Obama Health Care Bill Increases Capital Gains Rate to 23.8% According the this story by Bloomberg, the tax on dividends and long term capital gains under the Obama Health Care Bill will spike to 23.8% when the tax increases are fully implemented.  The article states: Obama’s budget proposes to allow [...]

The NFA recently adopted new Rule 2-46 which will require commodity pool operators to make a quarterly report to the NFA.  This quarterly reporting requirement is in addition to the annual audit financial statement filing requirement and must be completed through the NFA’s online filing system. We have provided an [...]

Wants Greater Disclosure & Transparency A bill was recently introduced into the Connecticut General Assembly which would require investment advisers to hedge funds to provide an overview of any conflicts of interests of such investment adviser with respect to its duties to the fund (or its investors).  This new bill [...]

Hedge fund databases are online databases that collect and publish information and performance results from hedge fund managers who list their fund.  Usually these databases are open to accredited investors who subscribe to the website. Aside from providing basic information on the hedge fund, including the name of the fund, [...]

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The following are various hedge fund events happening this month.  Please email us if you would like us to add your event to this list. **** March 1-3 Sponsor: IMN Event: Distressed Investment Summit Location: Huntington Beach, CA March 2 Sponsor: 100 Women in Hedge Funds Event: Christy Romero, Chief [...]

NFA to Talk Directly to Futures & Commodities Community On Tuesday March 2 the National Futures Association (“NFA”) is hosting a regulatory seminar for members of the commodity and futures markets.  The seminar will focus on a number of important issues including the following: Overview and Discussion of Regulatory Changes [...]

Leverage, Inaccessibility for Smaller Traders, and Offshore Threat are Focus of Public Comments As we’ve discussed in related posts, the CFTC has proposed rules regulating the off-exchange spot forex industry (see Retail FOREX Registration Regulations Proposed).  The CFTC has requested comments from the public and there are currently about 100 public comments [...]

Panel to Focus on Operational & Fundraising Issues On Thursday February 11, 2010 Conifer Securities will host a panel discussion at the The City Club of San Francisco starting at 3pm.  For more information, please see the flyer on the Conifer website.  I’ve also posted more information on this event [...]

Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP co-sponsors event at Hyatt Regency on January 13, 2010 On January 13 the San Francisco hedge fund community will be gathering at the Hyatt Regency in 5 Embarcadero Center for a networking event that will last from 2pm to 5pm.  Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be [...]