This article is part of a series examining the statements in a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in February 2008.  The items in this report are important because they provide insight into how the government views the hedge fund industry and how that might influence the future [...]

If you read a lot of the stories which have been coming out in the last couple of weeks, you would think that the hedge fund industry was about to go the way of the dinosaur.  (See NYT Deal Book Article)  Personally, I think the exact opposite – that the [...]

There was a previous press release about a hedge fund prime broker expanding its services.  We can see from the press release below that hedge fund adminsitrators are also expanding their service offerings.  I believe the reason for the expansion in the service offerings of these firms indicates a belief [...]

Hedge fund prime brokerage is provided by a prime broker.  While the central service the prime broker provides to a hedge fund is trading services, the prime broker provides many other services to hedge funds as well. Trading and execution Generally a hedge fund prime broker will act as a [...]