As hedge fund performance results are weak or negative, managers are becoming more interested in decreasing the costs that the management company bears directly as well as those costs which are borne by the fund.

What should I name my Hedge Fund? For start-up hedge fund managers, finding the right name for the hedge fund and management company can be very difficult.  You want to be able to convey the message with your name, but there are other considerations such as general hedge fund naming [...]

State Level Hedge Fund Investment Advisor Exemptions – Connecticut Exemption Hedge fund managers which are not required to register as investment advisors with the SEC because of the exemption in Section 203(b)(3) of the Investment Advisers Act may still need to register as investment advisors with the state securities commission [...]

he following is a summary of the major laws which affect the hedge fund industry.  If you have any questions on how these laws impact hedge funds in general or your specific situation, please contact us. **** Securities Act of 1933 – the 1933 Act was enacted on May 27, [...]

I just came across this speech by a former Acting Chairman of the CFTC.  The speech discusses Commodity Pool Operators in the context of hedge funds.  The original speech can be found here.

At a recent speech at the 2008 CCOutreach National Seminar, a seminar for the Chief Compliance Officers of registered investment advisors, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox noted the importance of compliance offices during these volatile times.  Cox noted that CCOs are partners with the SEC to ensure that investment advisory firms [...]

The Hedge Fund Law Blog has been running for almost four months now (although we’ve posted articles previously written) and we appreciate all of the comments and insights from hedge fund managers and hedge fund service providers.  Our goal is to provide the most relevant legal information to hedge fund [...]

Can a manager lauch a successful hedge fund with less than $1 million in assets?  Yes. While having a large amount of AUM when starting out can be helpful, start up hedge fund managers do not necessarily need to start with a large asset base to have a large, successful [...]

In working toward greater oversight and regulation of the capital markets (which, in this case, many people in the hedge fund industry agree with), the SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Reserve Board on the CDS markets.  Below is a release from the SEC and [...]

Hedge Fund Investment Strategies Long-short equity is a popular hedge fund strategy where in which the manager initiates both long and short positions in the portfolio.  The exact strategy or substratgey the manager uses will be proprietary and the percentage of longs and shorts will differ with each manager.