By Chris Nutt, founding partner of Investor Communications Sometimes it can be difficult to express your thoughts clearly in writing, particularly if you are pressed for time. Yet precise written communications are essential for all hedge fund managers seeking to build a professional reputation and raise capital. When your presentations, factsheets, performance updates […] Read more »
The New Rules For Distribution of Funds in Switzerland
Anne-Cathrine Frogg Spadola, Partner at Hugo Fund Services SA The main changes following the revision of the Swiss Law with a focus on distribution targeting qualified investors The Swiss law on Collective Investment Schemes (CISA) has been revised and came into effect in March 2013. The objective of this revision was to adapt […] Read more »
’40 Act Hedge Funds On The Rise
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Liquid alternatives have seen strong industry growth, outpacing traditional hedge funds, according to “Going Mainstream: Developments and Opportunities for Hedge Fund Managers in the ’40 Act Space,” an April 2014 study by Barclays Prime Services. The study found that in 2013, liquid alts assets grew by 43%, while hedge […] Read more »
10 Things You need To Know About Hedge Fund Marketing Content
By Brenna Hardman, CEO of Buy Side Design Hedge funds can now advertise. As the long-time SEC ban on hedge fund solicitation is retired and hedge funds capitalize on the JOBS Act, hedge fund managers should keep the following in mind: 1. Good design pays off. A 2004 study by the Design Council in the UK showed […] Read more »
Chart Of The Day – Operating Margins Across Hedge Fund AUM Range
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Today’s Chart Of The Day comes from the Citi Prime Finance 2013 Business Expense Benchmark Survey released this week. We have known for some time that the balance of supply and demand post 2009 has been such that it has meant that hedge funds, even very well known and large […] Read more »
Should Hedge Funds Embrace an AIFMD KIID?
From Mario Mantrisi, Chief Strategy and Research Officer at KNEIP The Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) is just around the corner and hedge funds have been faced with adapting to regulation that is significantly changing the way they do business. Transparency reporting has been a particular hurdle to pass as hedge funds have […] Read more »
UK Asset Management Industry Expects to Ramp up Hiring and Marketing Spend
By Staff Writer, Hedge Fund Insight The latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey has just been released. Paula Smith, PwC’s UK asset management leader, said:“Investment managers are more optimistic due to strong improvement in revenues and profitability, with the latter increasing for the sixth consecutive quarter. Firms continue to benefit from the comparative stability of financial […] Read more »
Three Things Every Hedge Fund Must Know About Marketing In The Post JOBS Act Era
From www.streetid.com Are financial institutions — namely hedge funds — prepared to market themselves to investors when the JOBS Act rules are issued in the next six to 12 months? Will Thompson, co-founder and CEO of HedgeComm (a marketing and PR agency that focuses on the alternative investment industry), has found that few hedge funds have […] Read more »
SEC to Advisers: “Can You Hear Me Now?”
by Deborah Prutzman, The Regulatory Fundamentals Group LLC A little over a year ago the SEC warned advisers that the game has changed and that the agency would begin to use a risk-oriented, holistic approach to scrutinize senior managers and the control environment within their firms. Today, the warning sirens are growing even louder […] Read more »
Quotation of the Day
Because its purpose is to create a customer, any business has only two functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and Innovation produce results. All the rest are costs. Peter Drucker Read more »