Goldman CFO calls bottom of redemptions.
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State of the Seeding Market – FRM Capital Advisors Jun11
– The environment for hedge fund seeders has changed dramatically over the last 12 months
– There are now fewer seeders in the market
– Even established funds are looking for seed capital after redemptions have hit their funds
– Some start ups have suffered as their original seeders have withdrawn from the market
– Investors are more stringent than ever before on issues such as corporate governance, use of third party administrators and transparency
Reading list – Hedge fund industry climbs its ‘slope of enlightenment’ Jun3
From Today’s FT June 3, 2009 FT.com / UK – Hedge fund industry climbs its ‘slope of enlightenment’. I have been talking about the evolution of the industry for some time. I have pulled out the last 4 paragraphs. Excellent summary of the state of the industry and the path forward.
... Read more »The one instance where politics and money don’t mix May18
How Pension Placement Agent Exploited Political Ties (Update1) – Bloomberg.com. May 18, 2009 Kudos to Bloomberg to an excellent review of where we are with the placement agent model and the use of the politically connected to make introductions. – Apparently the well-connected politically – democrats mostly – have spent their time in
... Read more »Reuters: Your money is no(w) good here Apr27
Doing a round of spring cleaning and came across some blog posts that I had saved to publish later. If they are relevant then I will post. This one is, so I will. Reuters Summit: New Opportunity for Would-Be Hedge Fund Investors Reuters Subscription required More news from the Reuters
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