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 [...]

Dec. 16th Investor Champagne Roundtable in New York

Attention Fund Managers: The 2009 Investor Champagne Roundtable Series is your opportunity to meet eight qualified investors in a two hour roundtable session. Our next event is December 16th at the Terrace Club in New York with a view of the Rockefeller Tree – download your invitation.
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Latest CS Tremont Hedge Fund Asset Intelligence

Latest intelligence from CS Tremont – strong peformance, assets coming in

Changing Hedge Fund Investor Base

Hedge funds attracting more institutions, fewer private investors.

- Process-driven investing, regulatory burdon, method of access all lead to a level of sophistication for direct investing or through FOFs.

Beginning of the end AND end of the beginning

Hedge Funds: More money coming in than out for the first time in a while.

Goldman says that the worst of redemptions are over

Goldman CFO calls bottom of redemptions.

Cap-intro Takes Page from Live Nation Model

HF Alert reports that Goldman Sachs is planning an all-star cap-intro event next week.  They appear to have pulled a page directly from the Live Nation concert playbook.  Instead of taking risks with smaller acts in small venues – LN prefers to book aerosmith, Madonna, Cold Play, U2 pay them well and book ginormous venues.
 
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Reuters: Your money is no(w) good here

Doing a round of spring cleaning and came across some blog posts that I had saved to publish later. If they are relevant then I will post. This one is, so I will.
 
 
Reuters Summit: New Opportunity for Would-Be Hedge Fund Investors
 
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After years of being told “no,” investors may finally [...]