With just three weeks left until our 4th Annual Hedge Fund Operations & Technology Conference in New York City, preparations here at FTF are in full force. This has always been one of our largest annual conferences and this year is no different. With over 100 attendees already registered for the event, it is shaping
Compliance
The End of the EU Hedge Fund?
2011 will be remembered as the year of rules and regulations in the Financial Services Industry. Thanks to the Dodd-Frank Bill, many industry regulators will be handing down numerous sanctions this year to Wall Street and beyond. Basel III will be hitting banks, stricter debit card rules will be applied to retailers, derivatives operations and
Back-Office
Overcoming Tax Challenges for Fund of Funds
Guest Contributor: Ron Kashden, President, TKS Solutions Common wisdom holds that fund of funds ( hedge funds that invest in other hedge funds) are simpler to operate and manage than traditional funds because they don’t have the headaches of stock splits and mergers. While this may be true on the portfolio accounting side, book keeping
Buy-Side
Overcoming the Challenges of Managing Separately Managed Accounts
Guest Contributer: Joseph Amarante, Senior Vice President of Professional Services, NorthPoint Hedge fund managers often seek additional AUM by providing access to their investment strategies through the on-boarding of separately managed accounts (SMAs). In this scenario, a manager allocates assets, usually pari passu, between the fund’s internal investment vehicles and an investor’s managed account. Additionally,
Buy-Side
What is a Hedge Fund Hotel?
I was reading an article the other day on eFinancial News about hedge fund hotels and, while I’ve heard of these, I never fully understood what they were and how they worked. Turns out, a hedge fund hotel is simply just that – a hotel that offers high-end office space where traders can go to
Back-Office
Post-Crisis Rebound & Hedge Fund Staffing
We’ve recently released the agenda for our upcoming 4th Annual Hedge Fund Operations & Technology Conference, which is scheduled to take place in NYC this April. One of the sessions added to the agenda this year is titled “Post-Crisis: Staffing your Hedge Fund Operations Team.” We felt this was an important topic to discuss because,
Cloud
Wrap-Up of 2011 Financial Services and Technology Predictions
It seems we have been inundated recently with news stories and blogs on what’s to come in 2011. A number of individuals and companies are coming out with their predications and Top 10 lists for what to expect in the New Year. To make it a little easier and more manageable for everyone, we compiled
Back-Office
Financial Technologies Forum: The Year Ahead
Well, I have to admit, as much as I love the Holidays and our company-wide break between 2011Christmas and New Year’s (I know, aren’t I a good boss?), it’s good to be back at work and back to a routine. There are lots of exciting things in store for FTF this year and the team
Hedge Funds
Want to Start a Hedge Fund? Consider Asia
If you want to start a hedge fund, there are a lot of decisions to take into consideration. Aside from the points we cover in our How to Launch a Hedge Fund seminar, where you start your hedge fund also tops the list. According to HedgeTracker.com’s list of “Top Hedge Fund Firm Launches of 2010”(and
Conference and Event Planning
E-Learning vs. Live Meetings – Where’s the Industry Headed?
Are on-line trainings the future of the events industry? I don’t know about you, but in the past year I feel my inbox has been inundated with offers to view webinars or partake in e-learning courses. Even here at FTF we have been getting far more inquiries from clients about our webinar services and we
