Guest Contributors

There is almost a complete lack of focus on a marketing strategy to take advantage of last year's JOBS ACT. The end of the eight-decade-old marketing ban—the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to vote on the proposal tomorrow—will change this and give hedge funds an opportunity to dramatically change the relative position of their brands within the industry.

As hedge funds have matured as an alternative asset class their very success or perceived lack of success is creating confusion for some investors. Tim Ng, managing director of Clearbrook Global Advisors, explains that this issue is more important than ever before due to the changing landscape of hedge fund investing that has shifted from predominantly an asset class filled with high net worth investors, to now being dominated by major institutional investors.

This is an optimal time to invest in distressed debt, specifically, through the product tanker market, writes investment industry veteran Vladimir Jelisavcic. In this guest article, the co-founder of Longacre Fund Management, who last year founded Bowery Investment Management, explains why.

SEC and CFTC regulations have become the catalyst for fund managers to re-evaluate their data management and reporting capabilities from the bottom up.  Gurvinder Singh, CEO of Indus Valley Partners, shares his expertise on how to create a roadmap for tackling these new requirements.

Fund administration firm SEI recently released its sixth annual survey of institutional hedge fund investors, which addresses what it takes to succeed in the hedge fund business today. Marketing and communications expert Bruce Frumerman delves into the survey's findings and explains how hedge fund managers can utilize them to build upon their own marketing strategies and greatly increase their chances of success.

Jan ViebigIn recent times, diversifying a portfolio by means of hedge fund strategies has gained a lot of momentum amongst institutional investors, and we believe this tactic it is a good alternative to the more common practice of diversifying by asset classes, writes Jan Viebig, CEO of Harcourt Investment Consulting. 

Louie NguyenIn 2006, with waves of foreign capital rushing in, virtually all investments were lifted in Vietnam. But according to Louie Nguyen, CIO, Soledad Investment Management, those days are over. Going forward Vietnam will be an intelligent investor's market.

Anne-Gaelle PouilleAccording to PAAMCO's Anne-Gaelle Pouille, investors had plenty to be anxious about in 2012, and because of a similar environment, we are likely to see more of the same in 2013.

According to Altius Associates, the U.S. buyout market faces a challenging environment of rising purchase price multiples for high quality companies, while in Europe, GPs have innovatively found sources of capital amongst sovereign wealth funds and public fund managers willing to bridge the pre-IPO gap.

In this piece the advisory and management firm outlines the 10 challenges it sees for the private equity sector in 2013.

Don SteinbruggeThe hedge fund industry will set a new record for assets in 2013 despite the lackluster investment performance for the industry over the past two years, according to Agecroft Partners.