Lifting the General Solicitation Ban – Much Ado About Something

December 15, 2014

Hedge funds have been enjoying something of a heyday, growing to an unprecedented $2.82 trillion in assets under management (AUM), since the dark days of the financial crisis. However, these lofty sums pale in comparison to the potential 11 trillion investment dollars controlled by an estimated 3.35 million high net worth individuals (HNWI) in the […]

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Hedge Funds: An Appetite for Data

December 1, 2014

No one in the hedge fund industry would challenge the proposition that data is a crucial factor in meeting these primary hedge fund manager objectives: Investor transparency with respect to risk and performance Accurate and timely compliance information for regulators Adherence to operational best practices to enhance performance The challenges of sorting, storing and utilizing […]

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What Will the End of ‘a House Divided’ Mean for Hedge Funds?

November 17, 2014

Tuesday’s election results rang the death knell for a divided Congress. Republicans have earned clear majorities in both the House and Senate for the first time in twenty years. How this will affect economic policy, tax reform and market regulation is the subject of considerable interest and no small measure of speculation in the hedge […]

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Millennials: Ignore Them at Your Peril

November 3, 2014

While perception and reality frequently converge, this is not always the outcome. Millennials are an excellent case in point. Conventional wisdom suggests that adult Millennials (a/k/a generation “Y”), those between 18 and 33 years old, have no money. Prudent hedge fund managers, particularly those aspiring to grow assets under management by way of the retail […]

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Judge Lamberth Stops Payment on Perry Capital’s Reality Check

October 20, 2014

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rebuffed Perry Capital LLC, dismissing its much publicized lawsuit against The Department of the Treasury and The Federal Housing Finance Agency regarding the manner in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits are distributed. Perry Capital’s litigation was doomed from the outset. The boiler plate […]

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Big Investor Says Nine Out of 10 Hedge Fund Managers Are Overpaid

September 22, 2014

With most hedge funds substantially underperforming the major stock market indices year after year since the 2008 financial crisis, it is only natural for hedge fund investors to expect some concession on the fees they pay to hedge funds. However, despite reports of some hedge funds offering to lower asset management fees, it appears that […]

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Value Investing Hedge Fund Rinehart Capital Shuts Down

September 8, 2014

Nashville-based hedge fund Rinehart Capital Partners, which specializes in value investing, is closing its operations, lamenting that the current market does not reward funds that employ value investing as a strategy. The seven year old fund was funded, in part, by hedge fund veteran Lee Ainslie who himself is a specialist value investor and who […]

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