Sep 23, 2010 | Basics, Strategies
Recently we had the opportunity to speak with Chip Perkins, Founder of Perkins Fund Marketing, a third party marketing services firm. He provided some perspective on how third party marketers are adding value in an industry that has changed significantly in the past...
Aug 31, 2010 | Services, Strategies, Tools
The hedge fund industry has been through a time of great change since the market crisis and the institutional sector has become increasingly important to the industry since this time. In August 2010, Preqin released the findings of its latest institutional investor...
Aug 17, 2010 | Regulation, Strategies
You may have heard of a mythical creature called a finder or hedge fund placement agent – somebody, not otherwise connected to the financial industry, who can help you with starting a hedge fund by introducing you to wealthy friends. In return for this informal...
Aug 3, 2010 | Strategies, Technology
Recently we had the pleasure of interviewing Jerry Chrisphonte, CEO of Hedge FundDirectories.net, to talk about the hedge fund marketing and hedge fund directories. He provides some solid insight for investment marketers. Here is an excerpt from part one of that...
Jul 26, 2010 | Strategies
Institutional investors are swapping funds of funds for direct hedge fund investments. Preqin surveyed 50 global investors from a wide range of institutions including public and private sector pension funds asset managers, insurance companies, banks, foundations,...
Jul 20, 2010 | Strategies, Tools
By all accounts, hedge fund investors – always a skeptical lot – have been more circumspect about their chosen fund managers since the Madoff scandal – and the Stanford, Kerviel, Cioffi and Tannin, Greenwood and Walsh, Cosmo, Petters, Nami, Traynor, Jones, and...
