The small guys’ magnifying mirror

HedgeFund.Net published yesterday a very interesting article about the challenge for small hedge fund managers in implementing "institutional" like operational best practices.

The article covers a lot of subject including investors due diligence, oversight of service providers, compliance, systems, competencies …

The "institutionalization" of the hedge fund industry is certainly good news for investors. However, this trend has its setback as witnessed by the opening by the FSA of an investigation on Gartmore on what it looks like an internal control overreach.

Devi's Corner: 'Institutional' When AUM is Less Than $500M
by Devi Koya, Baker & McKenzie LLP , June 3, 2010
The buzzword when investors are conducting due diligence on a hedge fund today is "Institutional." ….
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