Q&A: Quad Advisors’ Borish Is Looking For Real Traders, Not Index Huggers Peter Borish, who served as founding partner and director of research at Tudor Investment Corp., has become the chief strategist and trading coach at Quad Advisors, a New York-based hedge fund incubator and accelerator. The new venture is an offshoot of Quad Capital, […]
Franklin Square Q&A in Bloomberg Brief
Franklin Square Capital Partners listed its first BDC publicly in April, and it has three other private BDCs. Zachary Klehr, an executive vice president and a member of the executive committee, discussed the future of the funds with Bloomberg Brief’s David Holley.
Tortoise in Fundfire
Energy Boom, Income Demand Boost Interest in MLPs Managers with separately managed accounts (SMAs) and funds of master limited partnerships (MLPs) have been raking in high-net-worth assets, a trend that appears far from over. The U.S. oil and gas industry boom, coupled with the demand for income in a low interest rate environment, have boosted […]
STA in Tabb Forum
Good Luck, Chair White: Advisory Committees and Roundtables in the 21st Century Among SEC Chair Mary Jo White’s equity market structure agenda is a plan to create an advisory committee. While this can be an important vehicle for the regulator to gather industry input, Chair White faces some challenges in getting the committee off the […]
Tortoise Capital Advisors ringing the closing bell
Tortoise Capital Advisors Managing Director and Portfolio Manager Matthew Sallee and colleagues will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ring The Closing Bell® to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. (NYSE: TYG) and mark a decade of listing master limited partnership-focused funds on the NYSE. TYG, which began trading on […]
Tortoise on CNBC
Washington focusing on MLPs Discussing Kinder Morgan’s consolidation deal and the advantage of master limited partnerships, with Matthew Sallee, Tortoise Capital Advisors.
Franklin Square in Forbes
Franklin Square Capital Chats With LCD About BDCs, Record Leverage Levels S&P Capital IQ LCD recently chatted with Michael Gerber, managing director, and Zach Klehr, executive vice president, at alternative asset manager Franklin Square Capital Partners. Franklin Square manages four BDCs – one is publicly traded and three are non-listed. The four funds have an […]
DMS in Global Tax Weekly
AIFMD Compliance And Its Tax Implications For US Managers by Conor MacGuinness, Director of DMS Off shore Investment Services, Dublin office
Introduction
It has been a long time coming, but as of July 22, 2014, US alternative investment fund managers wishing to market their funds in Europe have to contend with a new set of regulations affecting everything from the fund set-up to marketing to reporting, under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Quad Advisors Debuts Hedge Fund Incubator and Accelerator
Quad Advisors Debuts Hedge Fund Incubator and Accelerator NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2014 — Quad Advisors, a hedge fund incubator and accelerator, announced it has signed two growing hedge funds as its first resident firms. Quad Advisors is the newest initiative in a family of financial entities housed within the Quad family of companies. Read […]
Quad launches Quad Advisors
Prop-Trading Firm Offers to Back Managers – Proprietary-trading shop Quad Capital is starting a business that provides so-called acceleration capital and operational support to fledgling hedge fund managers.
Quad hits CNN Money
Market jitters return. Dow drops 140 points Geopolitical risk reared its ugly head once again, sending stocks down, down, down Tuesday. Read more here.
Joe Grano of Premier Alliance: Know Your Attackers
As a network of companies that drives the world’s greatest economic and innovation engine, and as a nation, we simply are not prepared for cyber-attacks. Understanding the methodology, motivation, and techniques sophisticated hackers use to infiltrate organizations is paramount to effective network defense. Read more here.
CMS on food safety
How do you ensure food safety with tight margins and changing demand? Poultry processing plants are not just talking about food safety: they are proactively looking to enhance measures throughout operations, says CMS Technology. Read the full article here.
DMS in Wall Street and Tech
Hedge Funds Face Compliance Hurdles of AIFMD Alternative funds selling to European investors must meet ESMA’s strict guidelines for trader reporting, risk controls, and valuations — similar to SEC’s Form PF. Read more here.
DMS in Risk.net
Fatca legislation pierces corporate veil, says DMS Implications of the IGA regulations in Cayman for fund fiduciaries The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) has officially arrived in the Cayman Islands and spawned a new era of international tax compliance that was inconceivable only a few short years ago. Fund directors and other fiduciaries […]
DMS in Tabb Forum
Breaking Up Because of Basel III: It Was Good While It Lasted Across the global financial sector, Basel III’s capital and liquidity requirements are forcing banks to forego low-return capital consumptive activities and, in the process, they are dumping some customers, including hedge funds. Where can hedge funds turn to find new and meaningful relationships? […]
NFL Alumni Partners with Juvent
The NFL Alumni Association on Tuesday announced a partnership with Juvent Regenerative Technologies Corp. that makes it the official provider of dynamic motion therapy equipment for pro football retirees. The Mount Laurel-based association said the agreement will allow members to purchase Juvent devices at a discount, and Juvent will donate $100 to the Retired Players […]
CMS and University of Georgia tackle poultry processing safety
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DMS in FinOps
GATCA: Brace for FATCA on Steroids The US Internal Revenue Service didn’t make any friends among financial firms abroad when it imposed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to make non-US financial institutions responsible for preventing tax evasion by US persons. Read more here.
DMS in Fundweb
Fund groups ‘not proactive enough’ as AIFMD deadline looms Many alternative investment managers have left their AIFMD applications to the last minute with less than 100 fully accredited for the alternatives rules that take effect next week. Read more here.
Tortoise in Barron’s
5 MLP Plays for Growth as Well as Big Payouts H. Kevin Birzer of the Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund has averaged 24% annual returns over the past three yrs. For investors looking for income and an energy allocation, the Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund has performed like a hare. The mutual fund (ticker: TORTX […]
DMS in Law360
US Fund Managers: Are You Cleared To Access EU Investors? The clock is ticking on the one-year transitional period for the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, meaning U.S. fund managers targeting European investors have just days left to brace for this new web of regulation, or risk leaving themselves open to serious liabilities, […]
DMS on Fox
How FATCA is impacting hedge funds – Kathleen Celoria of DMS Offshore Investment Services on the effect of FATCA on hedge funds and private equity.
DMS in Global Tax Weekly
Featured Article: Don’t Win The GIIN Battle But Lose The FATCA War by Kathleen Celoria, Executive Director, DMS Offshore Investment Services
Dick Grasso joins Premier Alliance Advisory Board
root9B, a Premier Alliance Company, Names Dick Grasso to Advisory Board Former NYSE Chairman and CEO Joins cybersecurity panel NEW YORK, June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — root9B, a Premier Alliance Group Company (OTCQB: PIMO), announced today that former NYSE chairman and chief executive officer Richard A. Grasso will join its Advisory Board, effective immediately. Read […]
Two great Americans. So respectful of our relationship with Col. Jacobs
There are people in my life who give me…and our team…great guidance and inspiration. Our Board of Advisors is a group of people who do just that. I encourage you to watch this piece. An amazing hero — and friend — introduces us to another hero…and reminds us what’s great about this country. Posted by […]
Maria Bartiromo talks with Premier Alliance's Joe Grano
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DMS in TABB Forum
Hedge Funds Face Main Street Governance Hedge funds, which have trillions of dollars under management, are not generally subject to the same level of regulation as mutual funds. But as Main Street investors find themselves more exposed to hedge funds, the industry needs greater oversight. SEC mutual fund governance standards offer best practices. Read more […]
Tortoise’s Matt Sallee comments on energy IPOs
Shell to Sell Shares in U.S. Pipeline Unit Amid Energy Boom “Now you’ve got the first major and that’s got us excited,” Matt Sallee, who helps manage $17.5 billion at Tortoise Capital Advisors in Leawood, Kansas, including the first closed-end fund focused on MLPs. “It would not be surprising to see others follow suit. Shell’s […]
NFLA joins with JVC
JVC, Paul’s TV Kick Off NFLA Sponsorships New York — JVC TV kicked off its recently announced sponsorship of the charitable NFL Alumni organization (NFLA) by revealing that it has selected 48-store national electronics chain Paul’s TV as a key partner to take the program, and JVC’s forthcoming Diamond-series Ultra HD TV line to the […]