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Europeans lead foreigners in reporting US financial crime
Europeans proved themselves to be most keen foreigners to inform America's regulators of suspected financial crime over the past year, and could earn at least $1.6m from their willingness to 'blow the whistle'.
18 Nov 2011
Lawyers urge UK and US taxpayers to admit Swiss accounts
Lawyers are counselling Western world taxpayers with income undeclared in Switzerland but taxable at home, to reveal their accounts as governments increase efforts to unearth identities and force sheltered money onshore.
16 Nov 2011
Banco Santander: no extra cash needed to meet EU demands
Banco Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank, said a significant charge for mis-selling payment protection insurance(PPI) hit profits in Q3, but its capital cushion would lift it out of danger territory.
28 Oct 2011
New money market stress testing service for Europe, EMEA area
Investment managers BNY Mellon and Investor Analytics, a provider of risk management solution, have launched a money market stress testing service for the Europe, Middle East and Africa area.
12 Sep 2011
Seismic shift as fund managers outsource operations
A trend towards investment operations outsourcing has increased due to growing margin pressures, according to a report from London-based consultants Clear Path Analysis.
07 Sep 2011
Regulators wary of new corporate deposits that sit outside Basel III LCR
Bank supervisors say they are keeping a close eye on a new generation of corporate deposits that use a rolling 35-day option to remain out of reach of the 30-day threshold embedded in the Basel III liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) – one of the first products designed in response to the new rules.
02 Sep 2011
France backs down on short-selling loophole
French regulators have failed in an attempt to extend the short-selling ban to major European stock markets, so investors can continue betting on further falls in financial stocks, the Financial Times reports.
19 Aug 2011
Signia Wealth registers with SEC
Financial boutique Signia Wealth has registered as an investment adviser with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to comply with new regulations.
29 Jul 2011
Morningstar launches service comparing risk of Ucits IV funds
Morningstar UK is launching its own version of measuring and categorising how risky Ucits IV funds are, arguing that the somewhat contentious method mandated by Brussels has important shortcomings.
28 Jul 2011
Hedge funds not systemically risky, but UK regulator issues caveats
Britain’s financial regulator says the low footprint hedge funds have in most capital markets means overall they pose a low systemic risk, but it has warned of a greater influence by the industry in areas such as convertible bonds and commodity and rates derivatives.
27 Jul 2011
Breaking off a relationship, in billionaire style
Wondering how to end a long-term relationship? We show, below, the words the proteges of billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros chose to tell external investors 'I'm sorry, but it's over'.
27 Jul 2011
Veritas: Soros's exit shows just how far political power has shifted
George Soros famously instructed his deputy Stanley Druckenmiller to “go for the jugular” in betting Downing Street and Bank of England would fail in shielding sterling within Europe's exchange rate mechanism, with his Quantum Fund punting hard against it.
26 Jul 2011
Hedge veteran Soros to give up running external cash
George Soros is set to retire from managing money for outside investors after more than 40 years running hedge funds, citing Washington's increased oversight of the once unregulated industry as a primary reason behind his returning external money to investors this year.
26 Jul 2011
Dalton Strategic plans Indian absolute return fund
London’s Dalton Strategic Partnership has hired a senior manager from the proprietary trading group that Goldman Sachs disbanded recently, to run an Indian absolute return fund launching in September.
26 Jul 2011
Euro regulator calls for tighter ETF rules
The European Securities and Markets Authority has proposed wide ranging reforms and a tightening of the rules around how exchange traded funds operate in Europe.
25 Jul 2011Regions
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Opportunities abound for Dragon investors
The Chinese Year of the Dragon promises drama across the world, yet the opening weeks of 2012 are throwing up some surprising investment opportunities.
Events
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum Sweden
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for Sweden takes place in Stockholm on 24 April 2012
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum France
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for France takes place in Paris on 22 May 2012.
