The following article is written by Chris Addy, president and CEO of Castle Hall Alternatives which is a hedge fund due diligence firm. For funds raising assets from institutional investors, the due diligence process will be quite familiar and Chris describes some of the frustrations from the investor/due diligence standpoint.  I would [...]

By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.colefrieman.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 [...]

Are Hedge Fund Managers Lowering Fees? There are a few common topics which have been coming up lately in my conversations with managers.  Of these probably the question of greatest interest deals with what sort of fee structure investors are looking for right now and what kinds of fee concessions [...]

Castle Hall Alternatives, a hedge fund due diligence firm, has just released a new white paper entitled “Hedge Fund Investing in a New World: Five Questions for Investors.”  We greatly respect the thoughts and opinions of Christopher Addy, President and CEO of Castle Hall, who has allowed us to repost [...]

The biggest issue for start up hedge funds (and also established hedge fund managers) is how to grow assets under management.  Growing a hedge fund’s capital base is very important because increased AUM mean both increased management fees and performance fees (assuming the fund has positive performance returns).   This article [...]

One hedge fund strategy is a hedge fund of funds or fund of funds for short. Fund of funds managers invest in other hedge funds rather than trade directly in the financial markets, and thus offer investors broader exposure to different hedge fund managers and strategies. Like hedge funds, funds [...]

Question: Should a start-up hedge fund have an audit? Answer: This is a question which we will get very often for funds that aim to launch on July 1 or later.  While there is generally no legal requirement for a hedge fund to have their performance results audited, a vast [...]