With the residential real estate market on tenuous footing, institutional and qualified private investors saw the first quarter as an opportunity to evaluate funds focused on residential properties. Of the 125 investors that have active mandates in this space, 65% … Continue reading
It’d be nice to be able to tell recently launched hedge funds that raising the first $100 million or $200 million will be easy. However, the current environment for raising funds is anything but. The due diligence ringer that investors … Continue reading
From April 1 through June 9, 2009, BHA collected 135 mandates for funds of hedge funds. Remarkably, that is the same number we collected this year during the same time frame. Although the number of mandates have stayed the same, … Continue reading
During the first five and a half months of the year, investor interest in hedge funds focused on Asia has increased when compared with the same period a year ago. To date, the BHA research team has collected 232 mandates … Continue reading
BHA analysts often receive specific search requests from investors that are looking for fund managers. Many investors want funds not only to be a specific type but also to meet certain conditions and criteria before they will kick the research … Continue reading
Since January concluded, many investors and fund managers alike have been anxiously anticipating results from the first month of the year. Over the past week, many funds and indexes have tallied their month-end numbers, and it appears global macro fund … Continue reading
An effective e-mail marketing campaign can help fund marketers identify prospects, introduce funds to investors, improve road trips, and eventually secure allocations. Increasingly, investors have mentioned to BHA analysts that they often prefer fund managers to make initial contact via … Continue reading
As we enter the second quarter, liquidity remains one of the most important fund characteristics being sought by investors in 2009. However, investors also are seeking alpha and, therefore, certain less-liquid strategies are proving popular. One of these is asset … Continue reading
The debate over the viability of funds of hedge funds, while always in existence, seems to have picked up fervor in the wake of the Bernie Madoff scandal. The due diligence by funds of funds’ managers was at the very … Continue reading
Funds of hedge funds are at an important crossroads in the current market. In 2009, more than 70 percent of investors interested in funds of hedge funds mentioned an interest in multi-strategy-focused funds. While some investors remain interested in single-strategy-focused … Continue reading