Hedge Fund Disclosure Documents Line By Line

Managers and sponsors of hedge funds and funds of funds commission the creation of disclosure documents to explain their products and minimize their personal risk exposure. These disclosure documents can be descriptive, but often end up being dense and opaque. Industry convention and the anti-fraud provisions of the securities laws govern how these documents are prepared. The more opaque the disclosure document is, the less likely the disclosure document will adequately describe the plan, the purposes, and the risks of investment, and accomplish the legal objective of true, complete, and accurate disclosure. Recent market retrenchment, beginning with the credit crisis in 2008, tested hedge fund disclosures like no time in the recent past.This second edition of Hedge Fund Disclosure Documents Line by Line capitalizes on this recent economic trauma by rewriting and expanding the fund disclosure to address modern hedge fund risks, while at the same time providing the user with a useful guide to the intricacies of the issues presented by the contemporary investment environment.

Tighten due diligence procedures for more successful hedge fundinvestment Practical Operational Due Diligence on Hedge Funds is anencyclopaedic, comprehensive reference, written from theperspective of an experienced practitioner. Accompanied by a usefularchive of factual material on different hedge fund issues,including failures, fines, and closures, this book focuses on theareas due diligence professionals should address, and explains whythey're important. Extensive discussion of publicised casesidentifies the manager entities and actual fund vehicles involved,and provides commentary on what could have been done differently ineach case, backed by actual regulatory materials, such as SECcomplaints, that recreate the events that took place. Readers gaina deeper understanding of the many facets of due diligence and themany possible pitfalls, learning how standardise processes andavoid major errors and oversights. The amount of money managed by hedge funds has almost doubledfrom the $1 trillion under management at the time of the financialcrisis. Hedge funds can be extremely risky, but can be extremelyprofitable — as money increasingly flows back in, duediligence on these alternative investments becomes more and morecritical. This book provides complete guidance toward the duediligence process, with plentiful real-world examples. Identify the areas of due diligence and what can go wrong Create procedures and checklists to minimise errors Learn what publicised cases could have done differently Gain a deeper understanding of massive failures andsuccesses Proper due diligence can be a massive undertaking, butthoroughness is essential when the price of failure is so high.Practical Operational Due Diligence on Hedge Funds providesthe details professionals need to be on point every time.

This authoritative resource surveys federal securities laws and rules applicable to the organization, capitalization and operations of private U.S. domestic investment partnerships that invest and trade mainly in the public securities markets. Includes a detailed index.

Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage. Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company. Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand.

Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers explores the ever-changing and dynamic hedge fund-prime broker relationship through the use of a panel comprising of some of the world's experts in investment, law and regulation.