Setup a Hedge FundSetup a Hedge Fund | Tips from SykesBelow is an article being added to our Hedge Fund Startup Tools page. This piece is from Tim Sykes, a colorful wall street personality with a large online following and experience in running a small hedge fund and then writing a book on the experience, which I have reviewed here. I do not agree with everything noted below but I believe it is valuable as it is rare to read articles by those who have managed a hedge fund about the struggles of running a small hedge fund.______________________I brought an outline of my strategy and performance to a friend of a family friend, who supposedly had access to many hedge fund and ...

Och Ziff CapitalOch Ziff Capital Management LP | UpdatedJust a quick note to let you know we have updated the notes on Och Ziff Capital Management within our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool.The profile for Och Ziff Capital may be found here: Och Ziff Capital Management GroupRelated to Och Ziff Capital Management LP | Updatd:New York Hedge Fund ManagersHedge Fund Tracker ToolHedge Fund & Fund of Hedge Fund DatabasesRaising Capital from Hedge Fund Managers | TipsTags: Och Ziff capital, Och Ziff Capital Management, Och Ziff Capital Management LP, Och Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, Hong kong, london, new york, ...

Raising Capital From Hedge FundsRaising Capital from Hedge Fund Managers | TipsOne of the top 5 questions I get via email now is "Can you help us raise capital from hedge fund managers for our _________." I have received inquiries asking for help raising capital for patent portfolios, real estate, land development, new hedge funds, software products, nanotechnology, wind farms and even a small airline company.Why is this happening? I believe it is because banks are drying up as a source of capital, hedge funds are being seen in the news more and more each day and HedgeFundBlogger.com has recently gained enough traffic to one of the top 3 sources of hedge fund information online.I will write more on this topic in the future but for now here are my top 3 tips for those looking to raise ...

Capital from Family OfficesRaising Capital from Single Family Offices(http://HedgeFundBlogger.com) Here is a short piece on how many of the world's most sophisticated investors are looking to not only sustain current hedge fund related investments, but increase them. Here is the first shred of evidence that hedge funds are going to emerge 2x as strong in 2011 as they were in 2007:Advisers for ultrawealthy investors are bullish on hedge funds, with many planning to increase their allocations to the alternative investments next year, according to a new study.A majority (58%) of single-family offices around the globe participating in the On the Rise survey indicated plans to increase asset allocations in hedge funds for 2009. The study was co-sponsored by Red Bank, N.J.-based G Capital Management LLC and Rothstein Kass & Co. PC of Roseland, N.J.The ...

Raising New CapitalRaising New Capital During the Crisis(http://HedgeFundBlogger.com) While many firms are hurting performance-wise I have spoken with over a dozen in the past 3 weeks still pushing capital raising efforts forward and showing positive performance so far for the year. Many managers are referring to this as a Darwinian process of weeding out those funds which did not have strong risk controls in place. To be fair I think most funds had consistently applied risk controls in place to weather "regular" market volatility and fluctuations and not movements which associate the time with the great depression. The hedge fund industry is not going away. When Soros mentions that the industry could shrink by 50% he fails to add in that most of that same capital will jump right back into other hedge funds or alternative investments ...

Hedge Fund StartupsHedge Fund Startups | Where are they?Hedge fund startups are notoriously hard to track. They often don't register with databases, comment in the press or even market their strategy until it has reached a certain length of track record. I did some research and have found that those looking for information on starting a hedge fund are still coming from all of the expected places - NYC, NJ, Chicago, Florida, California and Texas. Here is the map showing the level of interest coming from each city (click the map to view larger version):Related to Hedge Fund Startups | Where are they?:Hedge Fund Startup ToolsHedge Fund Marketing ToolsHedge Fund SeedingRaising Capital With Tenacity...

Hedge Fund StartupHedge Fund Startup ToolsDue to the number of inquiries I am currently getting from hedge fund startups and emerging hedge fund managers I will releasing a number of related interviews, example documents, marketing tips and case studies which hedge funds with less than $200M/AUM may be interested in using for their businesses. These resources will be displayed here after being published:Hedge Fund SeedingRaising Capital With TenacityHedge Fund Public RelationsHedge Fund Seed CapitalHow to Start A Hedge FundEmail Newsletter Creation ToolHedge Fund EthicsSeed Capital SourcesFinancial Advisor MarketingMarketing to Institutional Investors...