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FLOORED Film Peeks Inside Chicago Trading World

February 1, 2010

Audience Reacts Positively to James Allen Smith’s Documentary on Chicago Floor Trading
On Thursday evening at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco, the professional women’s organization 100 Women in Hedge Funds sponsored the showing of Floored, a documentary by ex-floor trader James Allen Smith that offers a peek inside the lives, successes, and struggles of former traders [...]

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Fund Appreciation Rights

December 6, 2009

Alternative Hedge Fund Compensation Structure
At the very beginning of this year there was much discussion about the hedge fund compensation structure in light of the horrible returns from 2008.  Many funds lost money but managers aren’t typically subject to the same types of clawback provisions as private equity fund managers.  Additionally some funds had to [...]

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Weekly Hedge Fund News Stories | November 30 - December 4

December 5, 2009

Below are a list of some of the news stories which caught my attention this week.
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Hedge Fund Carried Interest Tax “Loophole” Repeal? - the hedge fund carried interest “loophole” is again being discussed as a potential issue to be addressed by Congress before the end of the year.  One proposal introduced by Representative Levin (R) [...]

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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 Funds and Insider Trading after Galleon

November 15, 2009

By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.mallonpc.com)

High Profile Case Highlights Issues for Hedge Fund Managers to Consider
Insider trading is now an operational issue for hedge fund managers.  The high profile insider trading case involving RR and the Galleon hedge fund has put the spotlight directly on hedge funds again and has also sparked a debate of sorts [...]

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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 Investment Adviser Insurance

November 5, 2009

E&O or D&O Insurance For Registered Investment Advisers
Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk with an insurance broker whose business focuses on providing insurance to registered investment advisers and hedge fund managers.  This article is based on that conversation.
Insurance Premiums for Small Funds
For smaller funds (say less than $100 million in AUM) with no operational [...]

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Proposition Q and Hedge Funds

October 26, 2009

San Francisco Tax Law Could Affect Hedge Fund Managers
A little known tax law which was passed last year by San Francisco voters may create some harsh consequences for hedge fund managers based in The City by the Bay.  The following article was contributed by Karl Cole-Frieman of Cole-Frieman & Beugelmans.
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San Francisco’s Proposition Q and its [...]

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Hedge Fund Investors to Sue SEC

October 14, 2009

SEC’s Madoff Failure Cited in Lawsuit
Just a quick note that the New York Times has written an article about two Madoff investors who are suing the SEC for not doing its job.  It will likely be a tough case for the investors/plaintiffs to prevail upon because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity (i.e. government agencies [...]

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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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