Sturgeon Ventures speaks to Morgan Lewis on the Market Abuse

ESMA Advice on Extending the AIFMD Passport to Non-EU Countries

Speaking to Sturgeon Ventures, William Yonge a London-based partner of Morgan Lewis’s Investment Management Practice, examines the issues raised by the proposed Market Abuse Regime and the Market Abuse Directive. On 12 June 2014, the European Commission published the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Market Abuse Directive on criminal sanctions for market abuse (CSMAD), […]

Winton Institutional Business head joins Schulenburg

Algorithmic hedge fund advisory firm Schulenburg Capital has added former Head of Americas and Institutional Business at Winton Capital Management Andrew Fraser, HFMWeek  revealed on the 5th January edition. Fraser joined the Edinburgh-headquartered algorithmic advisor as Director, after six years as Head of Department at Winton, the $26bn in AuM quant hedge fund firm.

Seonaid Mackenzie Has Recently Been Named a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who

Seonaid Mackenzie

About Seonaid Mackenzie – Strathmore’s Global Press Release Seonaid Mackenzie is Managing Partner of Sturgeon Ventures LLP, a financial services firm which provides investment management, corporate finance and compliance/regulatory advice as well as training for start-ups and established firms. Sturgeon Ventures is the pioneer of the Regulatory Incubator (Regulatory Umbrella in the U.K.) and has incubated […]

ViClarity Discusses The Risks In Outsourcing Compliance for AIFMD

Sturgeon Ventures and MIFID II

ViClarity, the global industry-leading compliance software provider, speaks to Sturgeon Ventures about Hedge funds in Europe taking too little account of the risks involved in outsourcing compliance for AIFMD. ViClarity estimates around seven in 10 hedge fund firms in Europe are outsourcing their reporting. But it believes many of these have failed to realise that […]

Malta 'most favoured' domicile for hedge funds in Europe

Malta has, for the second time, been declared Europe’s most favoured domicile for hedge funds. The announcement was made at the 13th European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2014. Read more at: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141127/business-news/malta-most-favoured-domicile-for-hedge-funds-in-europe.545898   Sturgeon Ventures are the most established Regulatory Incubator,a trusted partner and venture catalyst.  Providing nurturing and bespoke solutions, also known as a Regulatory […]

Seonaid Mackenzie speaks to Thompson Reuters

Seonaid Mackenzie speaks to Thomson Reuters

Axel Threlfall interviewed Seonaid Mackenzie as part of a Thomson Reuters special on Wealth Strategies. To view the special featuring Seonaid click on the link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXHoDdgxOQ    

Seonaid Mackenzie Panel Member at Hedge Fund Entrepreneur Series

Europe: Funds & Managers Gibraltar Conference

Seonaid Mackenzie will be on the panel of speakers at this year’s Hedge Fund Entrepreneur Series: The Journey from Start-Up to Growth. This forum, presented by Thomson Reuters, is for start-up fund and emerging manager professionals. Hot topics from fund infrastructre and set-up, to regulations; creating alpha, to how to market your fund and raise […]