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...
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....
Jul 11, 2011 | Strategies
While many hedge funds outperformed the overall market during the financial crisis of 2008, they still lost money, down 14% as opposed to crashing 30% to 50% like that of major indices. But as an article in MoneyControl pointed out recently, one group of hedge funds...
Jun 27, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
A number of Asian hedge fund startups have joined the Billion Dollar Club. Now, it remains to be seen if this breakthrough is a boon or bane to investing in Asia, reports Aradhna Dayal in Hedge Fund Intelligence. The new members include Danny Yong of Dymon Asia, John...
Jun 20, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
More managers are starting hedge funds in 2011, but a greater number are also closing their doors, reports Reuters. Citing data from Hedge Fund Research, they report 298 new funds were launched in the first quarter of this year, compared to 220 during the fourth...
Jun 13, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Regulation, Starting a Hedge Fund
Hedge fund managers will continue to create clones of their offshore funds in EU-domiciled locations, but more managers are finding alternatives to the UCITs framework. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey released by RBC Dexia and KPMG. In addition to...
Jun 8, 2011 | Basics, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
If you’re starting a hedge fund, you need a hedge fund administrator. You’re likely to fail at marketing your hedge fund to institutional investors without one. You might not even be able to secure a banker for routine transactions if you’re leaving...
Jun 6, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
We’ve written before on how prop traders and other talented investment managers are starting hedge funds using “seeder” capital from established hedge funds and private equity firms. Fortune recently examined the flip side of the issue, and why these...
