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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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 [...]

Comments from the week that was

Relevant quotes from industry leaders from last week’s Absolute Return Symposium.

Guest Post: Haunted hedge fund managers getting no sleep

Haunted hedge fund managers getting no sleep
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What keeps you up at night, and what are you doing about it?
by Bruce Frumerman, Frumerman & Nemeth Inc.

Editor Note: This week we welcome a guest post from Hedge fund communications guru and friend of the firm, Bruce Frumerman.  We welcome his insights and look forward to [...]

Hedgeworld Conference Panel Recap

Recap of Oct. 6, 2009 Hedgeworld panel on “Pitching Investors”

10 Operational Due Diligence “Dealbreakers”

Useful insights from the Hedge Fund Business Operations Association Conference held in New York last week. Operational due diligence representatives from a major investment bank platform, seeder, pension fund board member and family office shared their due diligence dealbreakers.

What not to do…

A couple recent examples of what not to do on the hedge fund marketing front.

Andrew Saunders interview with Fund Evaluation Group picked up by Institutional Investor

The second All About Alpha piece was picked up by Institutional Investor.
See coverage below.
Greg Dowling: Educating the Alternative Manager .

It’s Tough out There Update – Managers More Aggressive at Conference reports Reuters

Whether by choice or by the lack thereof, hedge fund managers are attending events to market their funds directly. They are getting in the game and focusing on this core business function only to find it more competitive then ever.

The one instance where politics and money don’t mix

How Pension Placement Agent Exploited Political Ties (Update1) – Bloomberg.com.
May 18, 2009
 
Kudos to Bloomberg to an excellent review of where we are with the placement agent model and the use of the politically connected to  make introductions.
 
- Apparently the well-connected politically – democrats mostly – have spent their time in the wilderness riding the alternative [...]