Tag: hedge funds

Section 13(f) of the Securities and Exchange Act was passed by Congress in 1975 in order to provide the public with information regarding the...

The catchphrases of the industry have greatly escalated the expression “big data,” but very few people are fully familiar with this phrase. The following...

A hedge fund manager who was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) in 2012 with defrauding clients around the world —...

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) was founded in 1990 and is a major player and a worldwide representative of the industry of hedge...

In 2010, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), one of the primary global financial regulatory bodies, developed the Basel III regulatory regime as...

Soon Scottish voters will go to the polls to decide whether or not to secede from their 300-year- old union with England. Although most pundits...

The Investment Process The objectives of every investor differ and various portfolio designs serve a variety of purposes. Due to the extent of the hedge...

AIFMD: EU HEDGE FUND REGULATION The EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), which became effective at the state level in July 2013, has had...

Value Proposition of Hedge Funds In order to succeed in the modern world of finance, adaptability is the key. The same is the case with...

In May, Argentina’s Economy Minister met with officials of the Paris Club to sign the largest sovereign debt restructuring agreement in history. After defaulting...

What exactly is a Hedge Fund? A hedge fund is essentially an investment program. In this program, the first aim of the partners is...

What are today’s investors demanding of their hedge funds? Aside from exceptional financial returns, there is an increasing tendency to hold fund management accountable...

The manager of the world’s largest fund was the hired gun brought in by the Federal Reserve in 2008 to help manage the U.S....

Part 3: Don’ts – Things to avoid while using Twitter for trading  Just as there are a number of things that you should practice when...

After a 22-year reign as manager over "one of the world's biggest and most successful funds," the handing back of outside investor capital and...

Do’s – Tips on what you should do when using Twitter for trading Given how important Twitter is and how useful it can be, it...

Section 1: the scope and importance of using social media tools like Twitter With the advent of technology, life as we have always known it...

There have been recent changes in the civil litigation environment, which have meant that the hedge funds trading industry has also been affected significantly....

The Hedge Fund and Fund industry in general are undergoing massive challenges and changes. Since it is a fast growing industry, there are many substantial...

The new budget for the year 2015 signals an increase in the tax on businesses. The most important proposal is for investment partnerships that...

Dodd-Frank Act One of the most recent and pertinent rules applying to this industry is the Dodd-Frank Act, which forbids banks from having an ownership...

Expectation from the Relationship between Hedge Funds and Third Party Marketer If it qualifies, a third party marketer is a treasured resource for a hedge...

The most significant aspect of setting up a hedge fund is raising capital for it. If the manager is unable to raise the capital...

Over the span of the last five years, the performance of hedge funds has been nothing but mediocre. This is not entirely surprising considering...

Since recent four-year anniversary of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, pundits across the public-opinion spectrum have weighed in on the seminal...