Feb 21, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
New regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act may force those starting hedge funds to choose between “friends and family” money rather than go after institutional capital. Under the new rules, a manager has to commit to building an infrastructure to support SEC...
Jan 27, 2011 | Basics, Jobs, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
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...
Nov 30, 2010 | Basics, Starting a Hedge Fund, Strategies
So you are starting a hedge fund. You’ve just thought up a cool fund name, filed your LLC paperwork, asked your rich uncle for some seed money and had business cards printed up saying you’re the president and chief investment officer of your very own hedge...