This article was authored by Alric Lindsay, a Cayman-based independent director, who prior to his experience working as an investment funds attorney for two global law firms, was a senior compliance analyst with the Cayman Islands Monetary Author

This article was authored by Niaz Khan, Associate Director of dms Management Ltd.: Fundamental to my work as an Associate Director at dms Management Ltd. is travelling to major financial centres to meet with investment managers of hedge fund c

This article was authored by William Mulligan, CEO of HedgeOp Compliance, LLC: With the signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act, fund advisors need to determine not only IF they are required to register but WHEN they are

This article was authored by Jay B. Gould, Ildiko Duckor, Clint A. Keller and Michael G. Wu of international law firm Pillsbury: In recent years, many hedge funds have significantly increased their holdings in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Historically, hedge funds primarily acquired short posit

This article was authored by U.S.-based research and consulting house Woodbine Associates. The final form of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is essentially complete and awaiting Senate confirmation; now, at

This article was written by David Lyons of Caymans and Ireland-based hedge fund service provider dms Management, and by Dawn Cummings of Offshore Business Solutions, also located in the Ca

This article was written by Nadia Menezes and Marie-Claire Fudge of Ogier to highlight the principal changes applicable to investment funds and their managers or advisers that are introduced under the Securities and Investment Business Act 2010 (SIBA), and illustrate how these changes will affect in

This article was authored by Castle Hall Alternative, a provider of operational due diligence based in Canada. Looking back over our posts over the past year or so, we've commented on a number of issues which impac

Article authored by François Duc, Risk Advisory, UBP Alternative Investments. Status Review In contrast to the regulated world of traditional investments, the hedge-fund universe cannot be fully encompassed. Hedge funds are private structures, devoid of any regulatory obligations to d

Article authored by Toby Birch, of Guernsey Gold Limited. Toby Birch is an international fund manager dealing in precious metals, mining stocks and natural resources, and the author of The Final Crash: Addictive Debt and the Deformation of the World Economy, published in April 2007, just mont

Ronan Guilfoyle, author of this article, is a Managing Director at Caymans and Ireland-based management firm dms Management Ltd. and acts as an independent director on hedge funds. This article was published in Cayman Financial Review this month. Reflecting on the recent global financia

Written by Bryan Goh of London-based fund manager First Avenue Partners LLP. Yesterday's Part One can be found here: Source Understand the Manager. When one invests in a fund, o

Written by Bryan Goh of London-based fund manager First Avenue Partners LLP. We all know what to look out for when contemplating a hedge fund investment. - Independent administrators and independent valuation of assets and calculation of fund NAV. - Independent prime broker, reputa

This article was written by Craig Asche, Executive Director of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA). We are well over a month into the New Year and still significant uncertainties overhang the financial industry in general and the alternative investment community sp

This article was written by Dr. Momtchil Pojarliev, new senior portfolio manager at U.S.-based asset manager Hathersage, and by Richard M. Levich, professor of finance at New York’s Stern School of business – it

This article was written by Bryan Goh, First Avenue Partners LLP, London : It sounds like a plan. President Obama in an effort to address what is widely believed to be a flawed banking model has decided to ressurrect the Glass Steagall Act 1933. Glass Steagall 1932 had already been effect

This article was written by Nadia Menezes, Senior Associate at law firm Ogier. The market turbulence over the last twelve months has seen fund structures and mechanics being strenuously tested under extreme conditions. Whilst the

This commentary was written by Maximilian Thiel, senior manager at AIMhedge Management Ltd, a Liechstenstein and Caymans-based alternative management firm. The firm's flagship, AIMhedge Global Diversified Fund Ltd, is a systematic hedge fund focused on delivering absolute returns by investin

This article was written by Christopher P. Wells and Linda L. Ng. – Christopher P. Wells is a partner and Linda L. Ng is a counsel with White & Case LLP’s Tokyo and Hong Kong/Singapore offices, respectively. The bright lights and relaxed lifestyle of Singapore beckon to EU fund managers who a

The following article was authored by Adam Weisman, Partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and Tania Lynn, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP. Fraud has always represented a dangerous and perhaps dangerou

The authors of this article are Kevin Phillip and Wade Kenny, both managers at dms Management Ltd. (dms), the largest management firm in the Cayman Islands. dms focuses on serving the hedge fund industry. It has long been a fact of life for registered investment advisers preparing for, and su