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Funds of Funds Trying New Tactics to Lure Investors

Aug 15, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy

For years, funds of funds attracted capital by offering investors access to top-tier hedge fund managers, while providing a layer of diversification by investing in a broad array of funds. They justified charging extra fees by claiming the diversification and their...

Hedge Fund Outsourcing is Expanding

Aug 8, 2011 | Technology

Many hedge funds are now turning to outsourcing for more mission-critical aspects of their business, rather than simply as a way to offload non-essential tasks. That’s the view of Alberto Corvo, a managing principal of the financial services division at eClerx...

Will Compliance Force Other Hedge Fund Managers to Go Private?

Aug 1, 2011 | Regulation, Starting a Hedge Fund

This past week, billionaire George Soros announced that he would be returning roughly $1 billion to investors and ending his career as a hedge fund manager for outside investors. Instead, Soros and his two sons, Robert and Jonathan, have decided to convert the firm...

How Investors Are Changing Hedge Fund Services

Jul 25, 2011 | Services

Institutional investors are increasingly changing the way they access and manage their hedge fund services. That’s the word from Jeremy King, an asset management executive writing in Business Insider, as well as his own blog, Asset Management Insights. King says...

Hedge Fund Managers Continue to Launch Ucits

Jul 18, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund

Hedge fund managers continue to clone onshore versions of their funds to appeal to a wider investor base, reports Hedge Fund Week. There are now more than 400 Ucits and recent surveys indicate another 100 hedge fund managers are considering launching new Ucits funds....