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Ciara O’Sullivan and Leon Stafford have joined Kinetic Partners in Dublin, to further strengthen the highly regarded regulatory consulting and compliance team, complementing and reinforcing the Firm’s already strong market position in Ireland in both UCITS consulting and general Central Bank regulatory consulting services.
O’Sullivan has over 15 years’ experience in the industry. She provides a range of regulatory advisory services to the Dublin Funds community and most recently has been in a compliance consultant role with a large US Investment Manager in Dublin. Prior to this O’Sullivan worked with Brown Brothers Harriman in a number of roles, including European Compliance Officer, Head of
The signing of Jersey’s Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India is a welcome development in the island’s progress in establishing closer commercial ties with the country, according to Jersey Finance chief executive, Geoff Cook.
“For the last five years or so Jersey Finance has been building its links with India by hosting visits in which we showcase our services and highlight the quality of our regulatory regime, says Cook. “Senior politicians and regulators have joined us on some of our trips to meet formally with Government officials and regulators in India. Earlier this year, Jersey Finance cemented its presence
Fundsmith has become the first UK fund management company to launch a regulated Lux-based SICAV under the new UCITS IV directive.
UK-based Neptune Investment Management, an independent boutique established in 2002 and which currently runs over GBP7billion in assets, has selected SunGard’s APT, a leading risk mana
Pennsylvania-based growth specialist Turner Investments is to introduce two Ucits funds into Europe reported Citywire Global this week.
Emerging Markets UCITS were the big winners in October as some semblance of confidence returned to the markets, gaining
Nicola Marinelli (pictured), portfolio manager at Glendevon King Asset Management, on the ECB’s decision to cut interest rates, the ongoing difficulties in Greece and potential problems in Italy…

Exactly when the major equity markets were expected to officially enter a bear market, they posted one of the strongest months ever and credit markets followed suit. Then the widely announced and expected European Grand Plan was finally announced with a lot uncertainties and lack of details. Anyway it was well received by the markets, most probably because it was the proof that policy makers had shifted from the denial period
The Ascenta Special Situations fund, a long only, unleveraged equity fund focused on mining, oil, gas and renewable energy sectors with a high percentage of its holdings in companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is now available in Canadian dollars.
Investors in Canadian Dollars will have less underlying currency exposure, will benefit from the CAD’s underlying strengths and of course Canadian investors will welcome the convenience of using their home currency.
The Canadian Dollar has shown great resilience to recent economic turmoil, and gives an opportunity for investors to establish exposure to the “Great White North” and one of
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was up 1.85% in October as five out of seven strategies posted gains.
Oliver Schupp (pictured), President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, says: "Event Driven was the highest performing sector last month as many managers restructured their portfolios to reduce exposure to softer ‘catalyst’ situations, such as management changes and litigations. These situations were drivers of underperformance in September. Meanwhile, Managed Futures, the best performing strategy in September, was the worst performer in October as trends reversed against many short equities, short commodities and long fixed-income positions."
LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet) is working with the LME and the administrators of MF Global UK Limited to facilitate the transfer of client positions held within LCH.Clearnet from MF Global UK Limited to other clearing members.
All clients wishing to transfer positions, should visit the LCH.Clearnet website, follow the instructions and complete and return the documentation found at http://www.lchclearnet.com/mf_global_uk_limited_client_information.asp.
Clients should be made aware that positions are being transferred without collateral (any surplus collateral will be returned to the administrator in due course). Clients who wish to transfer will need to make arrangements to post collateral with their replacement clearing member. Clients
