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Hedge Funds, the Secondary Market and PTP Issues

December 4, 2009

Secondary Hedge Fund Market Poses Issues for Fund Managers
Recently there have been a number of groups springing up to provide a secondary hedge fund market.  While such platforms provide investors with a potential avenue to get out of their illiquid investment (the investment in the fund may be illiquid for a number of reasons including [...]

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Hedge Fund Manager Registration to Cost Taxpayers $140 Million (at least)

November 17, 2009

CBO Calculates Cost of House Hedge Fund Bill
This past week the Congressional Budge Office (“CBO”) released a cost estimate of H.R. 3818, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009.  In a number of private conversations I have had about hedge fund registration over the last 9-12 months one of the issues that was [...]

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Insider Trading Overview

November 15, 2009

In light of the recent focus on insider trading, we are publishing the SEC’s discussion on Insider Trading which can also be found here.  The information below contains a broad overview of some of the important aspects which hedge fund managers should understand about the insider trading prohibitions.
For a greater background discussion on the legal [...]

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Secondary Loan Market | LSTA Conference

November 10, 2009

Trends for Distressed Debt Hedge Fund Managers
Distressed debt hedge funds often face a number of legal issues with regard to their investments.  Post-Lehman, understanding the rights and liabilities attached to the actual contracts has become paramount for managers.  The following article, contributed by Karl Cole-Frieman of Cole-Frieman & Beugelmans, provides some background on a recent [...]

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Hedge Fund Manager Charged with Insider Trading

October 16, 2009

SEC Brings Case Against Raj Rajaratnam
Below is another case of a hedge fund manager who was alledgedly engaged in insider trading. The SEC seems particularly excited about this cased because of the high profile nature of the manager who was involved. The major charge is against Raj Rajaratnam who reportedly has a net [...]

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Purchasing an ERISA Fidelity Bond

October 11, 2009

Information on How to Buy ERISA Bond
Purchasing an ERISA Fidelity Bond is essentially the same as purchasing a fidelity bond for an investment advisory firm and this article is meant to serve as guide as to cost and timing to secure one of these bonds.
Overview
Generally a manager will need to make sure that the bond is [...]

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ERISA Bonding Requirement for Hedge Fund Managers

October 10, 2009

ERISA Fidelity Bond Information
Hedge fund managers who manages hedge funds which exceed the 25% ERISA threshold will need to purchase a fidelity bond.  The questions and answers below on the ERISA fidelity bonding requirements were prepared by the Department of Labor which is the governmental agency which is in charge of enforcing the ERISA laws [...]

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San Francisco Hedge Fund Industry Event

October 8, 2009

BAHR Panel Discussion on Global Investing Trends
By Bart Mallon of Mallon P.C.
The Bay Area Hedge Fund Roundtable convened again today at the Sens Restaurant in San Francisco to discuss the global investing trends and how those trends are affecting the hedge fund industry. The presentation was moderated by Ron Resnick (ConselWorks LLC) and included [...]

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Raising Hedge Fund Capital is Not Easy

September 19, 2009

I have written before that the biggest issue start-up and emerging hedge fund managers face is raising capital for their funds.  I seem to have the same conversation on a weekly basis – the “how to do I grow my fund” conversation.  Unfortunately I do not have the guaranteed step-by-step guide to raising boatloads of [...]

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Securitizing Life Settlement Investments

September 12, 2009

New Investment Opportunities for Hedge Funds
A recent New York Times article discusses how some investment banks are planning to securitize life settlement policies.  The article explains that there is likely to be a strong demand for such securities.  Much like the securitization of mortgages, life settlement securities would have different tranches which would have different [...]

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