Prime brokerage
Peer-to-peer funding offers alternative finance source
CCP cleared P2P market option in place of prime brokers
Esma board fails to agree AIFMD prime broker segregation position
Financing cost for hedge fund marketing in Europe could reach "unviable levels"
Esma board to decide on AIFMD prime broker segregation
Item scheduled for meeting on July 9, but may slip to September
Hedge funds face higher prime broker charges under Basel III
Funds urged to build treasury savvy as prime brokers retrench
Wells Fargo set to launch self-cleared prime brokerage
Bank's head of prime services say launch is "a couple of weeks away"
'40 Act no panacea for raising hedge fund assets
Compliance costs major hurdle to achieving critical mass
Basel III battleground for primes
Consolidation predicted among prime brokers following regulatory shakeout
Questions over prime broker/depository discharge
Game of blame
Prime brokers to escape AIFMD segregation burden, sources say
Regulators have agreed a solution in row over client asset segregation, according to five industry sources
Capital introduction favours large hedge funds
Demand for ‘sticky’ money and market intelligence from large institutionalised hedge funds is squeezing out emerging talent
Hedge fund service provider rankings 2013 reveal surprises
Service provider rankings 2013 provide surprises
Prime Broker of the Year – Barclays
Asia Risk awards 2013 winner: Barclays – Prime Broker of the Year
Hedge funds use specific criteria for prime broker selection
Picking a partner
FX prime brokers continue to shun four-way agreements
Four-way agreements too difficult under Dodd-Frank external business conduct standards, say prime brokers
Hedge Funds Review Service Provider Rankings 2013 open for voting
Hedge Funds Review Service Provider Rankings cover a wide range of services including prime brokerage, fund administration and accountancy. They give an insight into what managers and investors value
Agency desks hopeful new protocol will solve Dodd-Frank issues
A preliminary protocol to enable four-way FX prime brokerage involving agency desks has been agreed ‘in principle’ and could allow agencies to scale up their activities, having been largely reduced to spot since May
Prime brokers shun forex agency desks over CFTC rules
Agency desks warn they could be driven out of the market as a result of business conduct rules
FX prime brokers forced to terminate double give-up trades
Prime brokers have had to cancel four-way agreements for trades involving two buy-side firms, on the basis that a no-action letter issued by the CFTC on April 30 did not cover this type of business
HSBC preps international prime finance service
HSBC's plans to establish a global prime services platform will culminate with the launch of a full international prime finance service for US hedge funds in 2014
Hedge funds take collateral management to heart
Protecting collateral
AIFM directive changes relationships for prime brokers
Coming into force in July, the AIFM directive will likely to curb the freedom for prime brokers to reuse assets pledged by hedge funds for collateral, resulting in higher fees for services including leverage, says Patrick Colle, general manager of Paris…
Hedge funds benefit from lower prime broker fees
Hedge funds can lock in favourable rates for prime brokerage services as competition forces banks to rethink pricing, says former BlackRock managing director David Geffen who now runs a consultancy
FX prime brokers welcome CFTC relief
CFTC provides last-minute relief for FX prime brokers, having listened to arguments that the market could be seriously impeded by business conduct rules
Primes push synthetics as Basel III bites
Synthetic benefits