Portfolio Management TalentPortfolio Management Talent Shift(http://HedgeFundBlogger.com) Today we heard about Mr. Coffey's move to Moore Capital Management, the truth is portfolio management teams are being shuffled across the industry. Many of the largest hedge funds in the industry are loosing talented traders and portfolio managers for greener pastures, where returns are positive and teams are still hungry to grow the business. When a hedge fund has low performance it not only hurts morale and current year bonuses, it means loyalty to the firm as a whole may severely drop.I received a call on Saturday from one of my friends who is a top hedge fund executive search professional working with a full portfolio management team that is wanting to be lifted out of a top 10 hedge fund. This team has worked together for 7 years and ...

How to Study - CFAHow to Study for the CFA ExamQuick Links: Chartered Hedge Fund Associate (CHA)Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)I recently interviewed a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charter Holder to gain some insight into how to best study or prepare for a CFA exam. Here is what he told me:______________________________________1. Start early - CFA program tests are designed to test your breadth of your knowledge as opposed to the depth. Study guide provided by Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (the textbook you receive when you register) is over 2000 pages long. So, give your self good 6 months of preparation if you are currently working or going to school.2. Get support- Create study group. Get support ...

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 ...

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 ...

Middle East Hedge Fund EventHedge Funds Review - Middle East SummitThe editorial and conference teams at Hedge Funds Review are proud to announce that our 4th Annual Middle East Summit will once again be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Spa, Bahrain on November 11-12th 2008.Last year’s event was hugely successful, bringing together over 250 key players in the alternative investment landscape. More than 70% of delegates were end investors.Highlights included official endorsement from the Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain and guest speeches from some of the most successful hedge fund managers from across the globe.This year the keynote address will be given by HE Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed ...

Charity Fundraising EventRoctoberfest - Charity Fundraising EventBelow please find details on Roctoberfest, an upcoming hedge fund charity fundraising event in New York City.The Fifth Annual Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest will be held on Thursday, October 16th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, from 6 pm onwards. Each year our banner event has attracted more people, more performers, more sponsors and more media - Rocktoberfest has become a barometer of A Leg To Stand On’s own growth and effectiveness. For more information please click here.- RichardSubscribe To this Blog via Email | Or RSSArticles related to Charity Fundraising Event:1. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games2. Hedge ...

Renaissance TechnologiesRenaissance Technologies - Hedge Fund ProfileHere is a collection of links to resources and articles on the hedge fund - Renaissance Technologies. All of these sources below are publicly available and can be easily found by anyone via Google searches. They are listed here for those who would like to skip the junk and learn more about Renaissance Technologies more efficiently than they might through Google alone.Letter from Renaissance Technologies how Renaissance Technologies had only 1 percent profit in 2007.Article summary how Renaissance Technologies has high fees, but had generated 85 percent returns.Article: Jim Simmons Institutional Equities Fund has been down $13 billion dollars.SEC may put a new law against ...