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Hedge Fund Investors Asking for More Meaningful Communication

August 31, 2009

Clients are demanding that investment managers communicate more than just data
The following white paper was released by BK Communications Group, a company which provides outsourced marketing and client communications solutions for the asset management industry.  According to a recent survey of institutional hedge fund investors, clients largely prefer that managers take the call for transparency [...]

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Hedge Funds and Rehypothication

July 21, 2009

Ongoing Legal Issues For Hedge Fund Managers
While many of the posts on this blog deal with start up and regulatory issues which hedge fund managers face, we also are aware that there are many ongoing legal issues which affect the business of the fund.  Below is a guest post from Karl Cole-Frieman on on hedge [...]

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California Investment Advisor FAQ

July 4, 2009

California Based Hedge Fund Managers Receive Answers to Common Questions
As I have discussed many times before, each state securities division has different rules and regulations.  In addition, each state has different interpretations of those rules and regulations. This makes it difficult for hedge fund managers to really know exactly what is required in each state [...]

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Hedge Fund Start Up Presentation

February 26, 2009

How to Start a Hedge Fund in 2009
Below is a link to a powerpoint presentation in which I detail the background information a hedge fund manager must have prior to starting the hedge fund formation process.  The presentation is designed to familiarize a manager with the process of forming a fund while identifying potential issues [...]

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Thoughts on Hedge Fund Offering Documents

February 25, 2009

FAQs on Offering Documents
I recently read an article by a hedge fund administration firm which discussed hedge fund offering documents and start up hedge fund expenses.  I thought this was an interesting topic and one which is popular with many of my start up clients.  Below I discuss some of the common questions regarding the [...]

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Hedge Fund Tearsheets

January 29, 2009

Marketing Your Fund with a One-Pager
In addition to hedge fund pitchbooks, Managers will market their hedge funds through one page tearsheets.  Hedge fund tearsheets are basically a snapshot of a hedge fund’s performance over time, as of a certain date.   There are a growing number of companies out there which will produce tearsheets for managers, [...]

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Washington DC Hedge Fund Law

January 21, 2009

Starting a hedge fund in the District of Columbia

In DC, things are starting to get back to normal post-election.  Hedge fund and investment managers who are located in DC, however, will generally need to be registered as investment advisors with the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (ISB).  I’ve reviewed the DC investment advisory rules [...]

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Annual Reminder for CPOs and CTAs

January 20, 2009

Commodity Firms Need to Complete Annual Regulatory Information

The NFA recently released a regulatory reminder to firms which are registered as commodity pool operators and/or commodity trading advisors.  The reminder reminds CPOs and CTAs that there are certain annual regulatory items which a firm must complete in order to remain in good standing with the NFA.  [...]

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Secondary Hedge Fund Market

January 19, 2009

Company Promotes Secondary Hedge Fund Trading
Some hedge funds, for a number of potential reasons, are closed for further investment by outside investors.  In these cases outside investors can try to get into the funds organically or they can enter the fund through the secondary hedge fund market.  In the secondary market, interests in a hedge [...]

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Revising Hedge Fund Offering Documents

January 16, 2009

It is very important that hedge fund managers always provide potential investors with hedge fund offering documents which are current and up to date.* Because of certain changes to the various hedge fund laws within the past few months (and because of the increased likelihood of future rules/regulations changes) a hedge fund private placement [...]

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