Nov 30, 2011 | Databases, Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund, Technology, Tools
As you go about starting a hedge fund, one of the first decisions you’ll need to make is how you intend to go about the process of capital introduction, and one of the first things you’ll realize is that there’s no such thing as enough resources to...
Nov 21, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Starting a Hedge Fund
Asian hedge fund startups and smaller funds with less than $100 million in assets are turning to millionaires and family offices to grow their business. The move comes as large institutional investors continue to favor similarly large, established hedge funds, reports...
Nov 8, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
With more than 10,000 active hedge funds in the marketplace, all but the biggest funds have to do a lot more than achieve alpha to show up on potential clients’ radar. Investors are inundated with requests for meetings and receive hundreds of phone calls and...
Oct 31, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Strategies
Assets in hedge funds and other funds devoted to environmental, social and responsible investing strategies jumped by 16 percent in 2010, according to survey results released by the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. Sustainable and Responsible...
Oct 17, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Regulation
The state of Massachusetts has decided to make direct investments with 11 of the world’s biggest and best-known hedge fund managers, rather than going the fund-of-funds route. Trustees for the state’s $46 billion pension fund have voted to allocate $280...
Sep 26, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
Maybe it’s a sign of increased investor sophistication. Maybe it’s a sign that funds of funds are not doing a good enough job marketing their value proposition. Either way, the big institutional investors that are driving growth in hedge fund assets these...