It is all about the marketing
There has been a significant uptick in inquiries from would be hedge fund managers on the HEDGEAnswers site over the last few weeks. Although we are just six or seven weeks into 2015, it is clear that this is the year of the new hedge fund launch. The questions are very similar. Would be managers ask if the need a lawyer, do they need an accountant, what is the role of the administrator, and of course what is the best way to raise money. And while the first three questions are important, they are relatively easy to solve, it is the last one, what is the best way to raise […]
The death of the hedge fund industry has been highly exaggerated.
January is death-to-the-hedge-fund-industry month, according to the popular press. That’s right, folks, you heard it here first: The hedge fund industry, according to the popular press, CNBC, FOX Business, Bloomberg and, of course, the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times have all written the eulogy for he hedge fund industry. “Death to Hedge Funds” is the headline that keeps on giving. It seems that no matter what happens — good performance, bad performance, more regulation, less regulation, inflows of capital or outflows of capital — the industry is dying, according to all of these esteemed media outlets. In fact, the industry is far from dead. And reports of its demise […]