Hedge Funds Are Marketing Transparency Better
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
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
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...How to Assemble Your Hedge Fund Team
Starting a hedge fund is the ultimate small business launch: low barriers to entry, loose regulation and, if you know what you’re doing, transcendent profitability. But, like any other entrepreneur, the fledgling hedge fund manager needs to understand how and...Success Brings Compliance Headaches for Small Hedge Funds
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...Hedge Fund Marketers Worried About New California Law
Following the lead of states such as New York, Illinois and New Mexico, California has stipulated that hedge fund marketers who solicit money from the state’s two largest pension plans must register as lobbyists. What’s more, they can no longer be paid an...Hot IR Chicks for Hedge Fund Marketing?
The people skills needed for Investor Relations at hedge funds don’t always come naturally to the number-crunching quants. So many firms outsource this job to bright, socially competent and, as New York Magazine pointed out recently, aesthetically pleasing young...Hedge Fund Launches Spike in 2010
The pace of new hedge fund launches picked up considerably in 2010. In total, 260 new funds launched during Q3 alone, according to data from Hedge Fund Research and reported by Reuters. That outpaces the 201 new funds launched in the second quarter, and 224 funds...Hedge Fund Investors Eager to Sow Capital Seeds
Data taken from the 2011 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Investor Review reveals that the difficult fund raising conditions of the past 2 years has fueled demand for seed capital injections that investors are increasingly keen to meet. There has been a surge in the provision...Are You Paid What You Are Worth? Find Out.
