Archive for 'Hedge Fund Taxation'
Election Mania: Hillary Clinton Targets Hedge Funds
As if Hedge funds don’t have enough of their plate already, they are now being adversely commented up on by US presidential hopefuls — more for media mileage than for any meaningful discussion!
There an interesting article here:
Hillary ClintonTakes Aim at Hedge Funds and Mergers & Acquisitions
According to the Political Radar blog, Hillary Clinton commented on [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2008 under Hedge Fund Investors, Hedge Fund Marketing, Hedge Fund Regulation, Hedge Fund Taxation.
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Hedge Fund Managers after New Talent
Hedge funds have an allure that attracts all financial experts who has belief in their ability and want to reach the top (while making a buck or two in the process). But then, the path to top of the tree and being a top hedge fund manager is not easy and the beginning is especially [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2008 under Hedge Fund Directory, Hedge Fund Investors, Hedge Fund Management, Hedge Fund Operations, Hedge Fund Research, Hedge Fund Salary, Hedge Fund Strategy, Hedge Fund Taxation.
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Hedge Fund Location: Bermuda vs Caymans
Hedge fund industry, irrespective of the ups and downs it has suffered recently, accounts for more than $ 2 trillion and consists of thousands of individual funds. And most of these funds are located in exotic locations that allow the fund managers to maximize the gains. To achieve this, usual base [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under Hedge Fund Management, Hedge Fund Operations, Hedge Fund Regulation, Hedge Fund Strategy, Hedge Fund Taxation.
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Hedge Fund Taxation drives Migration
Recently the latest F1 sensation from Britain, Lewis Hamilton, decided to move his base from the UK to Switzerland for tax purposes. It has been estimated that Hamilton will be able to save tens of millions that would have otherwise gone to the UK government. Now he will be able to race [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2007 under Hedge Fund Investors, Hedge Fund Operations, Hedge Fund Regulation, Hedge Fund Strategy, Hedge Fund Taxation, Hedge Fund Valuation.
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Hedge Funds vs Mutual Funds- Key Differences
This is a common question on some of the investment forums, and this post aims to clarify that. For those of you in the hedge fund industry this is obvious stuff so please just let me know if I missed something glaring.
Mutual Funds
Their performance is marked against a relevant benchmark which they try to beat [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2007 under Hedge Fund Investors, Hedge Fund Management, Hedge Fund Marketing, Hedge Fund Operations, Hedge Fund Performance, Hedge Fund Regulation, Hedge Fund Research, Hedge Fund Taxation.
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Passive Hedge Fund products now available
Many banks, especially Merrill Lynch, have been rushing to offer passive hedge fund products, aiming to tap perceived demand for lower-priced products. Most of these products are structured as index-like derivatives that trade over the counter.
And so, Stonebrook Structured Products has launched Stonebrook Alternative Beta Fund. It aims to replicate the “alternative beta” portion [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007 under Hedge Fund Directory, Hedge Fund Marketing, Hedge Fund Performance, Hedge Fund Strategy, Hedge Fund Taxation, Hedge Fund Valuation.
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