When setting up a hedge fund, choosing an organizational and legal structure will later define its line of work. In terms of legal structure, hedge funds can fall within different jurisdictions ...

Private equity firms have in reality very similar fee structures as hedge funds. The 2/20 fee structure is there, however, depending on the firm, it can be lower, often reaching 1/10.

Many hedge fund strategies are launching as ETFs, but investors need to do their homework to make sure the investments are ...

Earlier this year a hedge fund structured two trades worth $642 million, the kinds of which have not been seen since the 2008 crisis. It sold insurance to two U.S. lenders against losses on a loan ...

The IRC Section 409A regulation will require hedge fund managers to pay tax on compensation deferred offshore to the extent that they do not comply, along with a 20% penalty and interest. For some ...

New York-based Belstar Group will open its multi-strategy, multi-advisor Belstar Multi-Advisor Hedge Fund (onshore) and Belstar Multi-Advisor 2x Hedge Fund (offshore) to investors Feb. 1, 2006.

BVI Professional Fund The British Virgin Islands (BVI) offers multiple different regulated fund types, including the Professional Fund structure, which is popular among sophisticated investors. As ...

Under a common 2%/20% hedge fund structure, on the other hand, the annual return figure for BHF would have been only 14.9%.