05/11/2015
Creating An Offshore Hedge Fund Dream Team: The Seven Key Players
Creating an Offshore Hedge Fund Dream Team: The Seven Key Players my Gordon Casey
05/08/2015
Maples Fund Services, a division of MaplesFS, marks a major milestone in 2015, celebrating its tenth anniversary
03/29/2015
Blue-chip bankers lose £210m in hedge fund that collapsed after investing in derelict land in Scotland
The extent to which major investors had backed Isle of Man-registered Aarkad Plc, who channelled money into Heather, are laid bare in documents seen by the Sunday Mail.
03/23/2015
Cape-based money manager accused as kingpin in offshore Ponzi scheme
He has been fingered as a mastermind behind a massive global Ponzi scheme run out of Mauritius.
03/19/2015
Times are changing for Cayman as hedge funds start physical operations on the island
For the first time we were able to include this year a hedge fund manager who actually operates and and set up his fund management company on the island.
12/11/2014
James River Group, Uber’s insurer, paid a tax rate of just 12.6% last year. It invests in bank loans rated below junk. And it’s about to issue an IPO.
12/11/2014
Towers Watson has launched an off-shore longevity hedging service to give medium-sized schemes direct access to the reinsurance market.
11/27/2014
New Legislation Promotes Hedge Fund Management Activity in Jersey
In a welcome development, Jersey's Chief Minister has signed into law new legislation designed to simplify and encourage the establishment and operation of hedge fund management businesses in Jersey.
11/13/2014
London masterclass to focus on Guernsey’s funds offering
A technical showcase of Guernsey’s funds offering and how the island is positioning itself amid the latest regulatory pressures will be the focus of a funds masterclass in London at the start of next year.
11/10/2014
Maples Group’s AIFM solution gains traction
Since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) came into full effect, MPMF Fund Management (Ireland) Limited is continuing to gain momentum.
11/07/2014
Asian Firms Face Growing Offshore Compliance Risks
Imagine a scenario in which a Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager establishes and appoints an offshore management company to provide investment management services for its fund.
08/06/2014
Waterfall Asset Management, the $2.9 billion New York-based credit hedge fund, has launched a pair of Caymans-based funds.
07/16/2014
Cayman registers more funds
07/01/2014
It is important to note that these changes will not impact the accounting under IFRS and US GAAP, but rather only mandates new financial-statement disclosures.
05/27/2014
DMS Offshore Investment Services Expands Its European Operations
AIFMD ushers in a broad new set of regulatory and compliance requirements for EU domiciled funds and for non-EU fund managers who wish to access European capital
04/25/2014
Kinetic Partners has strengthened its team in the Cayman Islands to reflect the increase in zombie funds assignments and the call by many investors to exit these positions.
03/19/2014
Making use of KNEIP’s service across its entire Swiss- and Luxembourg-domiciled fund ranges.
03/07/2014
Hedge Fund Investors Continue To Question Offshore Director Independence
Despite increased importance investors continue to under research hedge fund directors during operational due diligence
01/27/2014
Sales volumes up in the Caribbean as wealthy buyers return
Purchasers have started to see real buying opportunities in the market and critical to this turnaround has been the renewed confidence amongst buyers from Europe and the United States, the firm’s Caribbean Prime Residential Insight report says.
01/22/2014
LSE data shows that at the end of December 2013 there were 115 Guernsey-incorporated entities listed on the Main Market, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the Specialist Fund Market (SFM).