- QEP (Qualified Eligible Participant)
- Request Information on Managed Futures 16 categories
- Request Information on Hedge Funds 46 categories
- Request an online review and we’ll answer all your questions and provide supporting links for additional information and/or verification.
1) Identification and Preliminary Qualification
- BarclayHedge
- MorningStar
- TipRanks
- Institutional Investor
- Autumngold
- Qualify the potential of the sectors traded
- Qualify performance in up and down markets
- Qualify distribution of profit and loss
- Longevity of performance
- Length of drawdowns from start to recovery
- Make sure you understand the fee structure
- Qualify liquidity
2) Hedge Funds – 46 categories – 5,614 Reporting
| Convertible Arbitrage |
| Distressed Securities |
| Emerging Markets – Asia |
| Emerging Markets – Eastern Europe |
| Emerging Markets – Global |
| Emerging Markets – Latin America |
| Emerging Markets Equity – Asia |
| Emerging Markets Equity – Eastern Europe |
| Emerging Markets Equity – Global |
| Emerging Markets Equity – Latin America |
| Emerging Markets Fixed Income – Global |
| Equity – Long Bias |
| Equity – Long Only |
| Equity – Long/Short |
| Equity – Long/Short – Europe |
| Equity – Long/Short – Pacific Rim |
| Equity – Market Neutral |
| Event Driven |
| Fixed Income – Arbitrage |
| Fixed Income – Asset Backed Loans |
| Fixed Income – Asset-Backed/Insurance Linked Securities |
| Fixed Income – Convertible Bonds |
| Fixed Income – Diversified |
| Fixed Income – High Yield |
| Fixed Income – Long Only Credit |
| Fixed Income – Long Short Credit |
| Fixed Income – Mortgage Backed |
| Fund of Funds – Arbitrage |
| Fund of Funds – Distressed Securities/Event Driven |
| Fund of Funds – Diversified |
| Fund of Funds – Emerging Markets |
| Fund of Funds – Equities |
| Fund of Funds – Fixed Income |
| Fund of Funds – Less than $250M |
| Fund of Funds – Greater than $250M |
| Macro |
| Merger Arbitrage |
| Option Strategies |
| Multi-Strategy / Relative Value |
| Sector Specific – Metals & Mining |
| Sector Specific – Energy |
| Sector Specific – Farming |
| Sector Specific – Financial |
| Sector Specific – Health/Biotech |
| Sector Specific – Natural Resources |
| Sector Specific – Real Estate |
| Sector Specific – Technology |
3) Futures Trading Advisors – 16 categories – 1,191 Reporting
| FTA Programs Managing More Than $10 Million |
| FTA Programs Managing At least $1 Million But Under $10 Million |
| Agricultural Traders Managing more than $1 Million |
| Currency Traders Managing More Than $10 Million |
| Currency Traders Managing At least $1 Million But Under $10 Million |
| Discretionary Traders Managing More Than $10 Million |
| Discretionary Traders Managing At least $1 Million But Under $10 Million |
| Diversified Traders Managing More Than $10 Million |
| Diversified Traders Managing At least $1 Million But Under $10 Million |
| Financial/Metal Traders Managing More Than $10 Million |
| Financial/Metal Traders Managing At least $1 Million But Under $10 Million |
| Multi-Advisor Funds Managing more than $1 Million |
| Option Strategies Managing more than $1 Million |
| Short-Term Traders Managing more than $1 Million |
| Stock Index Traders Managing more than $1 Million |
| Systematic Traders Managing more than $1 Million |
4) Hedge Funds & Commodity Pools (transparency disclosure can be an issue)
- Top 20 Prime Brokers
- Disclosure of trading Methodology
- Top 20 Administrators
- Top 20 Hedge Fund Auditors
- What can go wrong
5) Managed Futures ( fully transparent and disclosed)
- All Accounts are required to be segregated
- Member firms
- Financial Safeguard System
- Disclosure of trading Methodology
- Positions and balance are available online at any time
- Statements are emailed daily recapping positions, liquidating value and any trading activity
- Monthly statements summarize all activity and end of month balance
- Liquidity in portion or all is 2 to 48 hours in any major currency
6) Multi Manager Asset Allocation
- Evestment (Company who bought PerTrac)
7) Stay on top of industry developments
- Hedge Fund News (Reuters)
- Hedge Fund News (Wall Street Journal)
- Institutional Investor
- HedgeWeek
- HedgeThink
- Hedge Fund Journal
- RiskNet
- Hedge Fund Insight
- Alternative Investment Research
- Alternative Investment Podcasts
8) Information Request Forms
- All Hedge Funds and CTA’s
- Only Commodity Trading Advisors 16 categories
- Only Hedge Funds 46 categories
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Asset Investment Management
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