Jun 6, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
We’ve written before on how prop traders and other talented investment managers are starting hedge funds using “seeder” capital from established hedge funds and private equity firms. Fortune recently examined the flip side of the issue, and why these...
May 30, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
Goldman Sachs is muscling into an area dominated by Blackstone Group LP, namely, bankrolling those who seek to start a hedge fund. According to a story from Bloomberg, Goldman has been trying to attract investors for a “seeder” fund, which provides startup...
May 23, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
The empire founded by Steven Cohen, SAC Capital Management LLC, is reportedly launching a new hedge fund specializing in quantitative trading. It’s the first new fund for the firm in six years. SAC apparently already has “20 teams” of quant traders...
May 9, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
To say that Sonia Schulenburg is an overachiever is a bit of an understatement. Educated in Mexico City, she moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed as a bodybuilder while earning her doctorate degree in artificial intelligence. Now she’s starting a new...
Apr 20, 2011 | Basics, Regulation, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
The demise of hedge fund hotels never happened. Years after UBS got caught by Massachusetts regulators steering its tenants none-too-subtly toward its trading operations, dozens if not hundreds of business centers around the world continue catering to managers engaged...
Apr 6, 2011 | Basics, Services, Starting a Hedge Fund
One make-or-break decision anyone starting a hedge fund has to face is who to tap as a prime broker. Pinning down a skill set for this role can prove challenging because one size — or even a dozen — doesn’t fit all. You can’t bring the prime...
