From StreetID According to Donald A. Steinbrugge, a Managing Partner at hedge fund consulting and marketing firm Agecroft Partners, a big trend in the hedge fund industry is that large managers still have an advantage over their smaller competitors. “One trend that has been fairly consistent since 2008 is that money continues to flow to […] Read more »
Energy Complex Suffers From Price Compression Leading To Breaks Down
By Richard Edwards, Managing Director of HED Capital Energy prices are moving down. We have seen a series of compressions, all of which have now broken down. The exception remains the compression in Rbob gasoline as it is at a weekly scale and so we cannot tell until Friday’s close whether it too has broken. […] Read more »
Brand Building Opportunities for Hedge Funds with the NextGen of Family Wealth
From StreetID Now that hedge funds are allowed to market their businesses, many are wondering when the first hedge fund commercial will appear on television. April Rudin, a financial services marketing strategist and digital media expert, believes that hedge fund marketing is more than a 30-second spot on CNBC. When talking to fund managers during a […] Read more »
For Some Time Only Outlier Hedge Funds Will Advertise
From StreetID For more than a year, Wall Street watchers have been hyping the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act as a significant piece of legislation. Many experts said that it could lead to new firms in the financial sector. Others anticipated a transformation within the hedge fund industry. Some believed that it would foster the creation of new jobs. Ron […] Read more »
Third Party Marketers as Appointed Representatives of Hedge Fund Management Companies
By Claire Cummings, Cummings Law Ltd. What is an appointed representative? An appointed representative (“AR”) is a person or firm which is able to arrange deals in investments and advise on investments by being authorised under the umbrella of a firm which is directly authorised by the FCA (the principal”) which is already authorised to […] Read more »
Momentum in Asset Growth is Vital in Successfully Raising Hedge Fund Assets
By Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Managing Partner Agecroft Partners Many small to mid-sized hedge funds become frustrated because their firm’s assets under management are not growing and they believe the market is biased against them based on their asset size. They are constantly hearing that a majority of assets are flowing to the largest hedge […] Read more »
European Loan Market Comment
By Alex Woolrich, Portfolio Manager at ECM The European loan market has seen limited activity this week as the late summer lull continues, with no new loan deals launched and the secondary market seeing little volume. Market participants awaited Wednesday’s FOMC meeting minutes for indications of when tapering of Fed QE purchases might begin, but […] Read more »
Supply from UK IPOs expected to be up 50% next year
By Justin Cooper, CEO of Capita Registrars There is only so long the IPO market can stay quiet. Private equity houses have a growing pipeline of investments they need to exit, so they can recycle their capital into new opportunities. The stock market has recovered, meaning that shareholders in private companies (particularly private equity backers […] Read more »
Hedge Fund Marketing Jobs from JOBS Act Implementation
From StreetID On September 23, 2013, the long-awaited JOBS Act rules will finally go into effect. From that point forward, hedge fund managers will finally be able to advertise in the United States. Mitch Ackles, the President of the Hedge Fund Association and the CEO of Hedge Fund PR, has been a big supporter of this transition since the day […] Read more »
The Twitterati on Hedge Fund Advertising Post JOBS Act
Twitter users took to social media to offer a humorous look at what to expect now that the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to lift a long-standing ban on marketing and promoting private funds. Here is a selection of the offerings: Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz 10 Jul Sometimes you feel like a derivative re-hypothecated security, […] Read more »