May 30, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
Goldman Sachs is muscling into an area dominated by Blackstone Group LP, namely, bankrolling those who seek to start a hedge fund. According to a story from Bloomberg, Goldman has been trying to attract investors for a “seeder” fund, which provides startup...
May 23, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
The empire founded by Steven Cohen, SAC Capital Management LLC, is reportedly launching a new hedge fund specializing in quantitative trading. It’s the first new fund for the firm in six years. SAC apparently already has “20 teams” of quant traders...
May 16, 2011 | Due Diligence
The hedge fund administration business is booming, but investors need to be aware of the nuances as to how these services work, according to a recent article in Fortune online. Hedge Fund administrators are third-party firms that try to make hedge funds more...
May 9, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
To say that Sonia Schulenburg is an overachiever is a bit of an understatement. Educated in Mexico City, she moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed as a bodybuilder while earning her doctorate degree in artificial intelligence. Now she’s starting a new...
May 2, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
Endowment funds and foundations that may have dialed back their allocations to hedge funds during the financial crisis are showing increased interest again. Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, has seen a significant increase in...
Apr 25, 2011 | Technology
Residents may have noticed the deep trenches being dug along Upper Thames Street recently, near the City, the financial center of London. But the trenchers weren’t for gas, water or electrical cables. Instead, one of London’s top hedge funds, the Man...
Apr 20, 2011 | Basics, Regulation, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
The demise of hedge fund hotels never happened. Years after UBS got caught by Massachusetts regulators steering its tenants none-too-subtly toward its trading operations, dozens if not hundreds of business centers around the world continue catering to managers engaged...
Apr 18, 2011 | Regulation
Global Investment Performance Standards or “GIPS” is a set of compliance guidelines published by the CFA Institute that governs things like performance, AUM and NAV reporting by asset managers. But many hedge fund managers say that GIPS falls short on...
Apr 11, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
The world of hedge fund marketing has gotten a bit tougher, at least in California. And many third-party marketers are none too pleased about it. California’s Bill AB-1743 came into effect on January 1, 2011. It prevents any placement agent from soliciting funds...
Apr 6, 2011 | Basics, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
One make-or-break decision anyone starting a hedge fund has to face is who to tap as a prime broker. Pinning down a skill set for this role can prove challenging because one size — or even a dozen — doesn’t fit all. You can’t bring the prime...
