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Compliance

HedgeMark platform offers Ucits compliance tools

US managed accounts platform HedgeMark has added a risk surveillance tool which allows investors in hedge funds to monitor Ucits compliance.

Hedge Funds Review | 06 Jan 2010

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Hedge fund fined for compliance failures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined a New York-based hedge fund for making false statements about its market positions and financing arrangements to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).......

Hedge Funds Review | 16 Nov 2009

FSA confirms disclosure regime for significant shorting positions

The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a feedback statement confirming it intends to continue to require "enhanced transparency" through disclosure of significant short positions in all equities.......

Hedge Funds Review | 02 Oct 2009

Cayman clarifies AML procedures in guidance note

Regulated funds registered in the Cayman Islands are now required to appoint a compliance officer as well as a money laundering reporting officer under recent changes to the Guidance Notes on the Prevention......

Hedge Funds Review | 10 Sep 2009

SEC confused approach prevented detection of Madoff fraud

An inexperienced staff, a lack of communication and inexplicable delays in commencing examinations prevented the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from detecting the fraud committed by Bernard Madoff,......

Hedge Funds Review | 03 Sep 2009

FSA provides clarity for activist shareholders

Rules applied to activist shareholders who work together to promote effective corporate governance in companies in which they have invested have been revealed by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA).......

Hedge Funds Review | 21 Aug 2009

Single point access to dark liquidity offered

Turquoise, the pan-European equity trading services company, has been granted additional permission by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) to operate a liquidity aggregation and order routing service......

Hedge Funds Review | 19 May 2009

Arrests follow collapse of Weavering funds

Arrests have been made in connection with the collapse of London based hedge fund Weavering Capital which went into administration in March with its main macro fund owing investors more than $600 million......

Hedge Funds Review | 18 May 2009

MFA backs hedge fund registration

The Managed Funds Association has backed proposals requiring US hedge fund managers to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.

Hedge Funds Review | 08 May 2009

SEC charges former Millennium portfolio manager

A former portfolio manager at hedge fund Millennium Partners and a salesman at Deutsche Bank have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with insider trading in credit default swaps......

Hedge Funds Review | 06 May 2009

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