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Are the New Hedge Fund Rules Stifling Growth?

Feb 21, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund

New regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act may force those starting hedge funds to choose between “friends and family” money rather than go after institutional capital. Under the new rules, a manager has to commit to building an infrastructure to support SEC...

Hedge Funds Are Marketing Transparency Better

Feb 14, 2011 | Strategies

Hedge funds may be taking risk management and transparency more seriously than their other financial brethren, in part due to an influx of capital and interest from large institutional investors, reports Reuters. The article quoted a Preqin research survey of 60 hedge...

Why Hedge Funds Should Focus More on Marketing Communications

Feb 7, 2011 | Services

Reuters recently published excerpts from the keynote address at IMI’s 4th Annual Alternative Investment Consultants Summit, held Jan. 27th in Greenwich, Ct. The keynote speaker was Bruce Frumerman, CEO of Frumerman & Nemeth Inc., a hedge fund marketing...

When Hedge Fund Research Corrupts

Jan 31, 2011 | Services

The current investigation into insider trading by so-called expert network firms who provide hedge fund research has revealed just how tempting it is for mid-level managers at targeted companies to cross the line. According to a story from Reuters, mid-level...

Success Brings Compliance Headaches for Small Hedge Funds

Jan 24, 2011 | Regulation

Even the “guppies” of the hedge fund industry may face compliance headaches and stifling expenses when new regulatory oversight goes into effect this July. So says Frank LaGrange Johnson, who runs LaGrange Capital Partners out of New York. With total...