02 JulPrivate Equity Directory

Private Equity Directory

Directory List of Private Equity Firms

private equity directory

Part of our team runs the largest private equity networking association in the industry and they just finished updating Version 2.1 of our Private Equity Directory.  This resource was created after our team received dozens of emails from industry professionals looking for lists of private equity firms, digital family office databases, and excel-based family office directories.

This Private Equity Directory is Excel-based and provides full contact details of private equity firms including the following information:

  • Contact names
  • Job titles
  • Phone numbers
  • Email addresses
  • Physical addresses
  • Website URLs.

If you are interested in learning more about this resource, getting a sample of our private equity directory or contacting the creators please see Private Equity Directory.com. You may also navigate this same site by following one of the links below:

This directory is updated twice a year and when you purchase a copy of it you will get free updates to it for a period of 12 months after your purchase.

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01 JunRichard Wilson’s New Book Released

Today I’m announcing some exciting news, a book I wrote for was released earlier today. This book is called “The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Professionals and Capital Raising Executives.”

Within this book you gain access to these three things:

  • Transcripts of over 20 interviews conducted with hedge fund veterans, resulting in over $80,000 worth of advice is offered within this book
  • Over 30 Video Modules integrated into the context of the book, view these videos for free online using the URLs provided within the book
  • Over 100 pages of additional pages of my own hedge fund industry insights, capital raising advice, career tips, and more.

To further review or purchase the book shown above please visit Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Borders.

This book was written by sitting down with and contacting over 30 hedge fund veterans and then using the transcripts of the 20 most valuable interviews and my own research and insights to create a hedge fund training manual.  This book will soon become required reading for the Certified Hedge Fund Professional (CHP) Designation Program, and it includes many additional resources that can be found on HedgeFundTraining.com at no additional cost.

What You Get Inside of This Book:

  • Direct stories, insights, advice, and practical strategies from over 20 hedge fund veterans
  • How hedge funds are adapting their internal governance, operational, and institutional investment processes to adapt to investor demands for ever increasing institutionalized hedge fund managers
  • How to raise more capital without spending any more money on marketing and sales
  • How to quickly speed up your hedge fund career, gain more responsibility, and grow your specialized hedge fund knowledge faster than anyone else around you
  • The top 4 trends affecting the hedge fund industry today, and why those trends will continue on for some time to come

This book was written after HedgeFundBlogger.com became a top 2 website on hedge funds and because my Hedge Fund E-Book has been downloaded close to 100,000 times to date. Without your support neither of these things could have happened, so thank you for visiting my blog.

Thanks to everyone in advance who purchases this books and can leave a review for me on Amazon.com.  If you are a blogger or journalist and would like to review a copy of the book please let me know.

Thanks for grabbing your copy.

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23 May4 Capital Raising Secrets

There are many aspects of capital raising which are counter-intuitive.  These tend to involved lessons learned the hard way, over time that eventually gives managers who have moved up the learning curve of raising capital a distinct advantage.

Here are the Top 4 Capital Raising Secrets I have experienced and noticed first hand that many $100M-$300M hedge funds are still picking up as they grow.

  • Daily Action is How Capital is Raised: It may seem overly simplistic but many capital raisers or fund principals focus either on very short-term results or only on capital raised and not on daily progress.  Your CRM system can easily produce tangible investor pipeline development reports which can track exactly how many tangible physical actions were taken every day towards raising capital.  This has to be part of what you consider evidence that capital raising efforts are well underway.  Focusing only on capital brought in leads to un-managed expectations and hire turnover with both third party marketers and in-house marketers.
  • Moving up the Capital Raising Learning Curve Quickly is a Competitive Advantage:  How well trained is your team? The average hedge fund spends less than 2 days a year, or less than $1,000 per employee on training, yet a huge multiple of this sum of money on marketing materials, overhead and infrastructure.  What if your team was trained to raise capital 3x more than your competition? What if you could work 20% more efficiently and got 20% more accomplished every single day? That would lead your firm on a path to raising an exponentially higher amount of capital than others because you would more quickly be able to experiment and move up the learning curve on how to raise a lot of capital for your fund. Which leads to the next secret of capital raising:
  • Speed of Implementation: This is something I covered in details during my last in-depth hedge fund marketing seminar called Hedge Fund Marketing Mechanics.  The faster you move forward, experiment, test, learn, re-adjust and try more capital raising plans the faster you can adapt.  The saying goes the most successful plants and animals on earth long-term are not the fastest or strongest, they are the most adaptive.  This is something I remind myself of every day in our own business and when consulting with hedge funds on capital raising plans.
  • Choosing the right investor channel is key and 5 minutes of planning can save you 5 weeks of experimentation and painful cold calling to the wrong investors.  I have learned this the hard way, trust me it is always best to research exactly which channels of investors and in which geographical regions are going to be most interested before trying to reach out to everyone you can.  This may seem obvious to $10M+ hedge funds but as you hire third party marketers, train new professionals on your team, and delegate it needs to be passed on to everyone. Every team has limited resources so where you spend those each and every day is one of the most important decisions you can make.

23 AprNYC Hedge Fund Marketing Seminar

NYC Hedge Fund Marketing Seminar

The Hedge Fund Group is hosting a NYC Hedge Fund Marketing Seminar and Boston Hedge Fund Networking Event on Tuesday May 4th and Thursday 6th, 2010. To learn more about the Boston event please click here. To learn more about the NYC event please read below:
The Hedge Fund Group and TradeStation Prime Services are teaming up to offer a half day Hedge Fund Marketing Seminar on Tuesday May 4th, 2010 from 8AM to 1PM EST.  This seminar will include breakfast, four introductory speeches lasting for 15-30 minutes each, a coffee break, and then a two hour hedge fund marketing training session taught by Richard Wilson.
What You Will Get At This Hedge Fund Marketing Seminar:
  • How to create Hedge Fund Marketing Feedback Systems so you are not “flying blind” while raising capital and reporting results to fund principals and stakeholders
  • Persuasive email and marketing material writing for capital raising
  • Direct advice from multiple capital introduction professionals who have raised over $200M in capital for their clients
  • Leveraging scientifically backed methods of influence and persuasion into every day hedge fund marketer and third party marketing activities
What: Half Day Hedge Fund Marketing Training Seminar including 5 speakers.
Where:  Crosby Hotel (Address Below)
79 Crosby Street
New York, NY 10012
When: Tuesday May 4th.  The event will run from 8AM until 1PM EST
Cost: $175 (Includes breakfast + 5 Speakers)

This event location has 100 seats and to date 40 of these seats have already been filled. As of today on April 23rd, 2010 we have 60 seats left available for this seminar.  To register for one of these 60 spaces left available at the event please pay via credit card online by clicking here or complete our Fax Registration Form and submit this form to our team.

If you don’t believe that you get over $175 worth of value at this event we will give you 100% of your money back.  We are sure you will benefit from the practical tips and strategies that you can take away from this event and immediately implement to raise more capital.

If you have any questions please email me directly at Richard@HedgeFundGroup.org.


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23 AprBoston Hedge Fund Event On May 6th

Boston Hedge Fund Event On May 6th


We are now offering events in both New York City on Tuesday May 4th and Boston on Thursday May 6th. For the NYC event please click here. For details on the Boston event please see below.

The Hedge Fund Group is offering a hedge fund networking event at the Harvard Club in downtown Boston on Thursday May 6th, 2010. The event will have a $0 entry fee and last from 5:30-7:30PM.  Appetizers will be included at the event along with a cash bar.  This event is being sponsored by Armor Compliance, Armor Law Group, and TradeStation Prime Services.

At the beginning of the event we will have 2 short 20 minutes talks on Hedge Fund Marketing Feedback Systems by Richard Wilson Founder of the Hedge Fund Group, and the growing role of Chief Compliance Officers within the current regulatory environment by Douglas MacLean, CEO of Armor Compliance.  After these two talks we will have open networking for the remaining 1 hour and 20 minutes.  After the event interested participants may all go across the street to a restaurant or bar for further networking if there is interest.


What: Free to attend networking event for hedge fund principals, employees, marketers and investors.

Where:  Harvard Club (see address below)

One Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110

When: Thursday May 6th, 2010 from 5:30-7:30PM EST

If you would like to attend this event please make sure and RSVP below. There are only 60 spaces available for this event and traditionally we have 80-100 professionals attending these types of networking events.

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02 AprFamily Offices

Family Offices

The Family Offices Group successfully acquired the domain name FamilyOffices.com and will now be offering their Family Offices Database and Family Office Report through this website.

The Family Office Report is a free PDF E-Book on family offices published by the Family Offices Group each year.  This report focuses on family office trends, capital raising tips, and challenges facing the family office industry.  Download it now by visiting the free family office book page of FamilyOffices.com

The Family Offices Database contains 700 unique listings of single and multi-family offices.  If you are reaching out to or marketing to family offices this resource will save your team hundreds of hours of research and networking hours in obtaining these same valuable contact details. To view a video overview of this resource please click here, otherwise please see http://FamilyOffices.com for more information.

Next time you need to gain information on family offices please keep the Family Offices Group and FamilyOffices.com in mind. We are committed long-term to provide a lot of value within this community.



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10 MarStart A Hedge Fund

Start A Hedge Fund

Concise Guide on How to Start a Hedge Fund

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I have advised and worked with over 400 hedge fund startups of all different strategies and geographical locations and we have identified capital raising strategies, best practices, and the most common mistakes made by emerging hedge fund managers.

We have captured our consulting advice and over 100 hedge fund startup lessons within our e-book, “Start A Hedge Fund Now.”

Within This Book You Will Receive:

  • An open transcript of an interview with an established hedge fund manager who provides advice on what he learned while launching his hedge fund
  • A detailed break-down of the types of service proivders and business parnters you will need to work with within your hedge fund business
  • Direct capital raising consulting advice on how to raise capital for a new hedge fund business
  • The Top 10 Common $10,000 mistakes often made every day by new hedge funds and our advice on how to avoid these mistakes
  • A guide to writing your hedge fund business plan
  • Strategies on how to upgrade the pedigree, credentials, and education of your team
  • 17 direct lessons from successful fast growing hedge fund businesses that you can use within your new hedge fund

This E-Book PDF Also Provides You With:

  • Guides to understanding, interviewing, and selecting prime brokers, incubation programs, administrators, third party marketers, formation attorneys, and compliance consultants
  • Dense and Concise 35 pages of pure hedge fund startup advice that won’t take you all year to read and put to use
  • Email marketing best practices to employ while speaking to potential investors
  • Why many hedge fund marketing tactics waste time and money and a breakdown on what these top 10 capital raising mistakes are so you may avoid them in your business
  • Section-by-Section instructions and tips for creating your PowerPoint pitch book that is expected or required to raise capital from every type of investor


To purchase this e-book which represents around $3,000 worth of hedge fund startup consulting advice for $17 please visit StartAHedgeFundNow.com

Testimonials:

Kenneth Nodes, President of HillStone Capital Managment, LLC “Thanks for letting me read your e-book. The information was both timely and useful. We are in the process of setting our new fund and where able to plainly see the areas that we needed to focus more attention on. This book is both straight forward and pertinent to anyone looking to setup a fund.”


Robert Donnelly, Managing Partner of JDS Global Partners, LLC “Start a Hedge Fund Now is an incredible value, well worth the money, and the time. I have spent hours upon hours reading material on starting a hedge fund. This book took me less than an hour to read, and got 10 times the value compared to other sources. Richard Wilson truly knows about the challenges and mistakes that are made starting a hedge fund, and has provided an incredibly valuable guide to being successful.”


Anmol Chattha, Trader, “This book should be required reading for everyone from the start up hedge fund manager to the experienced hedge fund veteran. The information is presented in a very condensed and detailed manner with multiple insider perspectives on the industry.”


Douglas MacLean, Armor Compliance“Great insight into various facets of the hedge fund industry. Provides helpful guidance to start-up managers about how to operate and not operate their hedge funds.


Ron Jacob, Managing Partner of JDS Global Partners, LLC “this is a must read for any entrepreneur looking to get started in the world of hedge funds. The information you provided was invaluable and something most people only learn through mistakes. Thanks for steering us in the right direction!”


Note: Above are quotes from professionals who have read our e-book over the past few months. Please note that the first six professionals listed were sent a free copy of the e-book to review but were not compensated in any way or rewarded for providing us with positive feedback. All testimonials may be verified or certified by any part by emailing us at team@hedgefundstartupkit.com.

To buy this e-book for $17 please visit http://StartAHedgeFundNow.com

21 FebHedge Fund Job Training

Hedge Fund Job Training

The CHP Designation provides 100% online-based hedge fund job and employee training to professionals around the world. Our participants have included students, hedge fund principals, traders, lawyers, compliance experts, and professors.

The #1 difference we are experiencing within the Certified Hedge Fund Professional (CHP) Designation in 2010 is further sponsorship of employers for their teams to complete our program, and an increase in the number of traders who are completing our program to improve their hedge fund specific knowledge base.

If you are looking for a hedge fund job, or are within the first 5-7 years of your career completing the CHP Designation may help you give an edge over others.  If all else is held equal in terms of education and experience why wouldn’t an employer want to hire the person who has invested their time in completing a 2 level hedge fund training and certification program?

To learn more about the job training, placement services, and training benefits of completing the CHP Designation please visit the link below

To learn more visit http://HedgeFundCertification.com/Training.html

As of today there are 139 of the 300 spots within the program left available.

- Richard

HedgeFundsCareer.com

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01 FebHedge Fund Business Partners

Hedge Fund Business Partners

The video below discusses the importance of hedge fund business partners and service providers to the success of a hedge fund business.

27 JanInstitutionalization & Transparency

Institutionalization & Transparency

Here is a short video on institutionalization and the importance of transparency for hedge fund managers.