Hedge Connection Announces Management Changes: Co-founder Rob Arthurs named CEO replacing Lisa Vioni

NEW YORK, NY – February 28, 2012 – Hedge Connection, where hedge fund managers and qualified investors have come together since 2005 through private events and a web-based meeting platform, has named  co-founder Rob Arthurs as CEO. Hedge Connection will continue to offer hedge fund managers access to pre-qualified investors, an unparalleled suite of valuable [...]

CEO Lisa Vioni Contributes to Opalesque Article on Hedge Fund Marketing

Opalesque Exclusive: For hedge funds, longer due diligence periods can mean marketing through up and down performance cycles
From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: As the asset raising environment begins to ease, investors that are evaluating hedge fund managers for allocations have begun to place a much higher value on the quality of a manager’s business [...]

Morningstar Reports Hedge Fund Performance for March, Asset Flows Through February

Press release courtesy of our friends at Morningstar.
CHICAGO, April 25, 2011—Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported preliminary hedge fund performance for March 2011 as well as asset flows through February. The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index, a composite of the largest hedge funds in Morningstar’s database, rose 0.1% [...]

PerTrac Annual Hedge Fund Study Finds New Hedge Fund Launches Up 51%, Assets under Management Also Climb

New York, NY – April 20, 2011 – PerTrac, the leading provider of analytics, reporting and communications software for investment professionals, announced the release of its latest industry study,Sizing The 2010 Hedge Fund Universe: A PerTrac Study. The study indicates that the single-manager hedge fund industry recovered in 2010 with assets under management (AUM) increasing [...]

Hedge Connection Launches New Marketing Program Powered by Morningstar’s Hedge Fund Ratings and Rankings

NEW YORK, NY – April 6, 2011 – Hedge Connection, where hedge fund managers and qualified investors have come together since 2005 through private events and a web-based meeting platform, has launched a comprehensive marketing program for hedge fund managers, powered by Morningstar data and statistics.  This unique program offers an unparalleled suite of valuable [...]

PR-Launching the Global Hedge Fund Forum

We are excited to bring you the official announcement of our upcoming virtual hedge fund event. The Global Hedge Fund Forum is a one of kind event that leverages Hedge Connection’s experience in the alternative investment industry and PrecisionIR Group’s massive reach to investors.
Registration is now open to qualified investors.  Managers interested in making [...]

Always Be Marketing: February 2010 Edition

In this month’s post I continue to cover the allocations to the larger funds (be patient smaller funds, your time is coming) and the infrastructure characteristics investors look for in funds that attract the biggest/best alternative investors. I also touch on how larger funds have recently put more emphasis on their marketing/investor relations departments. If [...]

New Hedge Fund Membership Packages

Hedge Connection Launches New Hedge Fund Membership Options

Hedge Connection launches three new membership packages including dedicated Emerging Manager Launch package. IMR events now integrated with Hedge Connection as HedgeEvents.
NEW YORK, November 18, 2009 – Hedge Connection Inc. (“Hedge Connection”), the hedge fund marketing and events platform, today announces the launch of three distinct marketing packages [...]

Hedge Connection’s Capital Introduction Platforms Yield Results for New Prime Broker

Hedge Connection’s Capital Introduction Platforms Yield Results for New Prime Broker

Hedge Connection Congratulates Lighthouse Prime on Receipt of HFM Week Cap-Intro Award

NEW YORK, October 26, 2009 – Hedge Connection Inc. (“Hedge Connection”), the hedge fund marketing and events platform, today congratulates Lighthouse Prime Services for the receipt of the award for HFMWeek Best Cap-Intro [...]

Back to Basics

Alpha Magazine has published a piece by written by myself and Andrew Saunders.  Below is an excerpt.  Click the link to download the article in it’s entirety or pick up your copy of the Dec 2008/Jan 2009 issue of Alpha Magazine.
 
The traditional model of raising alternative assets relied heavily on assistance from the two pillars of [...]