Global Macro Hedge Funds
By Julie Scuderi - May 6th, 2008
With all of the various hedge fund strategies that managers employ, the global macro strategy is one of the broadest yet most detailed approaches used to garner sizable returns.
The global macro manager usually uses leverage to make bets on price movements in any market of the world, hence the term “global.” The term “macro” refers … Continue Reading
Regulation D
By Julie Scuderi - April 29th, 2008
According to Wikipedia, Regulation D is a regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is also a term for an investment strategy, mostly associated with hedge funds, based upon that regulation. It provides a “safe harbor” from the general requirement that all offerings of securities be registered with the SEC, and also exempts … Continue Reading
Collapse of the Hedge Fund - Survival of the Fittest
By Richard C. Wilson - April 29th, 2008
In 1859, Charles Darwin introduced his theory on “On the origin of species” through this now famous preamble: As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner … Continue Reading
How Much Money is Invested in Hedge Funds?
By Richard C. Wilson - April 10th, 2008
Hedge Funds closed 2007 with over $2.7 Trillion in total assets under management. In 2007 alone hedge fund assets have risen $500B. $50B of that $337B came from emerging market hedge funds growth with most of those assets being allocated to Chinese and Brazilian hedge fund managers.
These types of statistics are important to keep in … Continue Reading
Hedge Fund Manager
By HedgeCo Archives - April 25th, 2008
A hedge fund manager and/or any person acting on its behalf may not solicit an investment into a hedge fund through any type of “general solicitation” or general advertisement” under Section (c) of Regulation D.
Therefore hedge fund managers rely upon hedge fund advisory services to introduce capital and distribute hedge funds directly to qualified clients. … Continue Reading
Hedge Funds ( Legal Definitions )
By HedgeCo Archives - April 7th, 2008
Hedge funds normally do not register with the SEC. Hedge Funds are designed as partnerships, with the general partner typically being the hedge fund’s manager. The hedge fund manager usually makes investment decisions, and has a portion of his/her wealth within the fund. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, there are two exemptions in … Continue Reading
