Sep 15, 2011 | Services, Starting a Hedge Fund, Technology
For many firms, hedge fund disaster recovery remains an Achilles’ heel – an expensive and seemingly distracting proposition. But planning for potential disruptions and taking the right steps to develop a comprehensive, customized IT disaster recovery plan will...
Mar 9, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund, Technology
Hedge fund technology is an integral part of operations and something that must not be overlooked during the launch process. It is important that a hedge fund manager define the firm’s needs and then map and budget technology accordingly. One area of caution when it...
Mar 2, 2011 | Basics, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
Let’s be clear about what you’re getting from when you hire a hedge fund attorney: somebody to write your offering memo. Other miscellaneous legal matters always come up, but that’s basically it. It’s boilerplate stuff. Lawyers “play a...
Jan 27, 2011 | Basics, Jobs, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
Starting a hedge fund is the ultimate small business launch: low barriers to entry, loose regulation and, if you know what you’re doing, transcendent profitability. But, like any other entrepreneur, the fledgling hedge fund manager needs to understand how and...
Nov 30, 2010 | Basics, Starting a Hedge Fund, Strategies
So you are starting a hedge fund. You’ve just thought up a cool fund name, filed your LLC paperwork, asked your rich uncle for some seed money and had business cards printed up saying you’re the president and chief investment officer of your very own hedge...
