Hedge Fund Strategies

Hedge Fund Strategies Video

Here is a short video I just found on 3 different hedge fund strategies. This hedge fund blog is not offering this video as a form of financial training or advice of any type, but the video should help helpful in understanding hedge fund strategies on a high introductory level. Here is a direct link to the video.

If you have any additional videos on hedge funds or hedge fund strategies that I could add to the directory of videos available on this hedge fund blog please let me know and I would be happy to add them here.

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China Hedge Funds - Guide to Hedge Funds in China

China - Hedge Funds

Guide to Hedge Funds in China

I am starting to build up a list of articles and resources related to hedge funds in China. It is sometimes hard to find information on what the hedge fund industry is like within different regions or cities of the world so these geographical hedge fund guides are aiming to help fill that void.

While I hope that within a year this Guide to Hedge Funds in China is one of the most comprehensive online it will never be exhaustive, if you know of any additional resources including articles, surveys or hedge fund associations in China please let me know and I will add them here.

China Hedge Fund Articles

• CNN article about the growing interests and assets of Chinese Hedge Funds: http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/24/markets/hedgefunds_china/
• An article describing the fall of Dynasty, a once hot Chinese hedge fund who’s assets peaked at 400 million: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06214/710498-28.stm
• Article on how some managers now have their time to shine in China as markets become turbulent.
• The existing number of hedge funds in China has doubled with assets increasing by over 100%, article says: http://www.finalternatives.com/node/2180
• Jeffrey H Tucker, a leading developer and investor in hedge funds, predicts big future for Chinese hedge funds: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/14/content_4051231.htm
• Chinese hedge funds not as volatile as originally thought: http://www.smu.edu.sg/news_room/smu_in_the_news/2007/sources/BT_20070718_1.pdf
• Regulators in China are being pushed to allow more overseas investment: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/04/bloomberg/sxhedge.php
• Article about the economic growth in China affecting the hedge fund industry: Chinese Hedge Funds
• China eyes investing in private equity and hedge funds: http://www.piaohaoreport.sampasite.com/china-financial-markets/blog/n-10.htm
• Good overview of the history of hedge funds in China and their current success: http://news.goldseek.com/MillenniumWaveAdvisors/1173631254.php
• Hedge fund are becoming relevant in China as well as neighboring countries: http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2008/5/Pages/05252008_6f19cb90dcad4566be332c7a87ffd6af.aspx
• Marco Polo launches second China hedge fund and hopes to reach $50 million by June: http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINPEK2629520080402
• China beats Japan as Asia’s Top Hedge Fund Destination: http://hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com/2007/07/china-beats-japan-as-asias-top-hedge.html
• Award Nominees for Best China Hedge Fund: http://www.terrapinn.com/2008/awardsasia/categories.stm
  

China Hedge Fund Conferences

• China Hedge Funds 2008 Conference: http://www.jetfin.com/china2008/eventinfo_en.php

Hedge Fund Industry Jobs in China

• China Hedge funds related jobs site

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Emerging Hedge Fund Managers

Emerging Managers

Emerging Hedge Fund Managers Report

With hedge fund assets under management reaching USD 3 trillion and more and more new hedge funds being formed every month, Preqin Hedge recently completed a study looking at the appetite of the institutional market for emerging hedge fund managers. In this report 50 investors were surveyed from across the spectrum of the institutional market (excluding fund of hedge funds) on their demand for younger hedge fund managers.

Will an institutional investor invest in an emerging manager hedge fund?

• 46% of respondents will invest in emerging manager hedge funds
• This grows to 56% of institutional investors in regards to spin-out teams
• Just 8% will provide seed capital to new vehicles

What is the requirement for hedge fund managers in terms of track record?

• 39% of respondents required a two year track record or less.
• 24% of institutions surveyed would not invest in a hedge fund unless the manager had more than 5 years fund management experience.
• 6% of institutions reported that they required no specific track record.
  

What are institutional investor’s requirements for hedge fund managers in terms of assets under management?

• 17% of respondents demanded no requirements of potential hedge fund managers in terms ofassets under management
• 40% of institutional investors would invest in funds that had between USD 100 – 500 in AUM.
• 11% of institutional investors would only invest in a fund provided it had at least USD 1 billion in AUM.
  

How does allocation to hedge fund (in % of AUM) affect the likelihood of an institutional investor to invest in an emerging manager hedge fund?

• Investors that allocate a larger percentage of assets to hedge funds are more likely to considerinvestment in emerging manager hedge funds.
• 100% of institutional investors surveyed that had an allocation greater than 20% stated they wouldinvest in an emerging manager hedge fund.

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Hedge Fund Due Diligence Questions

Due Diligence Questions

Hedge Fund Due Diligence Questions

Last month I found this article on questions you should ask during a hedge fund due diligence process. While nothing within this blog should be taken as financial advice this article and the hedge fund due diligence guide on my website might give you a high level overview of hedge fund due diligence.

According to Douglas Dick, the best place to look for information on the hedge fund you are completing due diligence on is in the offering memorandum. This document will state all the hedge funds outside supporters, from law firms to independent contributors. The first sign of caution is when you ask a question that the hedge fund is not willing to answer. Willingness to answer all questions without it being too much of a hassle is a small but good sign and will be the foundation for a trustful relationship between you and the fund.

Here are four questions to consider during your time of due diligence. They’ll allow you to get started but it’s extremely important to do thorough research with an expert into all aspects of the fund.

1. Does the hedge fund use a third party marketing firm?
   
2. What technology services do they use? How are they supported?
3. What law firms are involved with the fund? What other types of hedge funds do they work with?
4. Who is the outside administration?
   

Looking into how the hedge fund presents itself and works from the outside is always an important thing. It’s equally important, however, to look at the hedge fund from the inside too. By asking some of these questions you’ll be able to discover valuable information that will eventually help you decide where you will invest your money.

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Institutional Hedge Fund

Institutional Hedge Funds Trend

A recent white paper stressed that as hedge funds continue to flourish, they have started to look to the institutional market for new opportunities to expand their growth. However, hedge funds must prepare themselves for the distinct set of demands these institutions have. In order to set themselves up for success, hedge fund managers should consider five main challenges in order to attract investment from the institutional market.

1. Exhibit high quality infrastructure and operations
2. Increase transparency
3. Create stable, likeable management teams consisting of people with a variety of skill sets
4. Shift away from a focus of high risk and high performance to one of stability and constancy
5. Devote resources to ensure that general business practices are followed
   

Essentially, institutions prefer doing business with hedge fund managers that operate as they do. This means being highly organized, transparent, and honest. The most successful hedge funds will be able to match these qualities while also performing at the same high level that originally attracted investors.

Read more articles like this within the Hedge Fund Due Diligence Guide.

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Fund of Fund Due Diligence

Fund of Fund

Fund of Fund Due Diligence

I recently found this fund of fund due diligence article which you might have seen a link to within my hedge fund due diligence guide. Within this article Jim Tomeo, Chief Operating officer and Senior Portfolio Manager of SSARIS Advisors, presents some interesting information regarding hedge funds asset allocation process. He talks a lot about building a portfolio using a bottom up / top down approach and the due diligence that requires. This approach includes taking into consideration two different investment philosophies:

1. Convergent Strategy – The value of an equity is based on the company’s future expected earnings, future growth rate of these earnings, and uncertainty of these predictions.
2. Divergent Strategy – Past patterns in security prices can forecast future price patterns.
   

His process calls for 50% of returns coming from the convergent strategy and 50% coming from the divergent strategy. It also emphasizes the importance of proper pricing on hedge fund success. Another point that Jim stresses within this article is the importance of constantly evaluating hedge fund managers. This means frequent hedge fund manager due diligence:

• Reviewing internal structure / procedure
• Background checking
• Review of hedge fund documentation including memorandums
  

Jim believes that taking cautions in terms of pricing, manager selections, in addition to sticking with a bottom up and top down approach can help hedge funds endure through tough times and succeed.

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New York City Hedge Funds

New York City Hedge Funds Guide

Just a quick note that I have recently updated my guide to the Hedge Funds in New York. Let me know if you have any additional resources or networking groups that I should add to this guide.

Thanks in advance for the help, I hope a few people find this guide useful.

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Fund of Funds

Fund of Funds Video

Here is a short 3 minute a video I found on fund of funds. It discusses the differences between mutual funds and hedge funds, the risk of investing in a single hedge fund manager and why fund of funds have become more popular as a result of that risk.

Here is a direct link to video.

If you would like more text-based information on fund of funds please see related article link #1 below to my original article on fund of hedge funds. Also, let me know if you have any great whitepapers or reports on fund of funds and I can add a link to them here within my hedge fund blog. Thanks in advance for the help.

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Largest Hedge Funds

Largest Hedge Funds Dominate

Financial news recently reported that the top 100 hedge funds now account for 75% of the entire hedge fund industry. Increasing from 69% last year, the major hedge funds in the world have steadily expanded their influence dominating smaller funds. The largest hedge funds increased assets under management 35% over 2007, led by JP Morgan Asset Mangagement managing $44.7 billion in assets. The top 10 hedge funds controlled assets of $324 billion, increasing 29% from last year. While many of the top tier grow and control more assets, this eclipses the remaining smaller hedge funds.

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Hedge Fund Assets

Hedge Fund Assets Q1 2008

HedgeFund.net released the Q1 2008 Hedge Fund Asset Flows & Performance Report. The report estimates total hedge fund assets fell 1.4% in Q1 2008 to $2.848 trillion. The release is concurrent to the release of the HFN Q1 2008 Administrator Survey which shows total administered hedge fund assets were $2.759 trillion in Q1. The combination of results from these two reports confirms our belief that hedge fund assets are significantly greater than commonly reported.

New allocations to hedge funds were an estimated $53.02 billion during the quarter and Hedge performance losses decreased assets by an estimated $93.18 billion resulting in total hedge fund assets experiencing a quarterly decrease for the first time on record. The 1.4% decrease in Q1 2008 compares to an increase of 11.5% in the first quarter 2007.

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Hedge Fund Salary

Hedge Fund Salary Levels

There is much talk about astronomical hedge fund salary levels and cases every year where hedge fund managers realize $1B+ in total earnings, but just how well are most hedge fund professionals compensated? I just found some recent hedge fund salary details online by Alpha Magazine. Here are the figures:

Single Manager Hedge Fund CEO Salary Figures

Junior Analyst Hedge Fund Salary Figures

Senior Trader Hedge Fund Salary Figures

Data source: Alpha Magazine

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Seed Capital

Seed Capital Funding

Many hedge fund managers open their business with one or two seed capital investors, this funding could come through a formal seed capital program with an established institution such as a bank or seeding platform, a fund of fund or private source that likes to stay off most people's radar screen. Many of you already know of the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) and the connected hedge fund forum at HedgeFundMessageBoard.com. Last week I had someone post a list of hedge fund seed capital sources that I wanted to re-post here for everyone's benefit.

Seed Capital Funding Sources

• Asset Alliance http://www.assetalliance.com/
• BRI Partners http://www.bripartners.com/
• Capital Z Investment Partners http://www.capitalz.com/
• Fairfield Greenwich Group http://www.fggus.com/
• Focus Investment Group http://www.focusinvestmentgroup.com/
• Fortune Asset Management http://www.fortune.co.uk/
• FRM Capital Advisors http://www.frmcapitaladvisors.com/
• FrontPoint Partners http://www.fppartners.com/
• Hardt Group Advisors http://www.hardtgroup.com/
• HedgeCo Investments http://www.hedgecoinvestments.com/
• JPMorgan Incubator Strategies http://www.jpmorgan.com/
• Larch Lane Advisors http://www.2100capital.com/
• M.D. Sass-Macquarie http://www.mdsass.com/
• Man Global Strategies http://www.maninvestments.com/
• Protégé Partners http://www.protegepartners.com/
• RMF Hedge Fund Strategies http://www.rmf.ch/
• SkyBridge Capital http://www.skybridgecapital.com/
• Weston Capital Management http://www.westoncapital.com/
• Blackstone - http://www.blackstone.com/maam/fund_hedge/team.html

There are over 100 other threads un-related to seed capital on HedgeFundMessageBoard.com and many consultants, analysts, hedge fund managers and academics visit the site frequently.

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Hedge Fund Employment | Job & Career Guide for Hedge Fund Professionals

Hedge Fund Employment

Hedge Funds Employment Guide

The following are the articles I have written related to hedge fund employment. Roughly 20% of all the emails I receive is related to hedge fund career advice, recruiting or marketing/sales team building. This category of articles will hopefully answer some of those common questions and provide a more concise directory of employment related hedge fund articles here on this blog.

I hope this helps, let me know if you would like to contribute a hedge fund employment related article or improve an existing one.

• Hedge Fund Jobs
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• Top 4 Hedge Fund Career Tips
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• Jobs at Hedge Funds | Interview
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• Hedge Fund Marketing Job
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• Hedge Fund Forum
• Hedge Fund Careers
• Hedge Fund Associations
• Hedge Fund Analysts / Associates
• Hedge Fund Work
• Hedge Fund Recruiters
• Investment Book Reviews
• Investment Certification
• Prime Brokerage Jobs
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• Hedge Fund Salary
• Marketing Hedge Funds
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• Middle Office Jobs
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• Finance and Accounting Jobs
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Hedge Fund Performance

Hedge Fund Performance Reports

This article category of reports was created to provide quick links to what I have written related to hedge fund performance issues and updates. I will be updating this each quarter to try to make it as comprehensive as possible.

I hope to improve this area of content within my blog over the next few quarters. Let me know if you would like to contribute some way to it. Also, let me know if you have a specific hedge fund performance related question that I could answer via email or through another article here on the blog.

• Hedge Fund Macro Fund Performance Video
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India Hedge Funds

India Hedge Funds Report

I just came across this report on hedge funds in India. Below is the abstract describing the report and you can download the full version for free here.

Abstract:
In spite of tall claims that Hedge Funds have been demystified, the fact remains a big segment of the investment community is not aware of the risk return permutations that this asset class has to offer. Hedge fund is not a new terminology for those tracking Indian Capital market at least for the last 10 years. The interesting part has been the increased acceptance (even by the regulator) of their presence, in spite of the fact that they are not permitted to 'invest' in Indian markets. The impact which these funds can have on the financial stability could be substantial – but like any other coin it has positives and negatives. The Monetary Policy of 2007-08 gave a never-before opportunity to Hedge Funds- Access to the Indian HNI's and Institutional investor's share of Portfolio Pie. The paper investigates the impact of Hedge Funds on emerging Indian financial markets as well as the possible implications of marketing of hedge funds in India. The paper is an attempt to tread down the lightly traveled path named Hedge Funds.

Download this report about Hedge Funds in India by clicking here.

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Hedge Fund Services

Hedge Fund Service Providers

This part of my blog is now offering links to over 40 service providers within the hedge fund industry. Please browse through the directory of service providers below or email Richard@HedgeFundGroup.org to add you firm to the directory.

Service Provider Directory Categories

• Hedge Fund Auditors
• Hedge Fund Marketing Tools
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• Prime Brokers
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• Hedge Fund Administrators
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Harvard University

Harvard University a Hedge Fund?

There was a recent article about Harvard University's massive endowment fund and how, in at least one person's point of view this simply looks like a large tax-free hedge fund. This is a hot issue right now since the WSJ recent reported that, "Massachusetts legislators, demonstrating a growing resentment against the wealth of elite universities in tight economic times, are studying a plan to levy a 2.5% annual tax on the portion of college endowments that exceed $1 billion. The effort takes aim at one of the primary economic engines of the state, which is home to nine universities with endowments that surpass the $1 billion level, led by Harvard University's $35 billion cache, the nation's largest."

Here is the opinion of Jim Manzi who is with NRO. "When tax-advantaged non-profits start to accumulate billions of dollars of cash through investment gains, and the insiders seem to be doing very well, it creates legitimate pressure for some legal changes. There is a broad range of alternatives: capital gains taxes on investment income, directly taxing the endowment, placing limitations on employee compensation, and forcing the distribution of a fixed percentage of the endowment are all obvious choices." This article continues to criticize the pay of professors at Harvard University as well as other issues related to their investment vs. donation income last year.

I am biased so all I will say is that I thought this was pretty interesting and I only wish we had more non-profit organizations with over $40B under management.

- Richard

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Hedge Fund Investing

Hedge Fund Investing Survey

A recent survey completed by Deutsch Bank AG polled over 1,000 institutional money managers and rish investors around the globe who control close to $1 trillion in hedge fund allocations. Each respondent was able to select multiple choices and as usual investment performance remained the most important factor in making an investment. One interesting point that came out of this year's survey was that Risk Management has taken precedence over manage pedigree.

"Over the past eight months, the jump in volatility and the large market moves revealed which funds were bearing which risks," said Maarten Nederlof, New York co-head of Deutche's Hedge Fund Capital Group. "Now investors are very focused on risk management to explain the risks being taken and whether they are deliberate and under control."

Read more articles like this within the Hedge Fund Performance Category of this hedge fund blog.

- Richard

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Short Selling

Short Selling & Hedge Funds

Last week I got a Hedge Fund Group related email from a head of a short selling focused research firm. I have exchanged several emails with him regarding short selling research and realized I had not written much about short selling hedge fund strategies or trends here in my blog.

The first hedge fund created was labeled so because each long position was hedged with a short position, this is often called a "pair trade" or "matched pair." Today in the hedge fund industry many hedge funds still hedge each position in some manner, but many other hedge funds do not short sell securities or hedge all of their positions. This is due to several factors, two of the most prominent being the:

• Migration of some long-only equity managers into hedge fund vehicles, where their skillset is in building portfolios of long positions
• Expansion of the definition of a "hedge fund." Now some real estate and private equity like investment groups are labeled hedge funds less because of hedging and more because of their fee/payout structure.

A portion of the managers who are using short selling within their portfolios are still moving up the learning curve on profitably taking these positions. This is because many came from a long only world and usually try reverse engineering their long only strategy to come up with shorting ideas, some more successfully than others. For example being in early on a great long idea can prove very profitable within a long only portfolio where moving in too early on a great short idea can lead to great losses, the timing is more critical. Some long/short managers I have seen are 90-95 percent net long and don't have very many meaningful short positions built into their portfolios. Some of this may be by design but a portion of it is simply due to the experience and skillset of the portfolio management team at the hedge fund.

Another less common short selling strategy is to find companies beginning to or likely to be involved in fraudulent activities. This is where a hedge fund manager will seek out publicly traded companies who are trying to cover something up, prevent poor press exposure or delay the announcement of a negative news event.

Read dozens of more articles like this within my Hedge Fund Strategy Guide.

- Richard

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Policy Effect

Policy Effect Definition

The policy effect is the measure of the returns between the portfolio which sticks to a set guideline of investing vs. a neutral market position.

While policy effect statistic alone isn't extremely exciting, the issue of how long you can accurately measure and rely upon the policy effect is more important. For example, if you are an analyst trying to the "best" global macro hedge funds for your firm's portfolio you will probably be looking at hedge fund managers with long track records. If two of these managers both have great track records but one significantly shifted their investment policy/guidelines during the last three years than it is hard to measure the true policy effect over the length of full track record. This is not to say that many hedge fund managers investment policies don't or shouldn't change over time, but it can cause institutional consultants and fund of funds to consider watching from the sidelines for a few more quarters or years to see how an adjusted approach pans out.

Read more articles like this within the Hedge Fund Performance Category of this hedge fund blog.

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- Richard

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Third Party Marketing Due Diligence

Third Party Marketing

Third Party Marketing Due Diligence

Hedge funds conducting due diligence on a third party marketing firm should always ask questions about the firm and their employees. Evaluating a potential marketer should be as rigorous as completing a RFP for an institutional consultant. A partnership is being formed, and investing time and money with the wrong professionals can be expensive in terms of real dollars and opportunity costs. Areas to cover while conducting due diligence on a third party marketer include:

• Past work experience
• Current licensing and broker check
• Asset-raising history throughout their careers
• asset-raising track record while working together within the firm
• Referrals from past hedge fund clients
• Number of years experience
• Scope of their distribution channel expertise
• Number of total current clients
• Potential commitment of time in terms of hours per week and duration of the contract, and
• Personality and culture of th third party marketing group

At the same time, third party marketers need to perform due diligence on a potential client. If a hedge fund manager has a poor reputation, it could reflect poorly on the marketer that is doing the promoting.

Interested in hedge fund marketing? Read dozens of more hedge fund marketing & sales articles along with details on third party marketing within the Hedge Fund Marketing Guide.

- Richard

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Hedge Funds in California

Hedge Fund Managers in California

Someone from the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) recently sent me this list below of hedge fund managers based in California. This list will be added later today to the current California Hedge Fund Guide. This list is not exhaustive, this is not a recommendation to invest in these funds and this list is not guaranteed to be up to date either. Some of these hedge funds may no longer be in operation.

• Analytic Investment Managment, Inc.
• Angelo, Gordon & Co.
• Ares Management
• Ascend Capital, L.L.C.
• Canyon Capital Adivsors, L.L.C.
• Clados Management, L.L.C.
• Context Capital Management, LLC
• Criterion Capital Management
• Gilbert Global Equity Capital
• Guggenheim Partners, L.L.C.
• Husic Capital Management
• Ivory Investment Management, L.P.
• Los Angeles Avengers
• Macke Asset Management
• Mellon Capital Management Corp
• North Point Advisors
• NWQ Investments
• Oaktree Capital Management, L.L.C.
• OMT Capital Management
• Origin Capital Management, L.L.C.
• Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co.
• Robeco Boston Partners Asset Management
• Seasons Capital Management
• SG Cowen & Co.
• Sierra Ventures
• Soros Fund Management
• Standard Pacific Capital, L.L.C.
• Stonnington Group, L.L.C.
• Strata Capital Management
• Tremblant-Trident, L.L.P.
• Zazove Associates
  

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Hedge Fund Questions?

Need Additional Help?

While I have published hundreds of hedge fund articles to HedgeFundBlogger.com there are always some questions more easily answered over the phone speaking with a real person. If you have a question, need some career or networking advice or would like to explore a consulting relationship you may call me at this number provided by a phone service called Ether (1.99/minute):

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Hedge Funds Returns & Archives

Hedge Funds Returns

April 2008 Hedge Funds Returns

HedgeFund.net just released the returns of hedge funds in their database for April 2008. In short the average hedge fund manager gained some meaningful ground while energy funds took off, overall most hedge fund managers are still weighed down though by poor Q1 performance. I skimmed through and have pulled out a few of the highlights below:

• The comprehensive HedgeFund.Net database reveals that Hedge Fund Aggregate Average increased by 1.96% in April.
• The energy sector funds were the best performing funds in April, improving with a Energy Sector Average of +5.70% last month.
• The spike in fuel and energy prices have benefited the Emerging Market Average +3.23%. These high prices specifically benefited hedge funds focusing in the Middle East and Northern Africa, who increased +6.54% last month.
• Indian and Chinese hedge funds rebounded in April, but this improvement is overshadowed by the heavy losses both areas have experienced this year.
• Generally, equity-related strategies performed the best.

Here are links to past hedge fund performance and analysis pages through my sites archives:

• Oct 2008 (66)
• Sep 2008 (105)
• Aug 2008 (89)
• Jul 2008 (34)
• Jun 2008 (31)
• May 2008 (36)
• Apr 2008 (41)
• Mar 2008 (52)
• Feb 2008 (30)
• Jan 2008 (34)
• Dec 2007 (33)
• Nov 2007 (36)
• Oct 2007 (36)
• Sep 2007 (22)
• Aug 2007 (34)
• Jul 2007 (49)
• Jun 2007 (30)
• May 2007 (23)
• Oct 2006 (187)
• Sep 2006 (9)
• Jul 2006 (5)
• Jun 2006 (4)
• Apr 2006 (4)
• Oct 2005 (111)
• Sep 2005 (1)
• Aug 2005 (26)
• Jul 2005 (4)
• Oct 2004 (387)
• Sep 2004 (1)
• Aug 2004 (25)
• Jul 2004 (5)

- Richard

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Independent Investment Research

Independent Investment Research Firm

Over the past year of running this hedge fund blog, I have came in touch with a few independent investment research firms which specialize in several areas -providing short selling, emerging markets, and/or regulatory based research. Each investment firm provides weekly, monthly and/or quarterly reports on the market from their perspective and area of expertise.

Many large hedge funds are seeking an edge over their competitors by considering the opinions of niche experts and independent investment research firms. As I have mentioned in the past, I think this trend is only going to strengthen, as the competition between $100M-$1B hedge firms continues to heat up, while the number of quality research firms is certainly not growing as quickly.

- Richard

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Hedge Fund Risk Analysis

Hedge Fund Risk Analysis Table

When discussing risk management in the hedge fund industry, obtaining a clear definition of the different types of risk exposure for each kind of hedge fund is important. Considering the wide range of objectives and diverse trading instruments used by each specific type of hedge fund, it is important to note the varying risk concerns which apply to different types of hedge fund managers.


A good consolidation of the results in a matrix form was developed by Jaeger and Säfvenblad , who define the different risk exposures by each type of hedge fund as follows (click to enlarge the image below):

Using the table above, but now with a investor’s perspective, it should be also clear that the risks associated to investing in a long-short hedge fund are completely different from those associated to, for instance, investing in a Fixed-Income Arbitrage hedge fund. Thereby, for both hedge fund managers and investors, uncovering the different dimensions of risk present in each hedge fund portfolio becomes the first step towards managing risk effectively.

Read more articles like this within the Hedge Fund Due Diligence Guide.

- Richard

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Hedge Funds in New York

List of Hedge Funds in New York

Schwab Enterprises just recently released their "Top New York Hedge Funds List" through their website. You might recognize the name of this firm as its founder wrote the very popular hedge fund career guide entitled Hedge Me, read my review of this book here.

To purchase a larger list of hedge funds in New York please click here.

Schwab Enterprises built this list of hedge funds by only considering New York hedge funds that are stand alone entities, have more than a 5 year track record and manage over $1 Billion of assets. Their list of top hedge funds in New York City is below, and here is the direct link to how they produced it.

• Alson Capital Partners, LLC
• Amber Capital, L.P.
• Arience Capital Management, L.P.
• Atticus Capital, LLC
• Blue Ridge Capital, LLC
• Brahman Management, LLC
• Brencourt Advisors, LLC
• Bridger Management, LLC
• Cantillon Capital Management, LLC
• Caxton Associates, LLC
• Citadel Investment Group, LLC
• Clovis Capital Management, LLC
• Coatue Management, LLC
• Cumberland Associates, LLC
• D.E. Shaw & Company, Inc.
• D.M. Knott & Associates
• Davidson Kempner Advisers, LLC
• Duquesne Capital Management, LLC
• Elm Ridge Capital Management
• Eminence Capital, LLC
• Fir Tree Partners
• Force Capital Management, LLC
• Fortress Investment Group, LLC
• Galleon Management, LLC
• Glenhill Advisors, LLC
• Glenview Capital Management, LLC
• GLG, Inc.
• GoldenTree Asset Management, L.P.
• Greenlight Capital, LLC
• Highbridge Capital Management, LLC
• HBK Investments, L.P.
• Intrepid Capital Management, LLC
• JANA Partners, LLC
• Jay Goldman & Co.
• JL Advisors, LLC
• Karsch Capital Management, L.P.
• Kinetics Advisers, LLC
• Kingdon Capital Management, LLC
• Kynikos Associates, L.P.
• Level Global Investors, L.P.
• M.D. Sass Investors Services, Inc.
• Marathon Asset Management, LLC
• Mason Capital Management, LLC
• Maverick Capital, LTD
• Millennium Management, LLC
• Moore Capital Management, Inc.
• MSD Investments
• Omega Advisors, Inc.
• OrbiMed Advisors, LLC
• OSS Capital Management, L.P.
• OZ Management, LLC
• Paulson & Company, Inc.
• Perry Capital, LLC
• Principled Asset Administration, LLC
• Ramius Capital Group, LLC
• Renaissance Technologies, LLC
• Ritchie Capital Management, LLC
• Royal Capital Management, LLC
• SAB Capital Management, LLC
• Sandell Asset Management Corporation
• Satellite Asset Management, L.P.
• Scout Capital Management, LLC
• Seneca Capital Advisors, LLC
• Sigma Capital Management, LLC
• Soros Fund Management, LLC
• Steel Partners, LLC (U.S.)
• SuttonBrook Capital Management, L.P.
• Third Point Management Company, LLC
• TIG Advisors, LLC
• Tiger Global Management, LLC
• TPG-Axon Capital
• Trafelet Capital Management, L.P.
• Tremblant Capital Group
• Two Sigma Investments, LLC
• Viking Global Investors, L.P.
• Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, LLC
• York Capital Management, LLC
• Ziff Brothers Investments
• Zweig-DiMenna Associates, LLC

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Investment Research - Firms, Consultants, Resources, Tools & Contacts

Investment Research

Top Investment Research Firms

The following is a list of recommended hedge fund research firms consultants. While the performance of their services cannot be guaranteed by this hedge fund website, we only work with a very small number of established firms in the industry.

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Hedge Fund Administrators | Administration Services

Fund Administrators

Hedge Fund Administrators Directory

The following is a list of recommended hedge fund administrators who offer services to hedge funds, fund of hedge funds and private equity funds. While the performance of their services cannot be guaranteed by this hedge fund website, we only work with a very small number of well established reputable firms in the industry.

Hedge Fund Administrators

Apex Fund Services Ltd is a global hedge fund administration solution for hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity clients located in 10 separate jurisdictions across the world. The company uses the software solution, PFS PAXUS, a fully integrated hedge fund accounting system combined with web-based reporting providing access to information 24/7 securely online. Highly qualified and experienced staff, mirrored with top tier technology and competitive fee structures make Apex Fund Services Ltd the clear choice for your fund administration needs. Please contact Vincent Sarullo Managing Director at 353 21 46 333 66 or Vince@Apexfunds.us for a demonstration of our capabilities and free quotation. http://www.ApexFundServices.com
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Fund Associates provides complete, reliable and cost-effective outsourcing of Fund Accounting and Administration Services so our clients can focus on the management of their assets. We focus on accommodating the needs of emerging fund managers, as well as those with existing funds with upwards of $100 million AUM. Fund Associates allows the Fund to provide third party verification of the Fund’s performance that can be used to reassure investors, and potential investors, of the Fund’s historical returns and verify its assets under management. We pride ourselves in providing professional, accurate, timely and independent administrative services to our clients. For more information please visit http://FundAssociates.com, you may also contact Eric Warshal at 404-607-6945 or ewarshal@fundassociates.com.

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BGT Fund Administration provides outsourcing solutions to hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds and investment management companies. We specialize in servicing small to mid-size funds. The services provided include fund accounting, partner allocations and NAVs and year end audit preparation. Our principals have deep experience in the field with over 60 current clients across the US. For more details please contact Polina Tsikman, CPA at PTsikman@BGTConsulting.com or call 323.456.1888 ext. 104. BGT Consulting's website is online at http://bgtconsulting.com/

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Nottingham is a fund accounting and investment administration firm specializing in unitized accounting and reporting solutions for mutual funds, hedge funds and fund-of-funds. For nearly twenty years, we have been providing highly responsive, completely customized services for new or existing funds seeking superior service for their advisors and shareholders. If you’re looking for a turnkey provider to help launch a new fund, or are looking for a more comprehensive administration partner, visit ncfunds.com or call 800.525.3863 x206.

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8. Independent Fund Administration Firms

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Hedge Funds London

Guide to Hedge Funds in London

I am slowly building up short geographical guides to the hedge fund industry by region and city having already started a guide to hedge funds in New York I thought it would now make sense to provide 15-20 resources on hedge funds in London. These geographical hedge fund guides will always be works in progress as I add new resources every quarter related to, in this case, hedge funds in London. Down the road I will be creating guides to hedge funds in Australia, Canada, Asia, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Italy and the EU.


Top London Hedge Fund Resources

1. Hedgeweek special report that focuses exclusively on London. Well-written and current.
2. Hedge Funds Review is based in the UK and provides news and statistics on the latest in hedge funds.
3. London Based Institutional Hedge Fund Database
4. March 2007 This report is focused on London exclusively and says London is the second largest center for hedge funds. The report by International Financial Services gives thorough statistics (London accounts for about 21% of hedge funds managed) and lengthy focus on London hedge funds overall.
5. November 2007 this is a broader report by the same IFS that focuses on the UK's financial statistics and impact in the global market.
6. Barron's top 50 hedge funds: The top in 2007 was RAB Special Situations (up an average of 47.69% a year for three years) and it is based in London.
7. Recent London Hedge Fund summary via the Wall Street Journal
8. London draws 14 top Euro hedge funds London is the best place for Euro-based hedge funds this FT article says
9. London Hedge fund news site: a compilation of worldnews source articles including London hedge funds
10. New hedge funds spawn from old ones in london: FT article that describes the new emergence of hedge funds from older large hedge funds in London.
11. Hedge Fund governance: This video is "Chairman of Hedge Fund Working Group, explains why leading hedge funds in London have introduced a code of self-regulating standards and how a greater focus on transparency, risk management and governance may help to prevent the failure of funds and increased scrutiny from public authorities."
12. UK Hedge fund regulation: This PDF is a lengthy overview of hedge fund regulation in London by the UK FSA.
13. Euro Prime broker comparative advantage: The London Business school's short article with key reasons that determine European comparative advantage.
14. London Business School, Hedge Funds Programme: The London Business School has a program focused on hedge funds as well as a hedge fund centre that is led by Narayan Naik.
15. London stats: this page has a good resource of current stats again by the IFS that encompass a variety of financial data.
16. Specifically hedge fund stats: This contains some London hedge fund statistics, but you have to scroll down to the April 2007 report.
17. London is the place for global expansion: This article talks of London as a hub for global expansion for hedge funds. Specifically, PerTrac Financial Solutions. London also provides a key link to business in the Middle East.
18. European hedge fund strategies This shows how different managing strategies yield different results in Europe (europe not London)
19. London Hedge funds related jobs site.

- Richard

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Hedge Fund Administrator

5 Questions Hedge Fund Administrator Questions

Here are the top 5 due diligence questions to ask when selecting a hedge fund administrator:

1. What is your client or hedge fund relationship history/service track record?
   
2. What is the range of assets under your management--what is the largest and smallest client AUA (assets under administration)?
3. What are the most common hedge fund strategies serviced?
4. What is your client service model?
5. Can I have a list of your references--including clients, prime brokers?
   

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Commercial Real Estate Brokers

Commercial Real Estate Brokers List

Here is a list of commercial real estate brokers who have worked with hedge fund managers in the past in locating office options for hedge funds in New York, NJ and other cities within the US/London.

Robert Kluge - NAI Global is one of the premier Commercial Real Estate firms in the world, completing over $45 Billion in transactions last year. With over 375 offices in 55 countries, we have the global reach to provide real estate solutions anywhere in the world, including financial hubs like New York, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as emerging markets such as South America and the Middle East. My team, The Financial Services Office Advisory Group, has completed over $3 Billion of aggregate lease value over the past 30 years, with clients ranging from major international banks to up-and-coming alternative investment firms. We understand the specific and unique needs of financial firms and draw on our extensive experience for future success. Contact us to see how we can help you across the globe. RKluge@nainyc.com 212-405-2484

If you would like to add your investment firm's bio here or explore other advertising options please email Richard@RichardCWilson.com

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Hedge Fund News

Hedge Fund News Sources

I decided early on that instead of competing with the 82 other hedge fund websites pumping out news by the hour I would leave that up to the professionals that have been doing a great job at this over the past several years.

I try to focus 80-90% of my articles on educational articles, trend analysis, book reviews, interviews and strategy explanations. For those of you who are looking for the best sources on hedge fund news here are my top 7 recommendations:

1. Google News
2. Albourne Village
3. FINAlternatives
4. HedgeCo
5. Hedge Fund News Weblog
6. Fintag
   
7. Energy View points

I would avoid HedgeWorld and other smaller hedge fund news sites because they a simply re often a re-production of what you can find within the above list. If anyone has a niche hedge fund news website they would like added here or considered for my list of the Top 50 Hedge Fund Websites, let me know. My email address is Richard@RichardCWilson.com.

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Top 10 Hedge Fund Cities

Where Are All The Hedge Funds?

I recently found this list put together by Thomson Financial which shows where the majority of hedge funds are based. I believe this list was created in early 2007 so it may be a little outdated now, for example, I question the place as London coming up as only the 6th most popular city for hedge funds. It is interesting that places like Dallas and Los Angeles even made this list though

Top 10 Hedge Fund Cities

1. New York
2. Greenwich
3. San Francisco
4. Boston
5. Chicago
6. London
7. Dallas
8. Stamford
9. Los Angeles
10. Westport
    

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Investment Internships

Open Investment Internship

I have two investment internships available that would start sometime this summer. These roles would largely consist of doing research on different hedge fund & private equity investment strategies, profiling top hedge fund managers and helping construct niche guides to the hedge fund industry based on personal topics of interest. I am looking for hungry, pro-active, computer literate and well written interns who are open to working on a variety of projects.

If you are interested in this type of an investment internship opportunity please email me at Richard@RichardCWilson.com.

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Pension Fund Investment

Pension Fund Investment Trend

I just found this interesting new article about how pension funds are starting to follow the lead of endowments in increasing the diversity of their investments, and doing so in part by allocating more of their portfolios to hedge fund managers and alternative investments in general. The average endowment currently allocates 12.9% of their portfolio to hedge funds while the average public fund allocations just 1.1% and corporate plan 1.6% according to this latest report.

"Our research reveals that diversification remains the dominant trend in institutional portfolios," said Greenwich consultant and report co-author William Weschler, in a statement. "And in general this shift is taking two forms: the shift of assets into alternative investments and allocation adjustments that reduce the level of �home-bias and change portfolio composition to better reflect global market capitalization."

However, plan sponsors new to hedge fund allocation face capacity constraints, particularly from the fraction of hedge fund managers that consistently produce superior fee-adjusted returns. In addition, more than one-quarter of plan sponsors cited lack of transparency as a barrier to Hedge Fund Investment, up from 23% the year before. And almost 20% said hedge funds' 2% management and 20% incentive fee structure hinders increased investment.

"It will be interesting to watch what happens to the 2-and-20 fee structure as traditional asset management shops expand their offerings of hedge fund'-like products and hedge funds expand their long-only-type products in their effort to appeal to institutions," Mr. Weschler said.

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