I just found a PDF on family offices which lays out 5 differences between wealth management firms and family offices. Since I get many questions related to what family offices do and how marketers can reach them I thought this list may help: Top 5 Differences Between Wealth Management & Family Offices Clients informed of all the risks and advantages of every decision, thus empowering them to understand the impact of the choices they make and the effect on their long-term goals. They provide sophisticated investment advice and implementation to meet the customized needs of taxable families with complex wealth structures. They add value by working collaboratively, combining internal resources with a client’s team of advisors to develop unique solutions to ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bHedge Funds Definition/b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"Hedge Funds Definition | Myths, Facts amp; Trends/span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUvOIXH13bI/AAAAAAAACrI/-nyWNrdiE0M/s1600-h/Hedge-Funds-Definition-Trends.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUvOIXH13bI/AAAAAAAACrI/-nyWNrdiE0M/s200/Hedge-Funds-Definition-Trends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281541631063219634" border="0" //a(http://HedgeFundBlogger.com) I just found a great informational report on hedge funds put out by Hedge Info. This report identifies top industry trends as:br /ulliDeleveraging amp; redemption notices/liliRedemptions + lossing = further losses/liliChange brings opportunity/liliThe 3 D's - Diversification, Darwinism and Due Diligence/li/ulWhy hedge funds are popular in the first place:br /ulliProducing above market returns over long periods of time/liliThe appeal of relatively uncorrelated returns/liliAccess to unique or illiquid asset classes only available to those with large amounts of capital or specialized knowledge/li/ulWhat is going to happen (according to this report)br /ulliMore regulation/liliHedge funds adapting to using less leverage overall/liliDue diligence will be even more important/liliThere is a ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bNew Prime Brokerage Model/b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"New Prime Brokerage Model Emerging/span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUvGhHYSIaI/AAAAAAAACrA/bkbv9SI9Bmo/s1600-h/Prime-Brokerage-Trends.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUvGhHYSIaI/AAAAAAAACrA/bkbv9SI9Bmo/s200/Prime-Brokerage-Trends.jpg" alt="New Prime Brokerage Model Emerging" title="New Prime Brokerage Model Emerging" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281533260240920994" border="0" //aThe credit crisis and the subject of counter party risk is proving to be the final nail in the coffin for the hedge fund industry's single prime brokerage model. Funds of all sizes now demand multiple custodial relationships.br /br /The problem the high-cost-structure leading a href="http://primebrokerageguide.com"prime brokerage/a firms now face is that without the assurance of the captive single prime model the economics of servicing smaller funds no longer make sense. This reality combined with the primes' decreased risk tolerance means that we are seeing a mass exodus away from the top-tier primes. Anecdotal evidence suggests that these ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bBernard Madoff/b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"Bernard Madoff Hedge Fund Risks | Letterbr //span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUL7gaCq4MI/AAAAAAAACqI/asPyKc8uNIQ/s1600-h/Bernard-Madoff-Hedge-Fund-Fraud.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUL7gaCq4MI/AAAAAAAACqI/asPyKc8uNIQ/s200/Bernard-Madoff-Hedge-Fund-Fraud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279058247396548802" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"Related to the Bernard Madoff hedge fund fraud case/span - A hedge fund investor just sent me a letter he received from his hedge fund of fund. This is interesting because funds are learning to react very quickly to these types of fraud events to separate themselves from the situation. It also points out that Madoff's hedge fund traded through and was its own custodian of the assets of their own hedge fund - a often frowned upon approach which most hedge funds do not use.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"Here is the letter:/spanbr /br /As many of you are aware, yesterday evening the SEC initiated proceedings against ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bBernard Madoff/b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"Bernard Madoff Case amp; Hedge Fund Fraud/span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUKy3x3S9vI/AAAAAAAACqA/Vrcktmqe6jw/s1600-h/Bernard-Maddoff-Hedge-Fund-Fraud-Case.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/SUKy3x3S9vI/AAAAAAAACqA/Vrcktmqe6jw/s200/Bernard-Maddoff-Hedge-Fund-Fraud-Case.jpg" alt="Bernard Madoff Case amp; Hedge Fund Fraud" title="Bernard Madoff Case amp; Hedge Fund Fraud" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278978384579458802" border="0" //aNews came out last night that Bernard Madoff may have fraudulently lost his clients up to $50B. He is accused of running a Ponzi scheme in what some say is the largest fraud case since Enron.br /br /This is going to encourage government officials to layer on additional regulation of hedge funds across the industry. The loose term "hedge fund" has led to a rapid expansion of the industry over the past 10 years but it also means that when any investment related bad press surfaces someone may have been running what gets referred to ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bCreating a Hedge Fund/b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"New Talent Deciding to Create a Hedge Fund/span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/STmFnO8veLI/AAAAAAAACko/Vr4peB-V9oc/s1600-h/Creating-a-Hedge-Fund.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/STmFnO8veLI/AAAAAAAACko/Vr4peB-V9oc/s200/Creating-a-Hedge-Fund.jpg" alt="Creating a Hedge Fund" title="Creating a Hedge Fund" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276395347515504818" border="0" //aHere is a short article about a KPMG professional who believes next year will bring out many new talented hedge fund managers. I agree. I had lunch yesterday with a third party marketer and prime brokerage group and everyone in the industry believes that Q2 and Q3 of 2009 will be huge. Nobody claims to know where the bottom of the financial crisis will be but many groups are ignoring the negative headlines and looking forward to this next period of growth, now is the time to lay the foundation or groundwork for that growth.br /br /Here is an ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bHedge Mutual Funds/b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"Alternative Mutual Funds| A Short List/span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/STPenVLivII/AAAAAAAACjQ/ZZavfNzbwA8/s1600-h/Hedge-Alternative-Mutual-Funds.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wM_OZdOMR_Y/STPenVLivII/AAAAAAAACjQ/ZZavfNzbwA8/s200/Hedge-Alternative-Mutual-Funds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274804355862805634" border="0" //aNot everyone has the ability to invest in hedge funds but almost anyone can emulate some of their strategies within their own portfolios or invest in ETFs or mutual funds which to a degree replicate some a description="hedge fund strategy" alt="hedge fund strategy, hedge funds strategy" href="http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/2008/03/hedge-fund-strategy.html" title="Read About Over 20 Hedge Fund Investment Strategies"hedge fund investment strategies/a. br /br /A few months ago I wrote an article on alternative mutual fund products which offer a href="http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com"hedge fund/a related investment strategies. Through this process my research assistant helped me compile a list of alternative mutual funds which may be seen below:br /ulliGateway Fund (GATEX)/liliDiamond Hill Focus Long-Short (DIAMX)/liliHussman Strategic Growth ...

h1 style="text-align: center;"bSparx Group Ltd.br //b/h1h2 style="text-align: center;"bspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"Sparx Group Hedge Fund Update/span/b/h2br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.asianfn.com/speaker/web/SHUHEI_ABE.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 141px;" src="http://www.asianfn.com/speaker/web/SHUHEI_ABE.jpg" alt="" border="0" //aJust a quick note to let you know we have updated the Sparx Group profile notes within our Hedge Fund Tracker notes.br /br /View this updated profile here: a alt="Hedge Fund Blogger.com: Sparx Group Co. Ltd | Hedge Fund Tracker Notes" href="http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/2008/11/sparx-group-co-ltd-hedge-fund-tracker.html" title="Sparx Group Co. Ltd | Hedge Fund Tracker Notes"Sparx Group Co. Ltd/a or visit our a alt="Hedge Fund Tracker Tool" href="http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/2008/08/hedge-fund-tracker-tool.html" title="Track over 1,000 Leading Hedge Funds"Hedge Fund Tracker Tool/a to read about over 1,000 other hedge funds.br /br /br /h4Related to Sparx Group Hedge Fund Update/h4ullia alt="Hedge Fund Tracker Tool" href="http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/2008/08/hedge-fund-tracker-tool.html" title="Track over 1,000 Leading Hedge Funds"Hedge Fund Tracker Tool/a/lilia description="hedge fund marketing" alt="hedge fund marketing" href="http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/2008/03/hedge-fund-marketing.html" title="Sharpen ...