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02. May. 2013 | Other Voices: The changing role of hedge funds in pension plan portfolios [more]
This article was authored by Shahid Ikram, CIO at Aviva Investors, a global asset manager that is part of Aviva, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, and appeared first in Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps on Monday.
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02. May. 2013 | Other Voices: How the JOBS ACT will benefit hedge fund investors [more]
This article was authored by Donald A. Steinbrugge, Managing Member of Agecroft Partners LLC, a third-party marketer based in Richmond, VA, U.S.
It has been recently covered in the media that Mary Jo White, who became SEC chair
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16. Apr. 2013 | Other Voices: A primer on AIFMD for U.S. advisers [more]
This article was authored by Deborah Prutzman, Founder and CEO of New York based-RFG, which provides, among other things, regulatory and risk guidance.
AIFMD—As a U.S. adviser, are you within its scope and can you avoid its reach?
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05. Apr. 2013 | Other Voices: Ikos's Elena Ambrosiadou asks: "Has anyone learnt anything from the recent Cyprus maelstrom, and will it make a difference?" [more]
This piece was provided by Elena Ambrosiadou, chief executive officer of Ikos Asset Management.
Cyprus is in the middle of a financial maelstrom - where did it come from and what needs to be done about it now? Cyprus is the third
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27. Mar. 2013 | Other Voices: Chasing shadows: should hedge funds shadow administrators? [more]
This article was provided by Bijesh Amin, Co-Founder/Managing Director at Indus Valley Partners.
To shadow or not to shadow
At least that is the question facing many large hedge funds with assets well
above the magical $1bn mark.
The production of a portfolio NAV (Net Asset Value) is
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08. Mar. 2013 | Other Voices: Demand for Change Post-Madoff - Due diligence in a changing economy [more]
This article was provided by Zabrina T Barile and Wendy Toribio-Torres of HedgeOp Compliance, an IMS Group Company.
The Madoff Investment Securities scandal in 2008 prompted significant reforms to the rules and regulations that govern the investm
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27. Feb. 2013 | Other Voices: Regulatory change causes increased demand for AML programs [more]
This article was provided by HedgeOp Compliance, an IMS Group Company.
Anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, already in existence, were further enhanced by the US Patriot Act enacted by Congress in 2001 to amend the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), ini
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21. Feb. 2013 | Other Voices: Regulatory cases - Accident analysis of three regulatory complaints [more]
This analysis was provided by Zurich-based due diligence service provider SwissAnalytics Ltd.
Regulatory Complaints are informative, but often too late
Regulatory complaints can usually only serve as an inspection after
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14. Jan. 2013 | Other Voices: No better time than the present to build your hedge funds brand in China [more]
This article was authored by by Bartt Kellermann of Global Capital Acquisition, a hedge fund consulting company based in New York City.
"It's going to happen!" - that was the refrain at the recent hedge fund event i
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11. Jan. 2013 | Other Voices: Trend towards administrator-provided transparency reporting to take on greater importance [more]
This article was authored by Phil Niles, Canada-based Director at Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent fund administration company.
Coming out of the credit crisis, and especially following the fraudulent activity of Bernie Madoff, increased inves
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30. Nov. 2012 | Other Voices: After Hurricane Sandy: Expect investors to probe investment managers’ disaster recovery plans in future [more]
This article was authored by Phil Niles, Canada-based Director at Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent fund administration company.
Hurricane Sandy wreaked incredible havoc on the East Coast of the United States, costing many lives and causing bill
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07. Nov. 2012 | Other Voices: Last chapter of the JOBS Act rules regarding general solicitation not yet written [more]
This article was authored by Jay B. Gould, Partner at San Francisco-based law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP:
When can private fund managers start posting performance numbers on their websites and sponsoring the Super Bowl? Not yet, according to Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) i
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08. Oct. 2012 | Other Voices: Global central banks have become the largest hedge funds in the world - Eagle’s View Capital [more]
This article was authored by Neal Berger, of Eagle’s View Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds house located in New York.
Within this commentary, we’d like to broadly address an issue that few within the hedge fund industry want to t
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02. Oct. 2012 | Other Voices: What small hedge funds should do post-JOBS Act [more]
This article was authored by Nick Lawler of Intermarket Communications, a strategic communications and public relations agency that serves financial services firms.
In anticipation of the SEC’s final rulemaking on the JOBS Act, the hedge fund industry is preparing for what are expect
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07. Sep. 2012 | Other Voices: Investors unfiltered: Common manager pitfalls to avoid in meetings [more]
This article was authored by Diane Harrison, principal and owner of Panegyric Marketing, a U.S.-based strategic marketing communications firm specializing in the alternative assets sector.
Forget the fact that the industry is sal
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08. Aug. 2012 | Other Voices: Asia Pacific and the BRIC countries key areas for sustained growth of asset management, says report [more]
A new report published online today urges asset managers to regain investor confidence by facing up to the moral challenges posed by recent global events. Based on a survey‚ of asset managers, „Success of the Fittest: A Swift Survey of Shifts in Asset Management‰, assesses the fitness of the asset m
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23. Jul. 2012 | Other Voices: Global super-rich hiding at least $21tln in secret tax havens [more]
This report was authored by James Henry, former chief economist at McKinsey, for the Tax Justice Network.
At
least
$21
trillion
of
unreported
private
financial
wealth
was
owned
by
wealthy
individuals
via
tax
havens
at
the
end
of
2010.
This
sum
is
equivalent
to
the
size
of
the
United
States
and
J
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08. Jun. 2012 | Other Voices: Why the JOBS Act may mean nothing to hedge funds [more]
This article was authored by Phil Niles, Director of Product Development at Butterfield Fulcrum, a global independent fund administration company.
Much has been made in recent weeks about the passage and adoption of the JOBS Act, which at its core
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25. May. 2012 | Other Voices: Countdown to EU short selling regulation [more]
This article was authored by Tim Jukes, compliance consultant at The IMS Group.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released a consultation draft on short selling and CDS in January 2012; Jukes discusses the short time
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18. May. 2012 | Other Voices: The JOBS Act and its impact on foreign private issuers [more]
This article was authored by Alex Bafi, Partner, and Dinesh Banani, Senior Associate at Herbert Smith, an international law firm.
On 5 April 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act")
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