Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers

You will discover:

• the changing relationship between prime brokers and hedge funds, the relationship they have with hedge fund service providers (such as administrators, risk managers, directors, investors and regulators)
• how "unregulated hedge funds" are regulated - and why more "regulation" may not be required
• how prime brokers are regulated in their hedge fund activities
• the trading and economic factors that drive the relationship
• how prime brokers shape the development of hedge funds and their trading strategies
• the legal, regulatory and jurisdictional issues that affect the prime broker-hedge fund relationship, emphasising relevant laws, listing and continuing obligation standards and agreements (including, among others, prime brokerage agreements, ISDAs and iTraxx, stock borrowing and lending and other key agreements)

Understand how and why the prime broker-hedge fund relationship is maturing and changing to a more level playing field.

An essential read for fund managers, hedge funds, investors, law firms, in-house legal and compliance departments, regulators, securities professionals, investment bankers, accounting professionals, treasurers, the financial services community, corporate governance professionals and practitioners working in listing rules or markets activity.