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hedge fund due diligence

Hedge Fund Marketing - Building a Strong Brand Identity

January 18, 2010

Importance of Brand Identity Emphasized in Recent White Paper
There has been a clear trend over the last 12-18 months for hedge funds to focus on a number of operational issues in order to become more attractive to institutional investors. While much of focus has been on the risk management side, I have seen more recent [...]

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Hedge Fund Operations During a Pandemic

November 14, 2009

Thoughts on Business Continuity Planning
Over the past week, I have attended a couple of interesting panel discussions on the hedge fund industry. At these events, one of the common themes was that the investment management industry is changing and hedge fund management companies need to make sure that operations are tight - this means that [...]

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Hedge Fund Audit Firms and Agreed Upon Procedures

October 27, 2009

Hedge Fund Due Diligence Firm Discusses “Agreed Upon Procedures”
We’ve published a number of thoughtful pieces on this blog from Chris Addy, president and CEO of Castle Hall Alternatives (see, for example, article on Hedge Fund Operational Issues and Failures). Today we are publishing a piece by Chris which discusses hard to value hedge fund assets [...]

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Raising Hedge Fund Assets | New Market Requires New Strategies

October 13, 2009

http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com
As part of our ongoing discussion on how to raise assets for hedge funds, today we have another guest post from Karl Cole-Frieman who specializes in providing legal advice to hedge funds and other alternative asset managers. Mr. Cole-Frieman specializes in Loan Trading and Distressed Debt Transactions, ISDAs, Soft Dollars and Commission Management arrangements, and [...]

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Hedge Fund Operational Issues and Failures

August 19, 2009

Hedge Fund Due Diligence Firm Releases White Paper
We’ve published a number of thoughtful pieces on this blog from Chris Addy, president and CEO of Castle Hall Alternatives (see, for example, article on Hedge Fund Auditors). Today we are publishing a press release which announces a new white paper from Castle Hall detailing the various reasons [...]

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Hedge Fund Auditors | Thought Piece From Castle Hall Alternatives

July 22, 2009

The following article is by Christopher Addy, President and CEO of Castle Hall Alternatives, a hedge fund due diligence firm. We have published a number of pieces by Mr. Addy in the past (please see Hedge Fund Fees, Hedge Fund Due Diligence Issues, Issues for Hedge Fund Administrators to Consider and ERISA vs. the Hedge [...]

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New Model For Hedge Fund Prime Brokerage?

June 16, 2009

Nirvana Solutions’ White Paper Predicts the Emergence of a New Model of Prime Brokerage - The Multi-Prime Service Platform
San Francisco – June 15, 2009 – The financial crisis of 2008 has upset the relatively stable equilibrium previously maintained between hedge fund managers and their traditional service providers, according to a white paper released today by [...]

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Bay Area Hedge Fund Roundtable Event

May 7, 2009

Panel Discussion on State of Hedge Fund Industry
Yesterday afternoon (May 6th) the Bay Area Hedge Fund Roundtable, a group of professionals within the hedge fund industry, gathered for a panel presentation entitled “Change…Critical Legal, Tax, Acounting and Regulatory Updates You Need to Know.” The presentation was moderated by Pamela S. Nichter (Osterweis Capital Management) and [...]

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