Posts Tagged ‘ regulations ’

A prescription for investor protection

FT Mandate,  June 2009 The EC’s draft regulations for the alternative investment industry demand greater transparency, reduced leverage and higher liquidity from funds. By Gerry O’Kane. The relative silence from the alternative investment market on the new European Commission (EC) draft rules should come as no surprise. The EC announced the draft directive on...

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Technology helps Lloyd’s avoid the crooks

Technology helps Lloyd’s avoid the crooks

Finance Week, 03/09/2008 Anti-money laundering regulations are beginning to bite with more big names announcing action to stop running foul of them. In the light of research that some UK-high street banks and Companies House have suspicious clients, firms like Lloyd’s of London are taking no chances. Gerry O’Kane speaks with its investigatory expert to find out...

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Active Strategies – currency hedging that delivers smarter risk management

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Currency Investor, Active currency management is getting a new breath of life. As global economies lurch towards stagnation and the thermometer of equity markets...

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Performance analytics – helping to bring transparency to the FX pricing process

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Currency Investor For years, many professional currency practitioners have seen trustees’ and investment managers’ eyes glaze over when asked two questions: how much they...

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Middle East: regional E-forex perspective

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Gerry O’Kane looks at growth in e-FX throughout the Middle Eastern markets and how resistance to electronic systems is changing rapidly in the fast...

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Timing: – just how important is it for achieving currency alpha?

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Currency Investor, Winter 2010 Within the equities world there has been some discussion over whether market timing is a viable investment strategy or simply...

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