By Simon Gray – The past four years have brought upheaval throughout the global alternative investment fund industry, at times calling into question the role of the Cayman Islands as the world’s leading offshore hedge fund domicile. However, despite renewed
Indus Capital Partners, LLC has appointed Edward Nebens as Head of Europe Fund Trading. He is based in the NYC office reporting to Gene Salamon, Head of the Europe team. The firm now has a team of nine and managing
Derivatives trading and clearing activities on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) grew in October from a year earlier while securities trading declined. Record-high open interest was achieved in the derivatives market during the month. The value of securities traded fell
In its Q3 Investment Outlook ‘Gauging value’, published this week, ABN AMRO Private Banking upgrades hedge funds to Overweight from Neutral, citing global macro, CTA, relative value and event driven strategies as insurance against economic and policy risks. Long/short equities
Jersey’s government has received assurances from the French Finance Ministry that the island will be removed from France’s list of uncooperative jurisdictions in due course. Officials from Jersey met with senior officials from France’s Ministry of Finance last week and
eFront, a software provider of solutions for the alternative investment market, has opened a new office in the heart of Singapore’s financial and trade centre. The new office, eFront’s third in Asia, will focus on addressing the private equity, real
On the 23 April 2012, Germany and Luxembourg signed a new Double Tax Treaty ("the Treaty") which is to replace the previous treaty dating back to 1958. And according to Dechert, the new Treaty may impact on many US, UK
In the opening panel discussion at Gaim International 2012, GLG Partners’ chief investment strategist Jamil Baz (pictured) started off by outlining the general macroeconomic consensus. He noted that governments had thrown the kitchen sink at the problem, that Ben Bernanke
October got off to a tentative start with investors focused on the US debt ceiling impasse, according to Anthony Lawler, portfolio manager at GAM. This issue was temporarily resolved by mid-month and markets broadly rallied from there, with equities, credit
SEI has unveiled a new service that assists SEC-registered investment advisers of private funds in meeting their Form PF obligations. Form PF was recently jointly adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
