by HFBOA
19. March 2010 20:04
Summary prepared by Daemon Repp, Sr. Financial Analyst, Genesee Investments
Chris Lombardy of Kinetic Partners and Jonathan Choslovsky of Albourne Partners led the discussion. Both Mr. Lombardy and Mr. Choslovsky focus on operational due diligence of hedge funds in their current roles...
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by HFBOA
19. March 2010 19:56
Over the last six months I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of individuals looking to start up a hedge fund. Whether it is a proprietary trader at a large investment bank or a portfolio manager/trader at an existing hedge fund, the result has been the same. They have not launched or ...
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by HFBOA
17. March 2010 02:38
Andrew Rabinowitz and his wife founded R Baby Foundation in 2006, after their daughter was misdiagnosed in the hospital - a mistake that turned tragic. R Baby Foundation is the first and only not-for-profit foundation uniquely focused on saving babies' lives through improving pediatric care.
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by HFBOA
15. March 2010 18:55
Moving forward, the HFBOA will post our quarterly newsletter on the blog, making links available for sharing and download.
Here are permanent links to our 2009 Newsletters:
Industry Trends in Operational Due Diligence
Industry Trends in Treasury Management: How have hedge funds' views changed sin...
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by HFBOA
11. March 2010 01:24
Just back from attending the GAIM Ops Cayman conference and there were a couple of interesting observations. While the purpose of this posting is not to provide a review of the conference, in general, attendance was up over the prior year and the mood was generally brighter, with more speakers say...
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by HFBOA
2. March 2010 03:03
Technology Requirements: “Do we really need this?”Defining the items you must have, should have, and don’t need at all
The Topic:A common struggle for hedge fund operations managers lies in determining how, and how much, tospend budget on IT. It can be difficult to understand how ...
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by HFBOA
2. March 2010 02:36
Securities LendingThe last bastion of manual intervention in an automated trading world
The HFBOA luncheon was hosted on Thursday January 14th by Hedge Source LLC and dealt with issues and opportunities available to fund managers with respect to securities borrowing and lending. The presentation wa...
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