Financial DesignationFinancial Designation on Hedge FundsLast week the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) released a new website to support the CHA Designation Program. This new site is online at http://CHADesignation.org.To date the most frequently visited pages of the site have included:CHA Designation ProgramParticipant TestimonialsFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Study Guides & ToolsTop 10 ReasonsRelated to Financial Designation on Hedge Funds | New SiteHedge Fund Tracker ToolFund Marketing and Sales Advice Top Hedge Fund ManagersFree Online Hedge Fund VideosCareers & Employment Guide Hedge Fund Holdings & Securities AnalysisHedge Fund TerminologyGeographical GuidesHedge Fund Startup ...

Industry PulseHedge Fund Industry Pulse Check(http://HedgeFundBlogger.com) I was on the phone yesterday with a hedge fund investor who said he simply could not keep up with all of the news coming out on hedge funds without spending his whole work day tracking it. He wanted to know what to receive a series of updates within a single post.Here is a collection of quotes on the current state of the hedge fund industry:- Hedge-fund manager David Tepper entered the third quarter with $3.1 billion of U.S. stocks and exited with $648 million, selling most holdings to reduce risk and raise cash as carnage spread across the financial markets. “We moved a lot out early because we didn’t want to lose money,” said Tepper, 51, president of Appaloosa Management LP in Chatham, New Jersey. The firm, which switched some money ...

CHA DesignationCHA Investment Designation | UpdateA class of over 60 participants are currently preparing for the CHA Level 1 Exam next month. The Chartered Hedge Fund Associate (CHA) Designation Program continues to grow despite the recent financial crises. Our team is seeing an increased interest from participants considering the CHA Designation as the hedge fund industry job market becomes more competitive. We are also being contacted by many hedge fund managers who are looking to ensure they have a broad foundation of knowledge on which to run their business.There are currently over 50 hedge funds and fund of hedge funds which have agreed to join our Advisory Board and over 1,500 individuals who have signed up to learn more about the CHA Designation through our Email Alerts.The Hedge Fund Group (HFG) ...

Hedge Fund ComplianceHedge Fund Compliance NotesThe recent financial crises has lead to many recent events for our team which runs HedgeFundBlogger.com. These have included a furry of proposals on how to further regulate hedge funds, blaming hedge funds for speculative practices and calls for great understanding of exactly what individual hedge funds are investing in. Being a blog which only discusses hedge fund related matters I have seen:A member of the White House executive staff has recently joined the Hedge Fund Group (HFG)Press Inquiries - many of which come down to questions on how hedge funds should be further regulated. My common response is that if it is done in a way where technology can be leveraged to apply the new regulatory procedures at the prime broker or hedge fund ...

HedgeFundBlogger.comChanges at HedgeFundBlogger.comJust a quick note to say thank you to everyone who has been visiting my blog, forwarding it on to co-workers and friends and providing me with valuable resources, guest posts and insights on the market. Over the past 12 months the consistent emails and interest in the content on the site has led to traffic growth from just 800 pageviews of traffic each day to now over 10,000 a day.Here were my HedgeFundBlogger.com Top 5 new years resolutions:5. Write 365 articles on hedge funds (Currently 1,000+)4. Start video blogging and podcasting on a regular basis (1 Video Published, more to come)3. Get over 1 Million hits to my blog (Done, 200k+ hits/month now)2. Meet and add value to as many hedge fund professionals as possible (In Process)1. ...

REO PropertiesReal Estate Owned (REO) Properties and ListingsMany of you in the hedge fund industry who read my blog also frequently visit Hedge Fund Message Board.com or other online forums. You may remember 9-12 months ago a large set of REO brokers and sales agents practically taking over a few online forum in the online hedge fund community trying to connect with hedge fund managers looking for REOs. They were quickly banned and considered spam but I do get emails from many of them - usually 2-3/week.Upfront, I want to be clear that I do not want to get into the business of brokering or helping as a sales agent for banks or REO firms. I would ...

Hedge Fund ConferenceNetworking Event & Conference Email AlertsTo keep updated via a monthly email on industry networking events held by leading conference organizers and the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) please complete the form below. After submitting the form we will send you a confirmation email which you must then open and click on a link to confirm your interest.Articles related to Hedge Fund Conference: 1. Hedge Fund Events & Seminars2. Top 52 Most Popular Articles3. Hedge Fund Message Board.com4. Hedge Fund Newsletter...

Hedge Funds in TexasHedge Fund Managers Based in TexasA helpful member of the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) just emailed me this list of hedge fund managers based in Texas. This will be added to the Texas Hedge Fund Guide.Hedge Funds in Texas: Andrews Capital ManagementHighland Capital Management, L.P.Macquarie Energy CapitalKenmont Investments Mngmt, L.P.HBK Capital ManagementPerot InvestmentsGreen Oaks Capital Management, L.P.Clear Creek Capital, L.L.C.- RichardSubscribe To this Blog via Email | Or RSSArticles related to Hedge Fund Managers in Texas: Texas Hedge Fund GuideNew ...

Joe BidenJoe Biden's Hedge Fund TiesIn an effort to cover the top 2-3 hedge fund centric news stories each day related to hedge funds here's a piece on Joe Biden's family and their ongoing legal battle regarding a hedge fund business.A son and a brother of Sen. Joe Biden Jr. (D-Del.) are accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, court records show.The Democratic vice presidential candidate's son Hunter, 38, and brother James, 59, assert instead that their former partner defrauded them by misrepresenting his experience in the hedge fund industry and ...

Financial CertificationFinancial Certification in Hedge FundsHere is the result of a recent interview I completed with the Financial Times regarding the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) and Chartered Hedge Fund Associate (CHA) Designation, a new financial certification. Thanks to Fintag for the friendly (overly friendly) plug over on his blog here.Here is a short excerpt from the Financial Times article:“Students can receive qualifications for almost anything, be it a "maple syrup" course at New York's Alfred University or "cyberfeminism" at Cornell. Basic economics teaches that so long as there is demand and resources, supply will shortly follow. Richard Wilson, founder of the Hedge Fund Group (HFG), a professional networking organisation, witnessed a demand for a programme dedicated to the study of hedge ...