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DODD-FRANK ACT IMPLEMENTATION AND THE HEDGE INDUSTRY

August 26th, 2010 |

DODD-FRANK ACT IMPLEMENTATION AND THE HEDGE INDUSTRY

London – 26 August 2010: The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) – the global hedge fund industry association – is to engage with U.S. policymakers and supervisors over the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.   AIMA has set out several key areas of focus ahead of September meetings with U.S. policymakers and supervisors regarding the Dodd-Frank Act. These include the registration of hedge fund managers and the reporting of systemically relevant data in the interests of … Read more »

It is in : Alternative Investments, Hedge Funds, Private Equity

Fried Frank Names Lisa Schneider as Partner in Shriver & Jacobson LLP

August 22nd, 2010 |

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Lisa Schneider has been elected to the Firm’s partnership effective September 1, 2010. … Read more »

It is in : Alternative Investments

AIMA WELCOMES EU OTC DERIVATIVES REFORM

August 22nd, 2010 |

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) – the global hedge fund industry association – has urged European Union policymakers to push ahead with reforms of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, saying that the benefits will outweigh increased costs. … Read more »

It is in : Alternative Investments, Family Office and Wealth Management, Hedge Funds

Markets go down after FED moves

August 11th, 2010 |

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months. Household spending is increasing gradually, but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. Business spending on equipment and software is rising; however, investment in nonresidential structures continues to be weak and employers remain reluctant to add to payrolls. Housing starts remain at a depressed level. Bank lending has continued to contract. Nonetheless, the Committee anticipates a gradual return to higher levels of resource utilization in a context of price stability, although the pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated. … Read more »

It is in : Alternative Investments

Unco operative Tax Havens

August 5th, 2010 |

Seven jurisdictions (Andorra, The Principality of Liechtenstein, Liberia, The Principality of Monaco, The Republic of the Marshall Islands, The Republic of Nauru and The Republic of Vanuatu) did not make commitments to transparency and exchange of information at that time and were identified in April 2002 by the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs as unco-operative tax havens. All of these jurisdictions subsequently made commitments and were removed from the list of unco-operative tax havens. Nauru and Vanuatu made their commitments in 2003 and Liberia and the Marshall Islands in 2007.   In May 2009, the Committee on Fiscal Affairs decided to remove all three remaining jurisdictions (Andorra, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Principality of Monaco) from the list of uncooperative tax havens in the light of their commitments to implement the OECD standards of … Read more »

It is in : Alternative Investments, Business Opportunities - Global Investments, Family Office and Wealth Management