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Posted on May 8th, 2012
MFA, IAA, and AIMA filed a letter requesting the CFTC grant an extension in time for compliance with the amendments regarding section 4.13. In this letter, the Associations request that the CFTC: Extend the period by which a CPO may still claim an exemption pursuant to section 4.13(a)(4) with respect to a newly formed pool from April [...] Posted on April 26th, 2012
Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the last 17 years according to this new study by The Centre for Hedge Fund Research at Imperial College in London. The research, commissioned by KPMG, the international audit, tax and advisory firm, and the Alternative Investment Management Association [...] Posted on April 19th, 2012
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association, has published detailed analysis of the European Commission’s draft implementing rules for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) which shows substantial policy differences between the Commission text and the advice provided by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Key [...] Posted on March 5th, 2012
In November 2010 the G20 requested that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in collaboration with other international standard setting bodies develop recommendations to strengthen the oversight and regulation of the shadow banking system. One of the key challenges for policy makers is to first define and understand the scope of the term “shadow [...] Posted on March 1st, 2012
The purpose of this note is to provide background material for the AIMA seminar on the Level 2 implementing measures to the AIFMD directive. The note covers a broad range of issues but is in not a comprehensive assessment of the ESMA advice. Source: AIMA 2 pages
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