Germany Hedge Funds
Germany Hedge Fund Guide
Here is a short collection of articles on the hedge fund industry in Germany. I am always looking for more valuable online tools and resources to add to these geographical hedge fund guides to the hedge fund industry. If you have a white paper or PowerPoint that I can include here please send me an email and I will post it for everyone's benefit.German Hedge Fund Resources:
- Germany to Step Up Hedge Fund Scrutiny. As a plan for German governemnt to place a greater scrutiny on country's hedge fund investment, Barbara Hendricks, the deputy finance minister, said that Germany would force the funds to declare stakes in companies when they rise to three percent, comparing to the current threshold of 5% as in most European Union states.
- G8 HostGermany Fails to Convince on Hedge Fund Issue (8/06/2007). Germany had put hedge funds on top of the agenda of its year-long G8 presidency given its concerns that rapid growth in the increasingly powerful sector could destabilize the entire global financial system. But the world's richest nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and Russia -- have so far spectacularly failed to find a common line on the issue.
- Hedge Fund Opportunities in Germany: Practical Guidance Q&A. With the new German Investment Act and Investment Tax Act in force since January 1, 2004, new opportunities to access the German hedge fund market from abroad have opened up. The objective of this paper is to give practical, hands-on guidance to foreign hedge fund managers who are interested in targeting the growing German market.
- This advisory article briefly explains the taxation issues in Germany’s hedge fund industry for both fund managers and investors. The topics include the various tax structure, requirement and regulations.
- This special report (Aug. 2006) features several articles provide some recent development and oveview of German hedge industry and some decription of it legislatory structure and law regulations. :
An interview with Christian Benigni, one of the top three European hedge fund managers with approxiamtely USD 14 billion dollars under management, shared with readers his views on the propects and the potential future development of the German Hedge Fund industry.
Delivering Tax Transparency
When the new legislation governing alternative investment funds came into force in Germany in 2004. HSBC's Alternative Fund Services (AFS) took a two-fold approach to capitalise on the development of the market. On one hand, in partnership with its software provider, Advent Geneva, and with advice from PricewaterhouseCoopers, AFS launched a project to deliver tax transparency to their clients to enable them to distribute their funds in Germany.
The Evolution of Prime Brokerage in Germany
Since the introduction of the 2004 German Investment Act, there has been debate on the potential growth of the local hedge fund market, and on possible 'local' prime brokerage solutions. However, as well as domestic hedge funds, the legislation deals also with another important area: the regulation and distribution of 'foreign' (non-German) hedge funds. Furthermore, the related Investment Tax Act enables local investors to obtain favorable tax treatment on investments in foreign funds, including hedge funds.
New ETFs Improve index Tracking and Reducing Trading Costs
Exchange-traded funds allow investors to track the performance of specific market segments more efficiently and reduce costs, helping institutions to create more efficient portfolios for use in core-satellite strategies. A new category of innovative ETFs recently introduced by Indexchange takes advantage of the European Union's Ucits III directive to mirror the underlying index even more accurately while reducing trading costs.
Institutional Market Pised for Take-off
The change of the law in 2004 allowed hedge funds and funds of hedge funds to be launched under German regulations for the first time. Under the German rules, a Master KAG - service company for hedge funds - can take charge not only of the administration of a fund but its launch, registration and ongoing reporting, leaving the fund manager to focus on the investment management, marketing and the distribution.
Derivatives Take Larger Role with Hedge Funds
Surging flows of capital into hedge funds over the past few years have aroused fears that overcrowding in popular strategies will drive returns down and reduce the appeal of alternative investment approaches. However, the growth of sophisticated investment techniques involving the use of exchangetraded derivatives, with their high levels of liquidity and transparency, is offering managers and investors new opportunities to achieve higher returns, resulting in increased usage of futures and options worldwide.
Hedge Funds Liberalisation Starts to Bear Fruit
When Germany liberalised its rules governing hedge funds and taxation of their income at the beginning of 2004 the initiative was hailed in some quarters as a new dawn for the sector. If Germany, with its tradition of conservatism in investment choices and reputation for pernickety rule-making, could embrace hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, the argument went, the rest of Europe and other markets around the world would surely soon be following suit.
- Hedge Fund Opportunities in Germany. With a new German Investment Act and Investment Tax Act in force since January 1, 2004, new business opportunities have opened up in the German hedge fund sector for foreign providers as well as those onshore. The focus of this artice is on the distribution of foreign hedge funds in Germany and with more detailed information on the provisions of the recent passed Investment Modernization Act
- Introduction and Regulation of Hedge Funds in Germany. On January 1, 2004 the German Investment Act and the German Investment Tax Act were enacted as the major parts of the investment Modernization Act. The focus of this article is to analyze the effect of these new tax provision and also some of the regulatory concerns.
- Hedge Funds and Retail Business: Comparing German, Italian, Swedish and English Law. The aim of this work is to compare the German, Italian, Swedish and English law as to see the principal policies and regulatory cornerstones that will lead us to understand and comprehend the way in which Hedge Funds and their relationship with retail investors is developing.
- This advisory article briefly describes the regulatory structure of Germany’s hedge fund industry; topics include authorization requirement and process of setting up the fund, capital requirements, and marketing restrictions.
- German Hedge Fund Legislation: Modernized but still old-fashioned. This report analyzes the legal framework of the newly passed new German Investment Act and its impacts on the current system. This analysis is conducted from three aspects: past (comparison to old laws), present (its current state), and future (need an up-to-date regulation?).
- Pension Fund Investment World Germany 2008. 9/20/2008 – 9/22/2008, Germany – Frankfurt.
- 4th Annual European Conference. A full day of plenary, breakouts and roundtables with leading speakers from venture philanthropy, private equity community, foundations and professional service firms. 9/23/2008, Germany – Frankfurt.
Related to German Hedge Funds Guide:
- Geographical Hedge Fund Guides
- Hedge Fund Database
- Hedge Fund Administrator
- Hedge Fund Attorneys andLawyers
- Investment Book
- Hedge Fund Terms and Definitions
- Hedge Fund Tracker Tool
- Financial Certification
- Hedge Fund Forum
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