Hedge funds
Unregulated Israel hedge funds face battle for AIFMD compliance
Industry keen to find Europe-based platforms for growing Israeli funds to use
Investors unwise to rely on side-letter transacted with manager
Caymans court: question manager's authority and letter’s interaction with fund constitution
Trade repository data quality to impact Mifir and Emir review
Regulators bemoan poor data quality from trade repositories impacts policy implementation
Hedge fund managers still human, research finds
Funds fall victim to IPO hype and behavioural biases affecting traders
Mifid II will strangle package trades, industry warns
Disclosure rules may catch multi-part trades if any component is deemed liquid
Liquidity-at-risk sees 'intriguing' similarity in stock profiles
Apple and WD-40 Company liquidity remarkably similar over 10 years
Esma said to be mulling softer Mifid transparency rules
Meetings held within Esma on June 4 and 5, as regulator weighs options
Tarullo: few signs of illiquidity in OTC markets
Fed governor says markets are in transition
AHL spies futures in China rebar, iron ore and polymers
Hedge fund puts algorithms to work in new liquid futures and OTC markets
Prime of primes reduce reliance on prime brokers
Forex prime brokers have reduced their services after Swiss franc move
FCA survey finds high levels of leverage in hedge fund sector
Gross notional exposure to interest rate and forex derivatives on the rise
CFTC steps up enforcement of data reporting violations
Agency “much more aggressive” in fining firms for reporting errors, say lawyers
Esma's proposed AIF segregation will destroy liquidity
Tri-party collateral management "impossible" under AIFMD guidelines
Investor interest in credit strategies at three-year low
But flows into securitised credit strategies continue
European Repo Council chief fears ‘meltdown of G20 dream’
Concerns heard as repo industry considers voluntary adoption of clearing
Finma distribution rules confuse hedge funds
Small foreign asset managers suspected of breaching Swiss regulations
Mifid II to result in massive transaction reports increase
New reporting rules bring technology challenges for managers
Passive investment will hurt economic growth, Brandes says
Asset management veteran defends value investing as tried-and-tested strategy
Hedge Funds Review European Single Manager Awards 2015: The winners
Manny Roman, CEO of Man Group, awarded for lifetime achievement
Euroclear and Clearstream granted time to agree joint road map
Icma ERC continues to push for plans to improve Bridge settlement times
AIFMD encouraging ‘regulatory avoidance’
A round-up of views on hedge fund marketing into Europe
Dealers fear reporting clash under SFT regulation
Securities Financing Transactions Regulation could conflict with Emir reporting rules
CME-LCH basis affecting choice of venue, say buy-siders
Pimco: price gap is now “material”; Eaton Vance says lowest cost is key factor
Esma likely to extend AIFMD passport to third countries
Withdrawal of national private placement regimes could follow in 2018