Hedge Funds Face Continued Challenges in 2015
Several significant challenges confront the industry as 2014 draws its last breaths, not the least of which is the trend away from traditional 2 and 20 fee structures. Fee Structures No single event brought this into clearer focus than the CalPERS’ $4 billion...Hedge Funds Are Slow to Advertise and for Good Reason
At first blush, the blatant manner in which most hedge fund managers have thumbed their collective noses at the prospect of marketing their funds under the umbrella of new laws and regulations allowing general solicitation may seem, well … a trifle backward. However,...Will Hedge Funds Supplant Venture Capital?
Hedge funds have long been the funambulists and contortionists of the circus that we call the financial sector. It was not so long ago that hedge funds pushed into real estate, purchasing thousands of single family homes in selected markets. Recently, the hedge fund...A New Threat to Small Hedge Funds and the Less Affluent Investor
A debate brews between the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the hedge fund industry about proposed changes to the current definition of accredited investor. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires this definition be...Are You Paid What You Are Worth? Find Out.
