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Hedge Fund Performance Fee Issues for State Registered Investment Advisors

October 31, 2008

One of the problems with the securities laws in the United States is that there are two levels of rules that any person would need to be cognizant of at any single time – the federal rules and the state level rules.
For hedge fund managers which are registered as investment advisors with the SEC, there [...]

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DOL Sues Investment Adviser for Receiving Undisclosed Fees from Hedge Fund

October 26, 2008

The case below provides a great example of why registered investment advisors and hedge funds need to have competent legal counsel advising them on all aspects and arrangements of their business.  Basically a registered investment advisor (RIA) had a selling arrangement with a hedge fund where the RIA would receive a portion of the performance [...]

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