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 [...]

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 [...]

Review of State Investment Advisory Fee Rules One of the things I have tried to emphasize within this blog is that there is no “one size fits all” legal solution to hedge fund formation.  Each client/manager has a unique set of circumstances and will be subject to a potentially different [...]

The New York Times Deal Book today ran a story about a new hedge fund named Ground Zero Strategic Commodities.  The author of the story noted that: Putting the words “Ground Zero” in a hedge fund name may disturb many people as it undoubtedly conjures up images of the site [...]

What the Future Holds for Women in the Hedge Fund Industry Occasionally we will have readers submit potential articles for publication on this website which is the case with the post below.  If you are interested in having your article re-published on our website, please contact us. Hedge Fund Research, [...]

Office Space, IT, Trading For Start up Hedge Funds The term hedge fund hotel generally describes the offering of office space, IT and consulting services (including, potentially, capital introduction) for start up hedge fund managers.  Most of these relationships are established as turn-key solutions for managers which provide them the [...]

Ongoing Legal Issues For Hedge Fund Managers While many of the posts on this blog deal with start-up and regulatory issues that 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 [...]

Testimony Concerning Regulating Hedge Funds and Other Private Investment Pools The SEC released a testimony from Andrew J. Donohue before the U.S. Senate about the regulation of hedge funds and other private investment pools.  According to Mr. Donohue’s statement, securities laws have not kept pace with the growth market and [...]

Bart Mallon, Esq. http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com ****UPDATE 10/27/2009**** The House Financial Services Committee voted on October 27, 2009 to pass the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 as H.R. 3818 (full text of bill as passed – please note that it is different from the earlier version of the bill [...]

Bart Mallon, Esq. http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com Treasury Announces New “Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009” After much discussion in the press over the last 8 to 10 months abut the possibility for hedge fund registration, the Treasury today announced the Obama Administration’s bill which requires managers to “private funds” to [...]