13F Analysis Pequot Capital Management

Pequot Capital Management

Below please find a 13F analysis report for Pequot Capital Management for Q1 2009. 13F analyses are reports that fund managers with over $100M are required to submit to the SEC, they are publicly available and these reports provide us with some insights on what some hedge fund managers have been investing in.

Pequot Capital Management is a U.S. registered investment adviser founded in 1998 by Arthur J. Samberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to manage the Pequot Family of Funds, which began trading in 1986. The firm invests utilizing multiple strategies across the capital structure. The firm has over 270 employees, with offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, California and London.

As of the most recent 13F filing completed by Pequot Capital Management their holdings included:

• (ACGL) Arch Capital Group
• (AIPC) American Italian Pasta Co
• (AKRX) Akorn
• (ALXN) Alexion Pharmaceuticals
• (GLD) SPDR Gold Trust
• (CFL) Brinks Home Securities Holdings
• (JACK) Jack In the Box
• (MCD) McDonalds
• (MMC) Marsh & McLennan companies
• (ONXX) Onyx Pharmaceuticals
• (PTP) Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd
• (QCOM) Qualcomm
• (RE) Everest RE Group Ltd
• (RNR) Renaissancere Holdings Ltd
• (WMTE) Walmart Stores

Using the TickerSpy portfolio analysis tool the graph to the left was created showing the approximate Pequot Capital Management‘s equity performance for over the previous six months. According to this analysis Pequot Capital Management‘s equity picks have been underperforming against the S & P 500 recently.

The top 5 highest performing equities which Paulson & Company held as of this 13F filing include (CFL), (MCD), (QCOM), (ALXN) and (JACK)

According to AlpaClone data on Pequot Capital Management 38% of their equity portfolio is invested within the financial sector and 30% in service sector. The total equity value of Pequot Capital Management is 950M+, their total number of reported holdings is 196, and over 47.8% of the market value of this portfolio is represented within the top 10 holdings.

For more information on Pequot Capital Management please see the HedgeFundBlogger.com Hedge Fund Tracker Profile on Pequot Capital Managment by clicking here .

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Family Office Capital Raising Advice

I often get asked how a fund should effectively work with a family office to slowly grow a relationship and be considered for an allocation. Many funds are interested in raising capital from family office wealth management firms because just a hand full of successful relationships may significantly raise the total assets under management for the firm.

Family Office Definition: A family office is a wealth and financial management firm setup to protect and grow the assets of single wealth family or group of families and wealthy individuals. Typical multi-family office clients have $30M or more in assets each, while many single family offices manage well over $250M in assets. The services provided by many family offices includes tax preparation and planning, wealth transfers, portfolio management, budgeting, real estate management, and insurance services. Many family offices exist because they offer a full spectrum of services which ensure that the client's total financial picture is taken into consideration before decisions are made.

Tips on how to work with family offices:

Many family offices are called daily by asset managers looking to build relationships, try to be local, different, more professional or more organized while meeting or working with family offices.
Focus on providing details on your team, competitive advantage and risk management process, a 7+ year track record or better will set you apart from many.
Similar to many other types of investors, Capital preservation and consistency usually will take precedence over volatile high returns.
High performance returns alone does not gain you any ground with a family office, in fact too high of returns may simply appear as risky and typically the most inexperienced fund mangaers concentrate their relationship development efforts on touting their high performance returns.
There are over 2,000 family offices in the United States alone, if you have gained some traction within this space it would be wise to allocate 30% of your time to this distribution channel and assign someone to help grow assets within this space. There are so many family offices to grow relationships with that anything less than a concerted effort using a dedicated professional and database of family offices may not be worth it.
Communicate through multiple channels. Sometimes sending a folder on your company, a well thought out but very concise email and then a phone call can be most effective while building a new relationship. Using these other marketing tools instead of just simply blasting out emails or calling everyone can make for a more productive relationship.
Do not call a family office that you would like to work with on a daily basis, they are relatively small organizations and do not have the time to work with groups which do not provide them with the professional consideration and space to reply in time to incoming requests. While I raised capital from wealth management firms and family offices we would touch base and follow up with these firms every week and a half, this way we try to stay on top of their minds without bugging them too much.

For a database of family office contacts please see FamilyOfficesDatabase.com, for a free-to-access collection of articles on family offices please see FamilyOfficesGroup.com.

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Hedge Funds vs. Mutual Funds

I provided a quote yesterday to Daleela Farina, an author over at BloggingStocks.com. Here is an excerpt from an article she just published on hedge funds and mutual funds:

Has your broker repeatedly sold you on the "safe" investment vehicle, the mutual fund? Investing in a wide variety of prominent companies, with solid, long-term track records, mutual funds have been an easy-to-understand and popular investment choice for decades.

Mutual funds are hugely diversified, holding large stakes in recognizable names such as Google (GOOG), Citigroup (C), Walmart (WMT), Starbucks (SBUX), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), and Fannie Mae (FNM).

A few years ago, doubting these dominant brands would have been considered foolish. This narrow-minded thinking is representative of our formerly uneducated and naive views on the market. But after last year's performance, mutual funds' investment model has now been proven obsolete. Like the dinosaurs. source

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Patrick Fauchier of Fauchier Partners

Analysis and discussion with Patrick Fauchier of Fauchier Partners Chairman and David Sun of Ernst & Young China Chairman. They talk about the effects of hedge funds in the market. This video is also on the recent uptick of performance by large hedge funds and whether this is a shot-term gain or the building of long-term durable strategies.

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13F Analysis Blue Ridge Capital

Blue Ridge Capital Management

Below please find a 13F analysis report for Blue Ridge Capital for Q1 2009. 13F analyses are reports that fund managers with over $100M are required to submit to the SEC, they are publicly available and these reports provide us with some insights on what some hedge fund managers have been investing in.

Blue Ridge Capital Management is a $3B+ hedge fund run by John A. Griffin. Griffin is similar to Steve Mandel at Lone Pine Capital and Lee Ainslie at Maverick Capital in that they all are 'Tiger Cubs' (a.k.a. pupils of Julian Robertson while at Tiger Management).

As of the most recent 13F filing completed by Blue Ridge Capital Management their holdings included:
• (AAPL) Apple
• (AMGN) Amgen
• (AMZN) Amazon.com
• (BRK.A) Berkshire Hathaway
• (CVA) Covanta Holding group
• (MA) Master card
• (MIL) Millipore Corp
• (MON) Monsanto Co
• (MSFT) Microsoft
• (NOV) National Oilwell Varco
• (TGT) Target Corporation
• (TMO) Thermo Fisher Scientific
• (V) Visa
• (VALE) Comphania Vale Do Rio Doce
• (VNO) Vornado Realty Trust

The top 5 highest performing equities which Blue Ridge Capital held as of this 13F filing include (AAPL), (VALE), (VNO), (CVA), and(AMZN).

According to AlphaClone data on Blue Ridge Capital Management 27% of their equity portfolio is invested within the technology sector. The total equity value of Blue Ridge Capital's portfolio is $4B+, their total number of reported holdings is 49, and over 52% of the market value of this portfolio is represented within the top 10 holdings.

For more information on Blue Ridge Capital Management please see the HedgeFundBlogger.com Hedge Fund Tracker Profile on Blue Ridge by clicking here.

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13F Analysis Pershing Square Capital

Pershing Square Capital

Below please find a 13F analysis report for Pershing Square Capital for Q1 2009. 13F analyses are reports that fund managers with over $100M are required to submit to the SEC, they are publicly available and these reports provide us with some insights on what some hedge fund managers have been investing in.

Pershing Square Capital is a $1.925B hedge fund run by William A.Ackman based in Newyork.

As of the most recent 13F filing completed by Pershing Square Capital their holdings included:

(AIV) Appartment Investment Management
(ALX) Alexanders Inc
(BGP) Borders group
(EMC) EMC Corporation
(GGP) General Growth Properties
(GLRE) Greenlight Capital Re
(TGT)Target group
(V) Visa
(WEN)Wendys Arbys Group
(YUM) Yum brands

Using the TickerSpy portfolio analysis tool the graph to the left was created showing the approximate equity performance for Pershing Square Capital over the previous six months. According to this analysis Pershing Square Capital’s equity picks have been outperforming the S & P 500 recently.

The top 5 highest performing equities which Pershing Square capital held as of this 13F filing include (ALX), (BGP), (GGP), (AIV), and (YUM).

According to AlpaClone data on Pershing Square capital 59% of their equity portfolio is invested within the Services sector and 35% in technology. Pershing Square Capital has a total number of reported holdings as 10, and over 100% of the market value of this portfolio is represented within the top 10 holdings.

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5 Unique Hedge Fund Marketing Tactics (3 of 5)

5 Unique Fund Marketing Tactics (3 of 5)

This is part 3 of 5 within a series on unique hedge fund marketing tactics that managers should investigate further while working to raise capital for their funds. Before taking any of these actions please consult with your compliance and legal counsel for confirmation that you are able to use these methods to market your specific fund.

Forget about contacting more investors. Yes, it may seem illogical to forget about contacting new investors while attempting to raise capital, but this may be what you need to do to meet your business goals. Many of the hedge funds I speak to want to be connected with investors, they want lists of family offices, seed capital providers or HNW wealth management firms. While accessing more investor contact details may be a useful resource and improve your marketing efforts it is often not the real constraint which is holding your business back.

No business is perfect, every business has some constraint which if removed would help the business more than anything else. Sometimes this constraint is portfolio management expertise, sometimes it is marketing materials, and many times it is lack of institutionalized processes and tools. Very seldom do I meet with hedge funds which if provided with a long list of 1,000 investors would explode in assets under management.

Most hedge funds do not take the time to write down all of their current business problems or symptoms and ask the why questions needed to identify the root constraint within their business model. A good tool that I have seen used by half a dozen management consulting gurus is the "4 Why Process." If you ask why something is happening 4 times you will get to the root cause of the problem.

Initial Problem/Symptom: Why don't we manage $100M in assets yet? Why?
Potential Answer: We are not raising capital from wealth management firms as you had hoped. Why?
Potential Answer: Our marketing materials have not been brought up to part with the competitions, they are light and our investment process is poorly described. Why?
Potential Answer: We know that you should be paying a consultant or in-house marketer to help with both marketing materials and generating relationships but you have not hired one. Why?
Potential Answer: We do not have the profits available to hire a full time marketer but we get around to creating a system to share equity, grow relationships with third party marketers or build a marketing related advisory board.

The point of this exercise is to identify what the bottleneck is that is slowing down your growth. A hedge fund can be seen a 20 link chain, you must have all 20 strong links in place to keep the business growing long-term. If 19 links can carry the weight of a $300M fund but one link is only up to par for a $10M fund than you will limit your growth and you may never or only very slowly grow into a $300M fund. The biggest return for your investment of time and money will be to focus on that one broken or sub-par link within your operations, marketing, trading or internal business processes, anything else would be a relative waste of money or energy.

This is a unique marketing technique because it is a reminder that the smartest thing you could do for your marketing and sales campaign may have nothing to do with picking up a phone or buying a database of investors. Before spending more money or valuable time try to consider the following 2 tips for improving your ability to attract investors:

Use the "4 Why Tool" to drill down deeper into the top 5 problems that you see your fund facing right now. Often times 3-5 problems will often be symptoms of a single root cause which can be directly addressed.

Ask others including your advisory board, current investors, potential investors and co-workers what is holding your fund back. Do not settle with two word surface answers and try to identify what 3-5 action steps your fund could take this quarter to improve how you are positioned and address the #1 limiting factor in your business.

For Part 1 and 2 of this series please see the links directly below:

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Hedge Fund Performance in May 2009

Here is a video reviewing the recent performance of hedge funds in May 2009. If you are one of our email subscribers reading this please click here to see the embedded video below.

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Soros Fund Management 13FAnalysis

Soros Fund Management

Below please find a 13F analysis report for Soros Fund Management for Q1 2009. 13F analyses are reports that fund managers with over $100M are required to submit to the SEC, they are publicly available and these reports provide us with some insights on what some hedge fund managers have been investing in.

Soros Fund Management is a New York based hedge fund founded in 1973 by famed fund manager George Soros. The firm operates the Quantum Group of Funds and deploys a global macro investment strategy making investments in a wide range of markets and asset classes globally.

As of the most recent 13F filing completed by Soros Fund Management their holdings included:

(BBY) Best Buy
(COP)Conocco Phillips
(ETR)Entergy Corp
(HD) Home Depot
(HES) Hess Corp
(HNZ)HJ Heinz
(LOW) Lowes Companies
(M)Macys
(PBR.A)Brazilian Petroleum Corporation
(POT) Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
(PXP)Plains Exploration and Production
(UNP)Union Pacific Corporation
(WAG)Wall Green Company
(WFT)Weatherford International
(WMT)Wall-Mart Stores

According to AlpaClone data on Soros Fund Management 49% of their equity portfolio is invested within the energy sector. The total equity value of Soros Fund Management portfolio is $3.11Billion, their total number of reported holdings is 88, and over 74.4% of the market value of this portfolio is represented within the top 10 holdings.

The top 5 highest performing equities which Soros Fund Management held as of this 13F filing include (BBY), (HES), (PBR.A), (POT) and (WFT).

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Harbinger Capital Partners 13F Analysis

Below please find a 13F analysis report for Clarium Capital for Q1 2009. 13F analyses are reports that fund managers with over $100M are required to submit to the SEC, they are publicly available and these reports provide us with some insights on what some hedge fund managers have been investing in.

Harbinger Capital Partners is a private investment firm specializing in event/distressed strategies. Founded in 2001 with Philip Falcone as the Chief Investment Officer, Harbinger Capital Partners seeks to invest in alpha-generating ideas that are uncorrelated to investment cycles.

As of the most recent 13F filing completed by Harbinger Capital Partners their holdings included:

(AAWW) Atlas Air World wide holdings
(AKS) AK Steel Holding
(CEG) Constellation Energy Group
(CLX)Cliffs Natural Resourses
(CPN)Calpine Corp
(CNX)Console Energy
(CVC)Cablevision systems corp
(LEAP)Leap wireless International
(MIR) Mirant Corp
(MDR) Mcdermott International
(NAV) Navistar International
(NYT)Newyork Times
(SKF)Ultrashort Financial Proshares
(SUN)Sunoco
(SOA) Solutia Inc

Using the Ticker Spy portfolio analysis tool the graph to the left was created showing the approximate equity performance for Harbinger Capital Partners over the previous six months. According to this analysis Harbinger Capital Partners equity picks have underperformed at the start and had eventually been outperforming the S & P 500 recently.

The top 5 highest performing equities which Clarium held as of this 13F filing include (AKS), (AAWW), (CNX), (CPN) and (MDR).

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Clarium Capital 13F Analysis Q1 2009

Clarium Capital 13F Q1 2009

Below please find a 13F analysis report for Clarium Capital for Q1 2009. 13F analyses are reports that fund managers with over $100M are required to submit to the SEC, they are publicly available and these reports provide us with some insights on what some hedge fund managers have been investing in. HedgeFundBlogger.com is now tracking 40 hedge fund managers and publishing 13F analyses on them within our Hedge Fund 13F Analysis Tool.

Clarium Capital Management is a $5B+ global macro hedge fund ran by Peter Thiel with offices in New York and San Francisco.

As of the most recent 13F filing completed by Clarium Capital Management their holdings included:

(AXP) American Express
(DEO) Diageo Plc
(FSYS) Fuel Systems Solutions
(HPQ) Hewlett Packard Co
(MCD) McDonalds
(MO) Altria Group
(MSFT) Microsoft
(NRG) NRG Energy
(OIH) Oil Service Holders Trust
(ORCL) Oracle
(PG) Procter & Gamble
(PM) Phillip Morris International
(WAG) Walgreen Co
(XLE) Energy Select Sector SPDR

Using the TickerSpy portfolio analysis tool the graph to the left was created showing the approximate equity performance for Clarium Capital over the previous six months. According to this analysis Clarium's equity picks have been outperforming the S & P 500 recently.

The top 5 highest performing equities which Clarium held as of this 13F filing include (AXP), (FSYS), (OIH), (NRG), and (PM).

According to AlpaClone data on Clarium Capital Management 97% of their equity portfolio is invested within the financial sector. The total equity value of Clarium Capital's portfolio is $527.11 Million, their total number of reported holdings is 28, and over 98% of the market value of this portfolio is represented within the top 10 holdings.

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Hedge Fund Marketing & Startup Questions

Hedge Fund Speeches

I am preparing for two speeches this week, one at the Marcus Evans Fund of Hedge Funds conferences in Boca Raton on June 15th and one for the TAAAP Hedge Fund Startup Panel in New York City on June 18th. In doing so I am trying to come up with the most common or critical questions that $1M-$900M hedge fund managers have on hedge fund marketing and hedge fund startups.

I have posted a few of the most common questions I have received below, but are there 3-5 pieces of information, advice or questions which you wish would be covered at one of these two events? Is there something you would like to hear talked about more within the areas of either hedge fund marketing, raising capital or starting a new fund?

If you do have a few points which we should be covering at these events please email your comments in to Richard@HedgeFundGroup.org. Below are some of the common questions I receive which will be covered at these two events:

What is the best way to approach raising capital from wealth management firms and financial advisors?

How should we look to work with family office wealth management firms?

Investors want long track records and $100M+ in assets before investing but we cannot get there until a few try us out and help us get up to that size, what do we do?

Do you know how to obtain seed capital for our hedge fund?

What channels of investors should we invest our time in pursuing at different asset levels?

How can I tell one prime brokerage firm from the rest? We are a small fund and we don't want to work with four different prime brokerage firms at once.

How can we get the attention of third party marketers and larger third party marketing firms to help us raise capital? Most that we speak to want $80-$100M and a 5 year plus track record before they will help us, but at that point we probably will not need their help.

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Fund Administration Award for Apex Fund Services

Fund Administration Award

Below please find a press release on Apex Fund Services winning a few awards within the recent Hedge Fund Magazine Service Provider Awards last month. Apex is a long-term supporter of HedgeFundBlogger.com, there websites is www.apexfundservices.com.

Apex Fund Services (Ireland) Limited

May 2009
Press Release

Apex Fund Services (Ireland) Limited are delighted to announce our recent success at the first annual Service Provider HFM Awards. There were seven separate categories for “Best of..” within the Fund Administration section in the Annual Hedge Fund Magazine Service Provider awards 2009.

We were awarded winner of the category for:

Most innovative fund administrator
Apex Fund Services (Ireland)

Best Shariah fund administrator
Apex Fund Services (Ireland)

Please follow the link for further details - http://www.hfmawards.com/espa/winners.aspx

John Bohan, Group Operations Manager and Managing Director of Apex Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, commented “We are particularly delighted to be receiving these awards in a times of economic uncertainty. We have worked particularly hard over the last 12 months to further distinguish ourselves as and administrator that meets and exceeds client expectations and is agile and clever enough to ride the waves of the marketplace as and when they turn. Each of our members of staff that have adopted the Apex ethic in their work practices and contributed to our global growth and strong reputation have earned these awards and should be proud of this achievement. The hedge fund industry is going nowhere and as the green shoots appear in this second quarter we are in an excellent position to benefit across our global platform as we push forward into 2009 with new products new offices and the same commitment to excellence.”

The awards mark a global recognition of the Apex Fund Services model and our client’s testimony to the execution and deliverance of our mission statement.

“Our mission is to provide the highest level of client service available in the fund administration industry consistently to all our clients using the latest technology and well-trained staff. Our staff will have a good work environment in which to deliver our service and it is their motivation along with our technology that will set us apart from the competition.

We will continue to carefully consider the specific and changing needs of each client, tailoring an individual package to maintain a sound, beneficial and lasting relationship.
We are a privately owned niche service provider with flexible, high-quality offices in multiple jurisdictions”

Apex Fund Services Limited, a specialist global hedge fund administrator with offices in twelve locations worldwide, can provide any additional information you need. Please contact John Bohan at John@apexfunds.ie (353 21 46333 66 or 353 87 656 0096) or Peter Hughes at peter@apex.bm (441 292 27 39 or 441 505 7966)

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UHNW Wealth Management and Family Offices

UHNW Wealth Management

Below is an excerpt from an article discussing the ongoing battle between HNW and UHNW wealth management firms and family offices to manage the portfolios of those with $5-10M+ in assets. As has been the trend for over 15 years now firms are moving towards outsourcing some functions while those family office which can present a diverse team of professionals to UHNW individuals continue to win assets. I believe any large changes made to the tax codes will also benefit family offices as they will have the well connected in-house experts able to interpret and apply these changes to investments more rapidly than anyone else. Here is the article excerpt:

A Dow Jones After The Crunch survey of 300 individuals in the high net worth community found a significant loss of trust in incumbent advisers, following damage done to portfolios during the credit crunch.

The worth of the wealthy has fallen by a quarter from its peak of $40 trillion at the end of 2007, according to a survey published by Merrill Lynch and consultant Capgemini. Consulting firm Roland Berger said the pot was not even near $40 trillion in the first place, after stripping out funds locked into real estate, pension plans and family businesses. The fall in the UK is more than a third, according to The Sunday Times Rich List.

But plenty of people have retained their wealth and they want to find advisers capable of helping them keep things that way. Competition for their business is intensifying as fund managers, technology providers, lawyers and asset servicers are all targeting the wealth wallet. source

This article was originally published on FamilyOfficesGroup.com.

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Hyperinflation | Inflation Hedges Put in Place

Hyperinflation | Inflation Hedges

There has been a lot out in the last two months about managing inflation and hyperinflation. It seems that several of the most respected minds in the hedge fund industry are placing their bits on inflation greatly increasing here in the United States and worldwide. If you are viewing our daily email newsletter watch this embedded video below by clicking here.

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Barrons Top Hedge Fund List - Review

Barrons Top Hedge Funds

Here is a short video by Barron's on hedge funds, their recent performance and the challenges they faced in 2008 and part of 2009. If you are reading this within our daily email newsletter please click here to watch the embedded video below.

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Hedge Fund Startup Event in New York City

Hedge Fund Startup Event

For NYC based events the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) will be partnering more and more with TAAPS a great alternative networking group based in Manhatten. On June 18th the TAAAP will be offering an educational networking event on hedge fund and private equity startups. I will be moderating a panel for this event where we will discuss challenges, best practices and new trends which are affecting the growth of fund startups right now. To attend please RSVP through the form below, to get the location and cost details please click here or on the image below the RSVP form.

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Links Live Within the Hedge Fund Blog Book

Hedge Fund Blog Book Update

The #1 complaint we have received about our Hedge Fund E-Book is that many of the links were not clickable, leaving some of the resources less than entirely useful. We have now fixed this providing the e-book within a Word format which if needed can also be opened within the free-to-access Google Docs software as well.

To date over 40,000 professionals have downloaded this e-book, to get your copy or to get the updated version within Word please complete your name and email below:

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Hedge Fund Upates

Below is a video on recent hedge fund developments including the closing of two Boston-based hedge funds and the re-opening of a Equity/Bond hedge fund in Europe. To view this video via our daily hedge fund email newsletter please click here.

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Recent Hedge Fund Developments

Here are a series of recent videos released on developments within the hedge fund industry. If you are viewing this video through our daily hedge fund email newsletter please click here now to watch the embedded videos below.

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Operational Due Diligence Analyst Position Open

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Connect with Me on Linkedin.com | Richard Wilson

Connect with Me

A lot of my hedge fund related networking occurs over Linkedin.com which hosts over 125,000 professionals of professionals which work in the hedge fund industry.

Linkedin.com: I personally have around 28,000 direct connections on Linkedin.com you can benefit from that by connecting directly to me if you would like, here is my profile: http://LinkedIn.com/in/singlefamilyoffice You may connect directly to me by referencing the email address Team@WilsonHoldingCompany.com

Twitter.com: Yes, I have a twitter account where I put out messages on conferences, webinars, and new blog content. Find my account here.

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Brazil Hedge Fund Performance

Below is an article on Brazilian hedge funds, the most under-estimated group of portfolio managers in the world. In Sao Paulo alone there are over 300 hedge fund managers and due to currency exchange rates they can remain profitable at far smaller AUM levels than a US or European hedge fund. I will be in Sao Paulo this December/January and will probably host a networking event there, let me know if you would like to come.

Here is an article excerpt about hedge funds in Brazil:

Brazil’s hedge fund industry was battered by weak performance and redemptions last year. Although overall performance has improved this year, several managers remain weak and are fighting for survival, say experts.

Up to 20 of about 100 hedge fund managers could be forced to close their funds following an exodus of clients. They have seen assets under management drop by up to 85 per cent in the past year to an average of R$75m ($37m, €27m, £23m) and are no longer profitable. source

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Industry Expert Interviews

Over the next 9 months I will be writing a case study based book on hedge funds, it will cover marketing, operations, startups, auditing/accounting and trading/prime brokerage. At this same time we will be conducting many expert interviews within these areas and more and publishing these to our collection of hedge fund and alternative investments websites.

If you are interested in conducing a short email-based interview on a niche topic which you work in daily please email us at Richard@RichardCWilson.com.

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