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 Sues Ex-Hedge Fund Exec To Head Off RICO Claims Law360, New York — Hedge fund advisory firm DMS Management on Thursday sued a director of a failed U.K. hedge fund in an attempt to bring to an end what it calls an “eight-month barrage of extortionate threats” to bring racketeering claims against it, according […]
GOP’s Anti-FATCA Stance Lacks Legs, Officials Say The Republican National Committee’s recently passed resolution to repeal the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act has more to do with pleasing campaign donors than actually changing what has become a global norm, current and former government officials told Law360. Read more here.
Drinking GIIN And The IRS’ Juice Law360, New York (January 28, 2014, 1:54 PM ET) — Peter Stafford “Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice/ Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).” — Snoop Doggy Dogg. Nov. 23, 1993. Like Snoop Dogg, the vast […]