.

Dublin has made itself the unquestioned European jurisdiction of choice for hedge fund servicing, but locally domiciled funds remain in a minority.

The alternative investment fund services industry in the Isle of Man may not yet be on the same scale as the sector in Dublin, Europe’s largest centre for hedge fund services, but new business is f

Once upon a time, when hedge funds were all either global macro or long/short equity, their administration was relatively straightforward, and gearing up for growth in business simply meant hiring

The fund services industry in the Isle of Man has been active for well over a decade but for much of its existence it has been overshadowed by other areas of the financial services industry on the