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Hedge Fund Hotels

August 3, 2009

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 back-office infrastructure to run a hedge [...]

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Hedge Fund Law Blog Statistics | June 2009

June 29, 2009

Most Read Hedge Fund Law Articles for June
I wanted to take a little time to thank all of the people who read this blog and who take the time to comment on articles or send me questions – your interaction helps make this site more informative and a better resource for everyone.  If you have [...]

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Hedge Fund Incubating and Seeding

May 13, 2009

Syndicated Post on Hedge Fund Seeding
As I mentioned in a previous article about hedge fund compensation, I have recently come across a very good blog called Ten Seconds Into the Future by Bryan Goh of First Avenue Partners, a hedge fund seeder.  Bryan’s posts are very insightful and I recommend all managers take a look [...]

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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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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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Nevada Hedge Fund Law

January 15, 2009

Starting a Hedge Fund in Nevada
While Nevada may be the favorite place for hedge fund managers to spend their money, it is not necessarily a place where hedge fund managers want to be located.  The reason is that Nevada requires hedge fund managers with a place of business in Nevada to be registered as an [...]

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Incubator Hedge Funds

January 14, 2009

How to Create an Auditable and Marketable Trackrecord
One of the biggest hurdles that start up hedge fund managers face is the issue of having a marketable track record. Many managers do not have an audited marketable trackrecord for any number of reasons. While it is not strictly necessary to have an audited marketable [...]

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Idaho Hedge Fund Law

January 1, 2009

Idaho has another well run securities division and their website is particularly helpful.  The information below comes from their website and describes the major laws that hedge fund managers in Idaho need to be concerned about.  The information is applicable to traditional securities-only hedge fund managers (with regard to investment advisor registration) and also to [...]

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Starting a Hedge Fund – Primer for Start Up Hedge Fund Managers

December 29, 2008

How to Start a Hedge Fund
Many future hedge fund managers have misconceptions about how to start a hedge fund – either they think it is a very basic process that takes no time or resources, or they think that it will take too much time and will be cost prohibitive.  For most start up hedge [...]

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