Hedge Fund Manager/Trader Settles Charges with SEC Insider trading cases pop up every now and again and most cases do not warrant highlighting – post-Boesky everyone in the securities industry is well aware that trading on inside information is illegal.  However, it warrants emphasis that the SEC will crack down [...]

http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com Please see below an article contributed to our website by Strategic Asset Management, a full service hedge fund administration firm providing accounting, tax, administration, compliance, web creation and marketing materials to hedge funds. **** Strategic Asset Management frequently introduces their clients to Fund of Funds seeking high quality investments [...]

BAHR Panel Discussion on Global Investing Trends By Bart Mallon of Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Clients are demanding that investment managers communicate more than just data The following white paper was released by BK Communications Group, a company which provides outsourced marketing and client communications solutions for the asset management industry.  According to a recent survey of institutional hedge fund investors, clients largely prefer that [...]

How to Set Up a Cayman Islands Hedge Fund There are two main jurisdictions to establish an offshore hedge fund (either as a single hedge fund or as part of a master-feeder structure).  The two jurisdictions are the BVI and the Cayman Islands.  This article will discuss some of the [...]

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, [...]

Many hedge fund managers were introduced to the Bloomberg terminal when they began their trading careers.  The terminal, with its iconic user interface which has changed only by small increments over time, can be found in most large asset management companies as well as in smaller groups like family offices, [...]

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 [...]