Attention Manager Members – Some Words on Optimizing Your Account Mar11

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We wanted to send out a quick note regarding your account and highlight some of the new features recently added to Hedge Connection. We are continuously updating the site with innovative new ways to expose your fund to our investor member base. First, please ensure that you have added returns@hedgeconnection.com to your monthly distribution list.

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SEC Staff Issues Interpretive Guidance on Recently Adopted Amendments to Rule 506 Addressing General Solicitation and Bad Actors Feb3

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A legal update from Dechert’s Financial Services Group. Effective September 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended Rule 506 of Regulation D to (1) permit, in certain circumstances, an issuer to engage in general solicitation and general advertising in connection with Rule 506 offerings (General Solicitation Rules) and (2) disqualify issuers of securities

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Change is Here! Sep24

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Change is here!  The long-awaited JOBS Act Rules become effective September 23, 2013, dramatically expanding the marketing flexibility for managers of private funds.  This newfound free speech provides important messaging and branding opportunities.  Traditional one-on-one capital raising (a/k/a “hand-to-hand-combat”) meets modern marketing activities and communication platforms.  How can you integrate public relations to leverage your

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80-year ban on private placement advertising has been lifted! Sep23

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Today marks the first official day that federal legislation goes into effect allowing hedge funds to advertise their product publicly.   This means hedge funds, as well as small startups, can begin to advertise their product publically through vehicles such as social media sites, without having to register their shares for public trading. While restrictions

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