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Hedge Funds Go Mainstream: Is It Time for Service Providers to Pop the Cork?

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: TowerGroup
Published: August 2005
Product Code: R301-894
Description
This TowerGroup Research Note examines the changing world of hedge funds and looks at the implications of this changing environment for the institutions that service hedge funds, in particular prime brokers and fund administrators.
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TowerGroup Take-Aways




Report Coverage




Vision


Exhibit 1: Growth in Hedge Fund Assets and Number of Hedge Funds (1999-2008E)




Background


Exhibit 2: Hedge Funds Have Outperformed the S&P 500 Index and Achieved a Low Beta (1994-2005)

Exhibit 3: The Top 15 Global Hedge Fund Managers (2005)


Servicing the Hedge Funds


Exhibit 4: Hedge Fund Management: Roles and Responsibilities (2005)

Exhibit 5: Managing Multiple Providers in the Hedge Fund Business: Automating the Information Flow (2005)


The Prime Broker's Role

The Top Prime Brokers


Exhibit 6: Top 10 Global Prime Brokers by Single Hedge Fund Assets Under Management (2005)


The Fund Administrator's Role

The Top Fund Administrators


Exhibit 7: Top 15 Global Hedge Fund Administrators by Assets Under Management (2005)




Drivers

Hedge Funds Go Retail

Growth in Institutional Allocations to Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds' Use of Multiple Prime Brokers

Regulation of Hedge Funds

The Result: Transparency




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