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The HFBOA Newsletter: May 2013 Edition

by HFBOA 7. May 2013 19:32
This newsletter provides some very interesting statistics that Ambrose recently discovered upon doing some research on how hedge funds are handling their employee benefit packages. [More]

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business management | hedge funds | Newsletter | Operations

SEC Letter to Advisors Who Registered in March

by HFBOA 11. October 2012 21:21
Download the letter the SEC is sending to advisors who registered in March:   NYRO Presence Exams.pdf (302.06 kb)

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hedge funds | Regulatory Updates

The HFBOA Newsletter: October 2012 Edition

by HFBOA 1. October 2012 19:31
View the latest edition of the HFBOA Newsletter: The SEC's New "Presence Exams".  This newsletter examines how the SEC is engaging with the plethora of new registrants in light of the Dodd-Frank Act. We've sat down with the Deputy Director in the SEC's Office of Compliance, Inspections and Exa... [More]

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hedge funds | Newsletter | Regulatory Updates

CFTC Registration and CPO/CTA Exemptions Webinar – First 20 HFBOA Members Free!

by HFBOA 25. September 2012 01:13
Learn the essentials of CFTC registration now that CPO exemptions have been repealed in this new HFBOA sponsored webinar. Join prominent industry experts—Yvette Christman of the National Futures Association and Robert VanGrover of Seward & Kissel—to learn everything you need to kno... [More]

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hedge funds | Regulatory Updates

The HFBOA Newsletter: June 2012 Edition

by HFBOA 12. June 2012 23:46
View the latest edition of the HFBOA Newsletter: Preparing for the Form PF As most firms begin to digest and address the requirements of Form PF, the Hedge Fund Business Operations Association (HFBOA) wanted to explore the impact on firm's that are preparing the form and the consequences, both inte... [More]

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Newsletter | Regulatory Updates

JOBS ACT to Revolutionize Hedge Fund Marketing

by HFBOA 26. April 2012 23:18
The new JOBS Act, recently passed by Congress and signed by President Obama, is designed to make it easier for small businesses to raise capital and create new jobs in the current economy. An indirect beneficiary of this legislation is the hedge fund industry, as it will revolutionize how alternativ... [More]

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Due Diligence | hedge funds

Some Hedge Funds, to Stay Nimble, Reject New Investors

by HFBOA 12. September 2011 22:49
Since the financial crisis, big hedge funds like Paulson & Company, Millennium Management and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group have not turned away money, eagerly collecting billions of dollars from investors who have tended to stick with the industry’s marquee firms. The situatio... [More]

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hedge funds

The Importance of Business Process Maturity and Automation in Running a Hedge Fund

by HFBOA 8. September 2011 23:03
Know Your Score and Get to the “Sweet Spot”   Executive Summary Over the past two years, Merlin has published several white papers that are designed to highlight and help managers implement industry best practices – from shoring up their business model to identifying their ... [More]

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business management | hedge funds

The HFBOA Newsletter: April 2011 Edition

by HFBOA 11. April 2011 18:41
View the latest edition of the HFBOA Newsletter: Regulatory Update!  Where's the SEC Focus?  What's Coming Down the Pike? HFBOA interviewed Barry Schwartz, Partner at ACA Compliance Group, and Robert Van Gvoer and Steven Nadel, both Partners at Seward & Kissel LLP, to determine the mo... [More]

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Newsletter | Regulatory Updates

Do as I say, not as I do....

by HFBOA 25. March 2011 17:25
Last November, I commented in this space on a white paper which attempted to make the case that smaller, more nimble hedge funds were less risky and generated greater alpha than larger, more established hedge funds-one of several such papers issued in the last ten years. A recent survey out of Deuts... [More]

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business management | Industry Trends