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MFA Comment Letter on IOSCO Consultation on Liquidity Risk Management08.02.12


MFA submitted a comment letter to IOSCO in response to IOSCO’s Consultation Paper on Principles of Liquidity Risk Management for […]

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Topics: International Organization of Securities Commissions IOSCO, liquidity, liquidity risk, liquidity risk management, collective investment scheme, Policy Makers, Regulators, investment fund, hedge funds, hedge fund industry, alternative investment industry, market participants, retail investors, sophisticated investors, money market funds, mutual funds, contractual relationship, redemption terms, gates, lock-up periods, side-pocket investments, Financial Services Authority, portfolio, redemption rights, investment strategies, secured borrowings, uncollateralized loans, derivatives, derivatives transactions, initial margin, variation margin, counterparties, Dodd-Frank Act, European Union, EU, EMIR, illiquid instruments, investor concentration information, nominee investor, redemption requests, assets, investor profile, independent oversight, responsible entity, side letters,

Comment Letter to ESMA on its Draft Technical Advice to the European Commission for Implementing AIFMD09.13.11


MFA submitted comments to ESMA on its consultation on possible implementing measures of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). […]

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Topics: AIFMD the directive, Level 2, third party managers, European Commission, consultation paper, AIF, UCITS Directive, MiFID, professional investors, retail investors, marketing, counterparties, prime brokers, net asset value, Article 61, AUM, AUM Calculations, mark-to-market, EU investors, sub-investment managers, Dodd-Frank, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Advisers Act, registration, private funds, G-20, international coordination, Article 3(2), Article 9(3), professional indemnity insurance requirements, Gross Method, exposure, leverage, foreign exchange hedging position, interest rate hedging position, Box 93, Box 2, Box 1, NAV, Advanced Method, Box 13, diligence requirement, OTC transaction, securities lending agreement, repurchase agreement, Box 19, Box 29, risk management, risk limits, operational risk, portfolio management, market risk, portfolio risk, liquidity risk, gates, side pockets, redemption policy, depositaries, depositary, bespoke system, Box 78, collateral directive, Box 79, liability standards, Financial Services Authority, FSA, re-hypothecation provisions, Box 81, Box 86, due diligence, sub-custodian, Box 88, segregation, Box 89, omnibus accounts, liability regime, Box 95, Box 99, Value at Risk, VaR, Commitment Method, European Central Bank, ECB, Committee on European Securities Regulators, CESR Guidelines, credit default swap, CDS, remuneration, EU Passport, transparency, Box 106, passport regime, safe-keeping function, confidentiality, proprietary information, systemic risk, semi-annual reporting, collateral, counterparty exposures, Form PF, reporting period, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Level 2 inputs, Level 3 inputs, valuation agents, underwriters, unobservable,

Comment Letter on Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements05.31.11


MFA submitted a comment letter to the SEC in response to the joint agency proposed rules that would prohibit incentive-based […]

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Topics: Incentive-Based Compensation Agreements Joint Agencies, systemic risks, covered financial institutions, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (OTS), National Credit Union Administration, (NCUA), Federal Housing Finance Agency, financial stability, upside performance, hedge fund advisers, adviser employees, risk management, compensation arrangements, align the interests, portfolio management activities, alignment of interest, management fees, performance fees, high water marks, risk-adjusted returns, Financial Stability Oversight Council, systemically different, leverage, liquidity risk, maturity mismatch, regulatory scrutiny, asset management structures, investment managers, borrowing arrangements, derivatives contracts, redemption rights, equity base, redemption-forced liquidations, debt capital, prime brokers, lending parties, liquidations, tax, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, pooled investment vehicles, consolidated balance sheet, accounting principles, net assets, gross assets, deferred compensation, incentive compensation arrangements, inflation,

Comment Letter on Joint Release Regarding Reporting by Investment Advisors to Private Funds and Certain Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors on Form PF04.08.11


MFA filed a comment letter with the SEC and CFTC in response to their joint proposal to require private fund […]

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Topics: private funds commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, Form PF, systemic risk, Financial Stability Oversight Council, market participants, managed futures, absolute return strategies, SEC, CFTC, Dodd-Frank Act, Council and Office of Financial Research, OFR, global regulators, overcounting, undercounting, threshold for enhanced performance, assets under management, reporting period, confidentiality protections, inadvertent disclosure, non-bank financial companies, lending institutions, interconnectedness, liquidity risk, maturity mismatch, regulatory scrutiny, systemically significant, Federal Reserve System, the Fed, Form CPO, Form PQR, Form CTA-PR, targeted requests, tiered reporting system, threshold, trading and investment strategies, borrowing arrangements, collateral practices, operational capabilities, illiquid assets, investment advisers, bespoke contracts, private equity, privately issued convertible bonds, equity derivatives, distressed debt, unaffiliated third party sources, generally accepted accounting principles, GAAP, Level 2 inputs, Level 3 inputs, Financial Accounting Standards Board, audited financial statements, UK Financial Services Authority, FSA, Form 13F, public companies, Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, portfolio management, CUSIP number, semi-annual reporting, counterparty exposures, market noise, short-term market fluctuations, margin requirements, hedge fund defaults, large private fund manager, qualifying fund, hedge fund assets under management, Form ADV, proposed reporting thresholds, interpretive guidance, private fund managers, recordkeeping requirements, section 404, confidentiality of information, proprietary information, Investment Adviser Registration Depository, Schedule 13G, individual certification, valuation methodology, proprietary methodology, alternative methodology, de minimis, master-feeder, parallel funds, equity prices, interest rates, currency rates, Form PF question 36, form PF questions 28 and 35, funds of funds, direct investments, aggregate gross asset value, collateral, operational efficiency, ten-year option, five-year option, master agreement, regulatory assets under management, net assets under management, leverage, parallel managed accounts, net asset value, gross asset value, creditor, net borrowings, aggregate borrowings, beneficial owners, record owners, fixed advisory fees, investment expenses, performance fees, inception class, statistical arbitrage-equity, other quantitative strategies, strategy exposure, risk capital allocation, NAV, futures commission merchants, FCMs, direct clearing members, DCMs, prime brokers, clause (iii), loan commitments, offsetting exposure, tri-party collateral accounts, market value, asset-backed securities, debt securities, swap contracts, futures contracts, foreign currency contracts, notional value of derivatives, notional amount, long positions, short positions, LMV, SMV, maturity brackets, short-term interest rate, DV01, CR01, duration, non-rated issues, short term high quality corporate debt, foreign exchange derivatives, turnover rate, GMV, Bloomberg, risk methodology, repos, sensitivity analyses, liquidity management, balance sheet value, delta adjusted, variation margin, equity exposure, rehypothecated initial margin, CCPs, central clearing counterparties, Value at Risk, VaR, CDS, CDX, default rates, corporate bonds, short borrowing, synthetic borrowing, uncommitted lines of credit, side pocket arrangement,

MFA Submits Comment Letter to FSA Regarding Discussion Paper “Hedge funds: A discussion of risk and regulatory engagement”10.28.05


MFA Comment Letter to UK’s FSA re: Discussion Paper on Hedge Funds

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Topics: Financial Services Authority FSA, hedge funds, risk, regulatory oversight, alternative investment industry, United Kingdom, fund of funds, managed futures funds, hedge fund industry, assets under management, AUM, United States, Canada, New York, London, Delaware, soft commission, short selling, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, hedge fund adviser, Roel Campos, hedge fund managers, market participants, self-regulatory organization, SRO, regulatory framework, offshore, regulatory arbitrage, liquidity, valuation, derivatives, derivatives transactions, Fraud, implications of the growth of hedge funds, MFA's Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Managers, MFA's 2005 Sound Practices, AIMA, Alternative Investment Management Association, internal trading controls, investors, Transactional Practices, single-manager hedge funds, President's Working Group on Financial Markets, PWG, Sound Practices, risk management, internal controls, segregation, collateral, Department of the Treasury, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ben Bernanke, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, Guide to Sound Practices for European Hedge Fund Managers, industry-led initiatives, counterparty risk management policy, Policy Makers, pooled investment vehicle, private equity, venture capital, real estate funds, bank, investment bank, private funds, retail funds, sophisticated investors, net worth, due diligence, absolute return strategies, S&P 500, FTSE-250, Long Term Capital Management, financial instrument, leverage, global financial marketplace, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, risk position, portfolio manager, stress testing, cash management, Cash Flow, drawdown, Redemption, counterparties, International Organization of Securities Commissions, IOSCO, hedge fund administrator, GAAP, generally accepted accounting principles, Fair Value, net asset value, NAV, illiquidity, hard-to-value, side pockets, absolute return, Portfolio Diversification, institutional investors, high net worth requirements, price discovery, Absolute Return Magazine, Robert Jaeger, operational risk, disclosures, Greenwich Roundtable, credit derivatives, derivatives markets, International Swaps and Dealers Association, ISDA, novation protocol, dealers, novations, trade associations, Office of Risk Assessment, compliance burden,
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