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BarCaps Study shows marketing & communication spend up

Written by Lawrie Chandler

Barclays Capital has published a study showing more investment in marketing and communications. The Report noted that managers see a heightened need for dedicated relationship building with investors and more due diligence before any commitment of new funds. Key trends include additions to marketing personnel and better asset gathering techniques.

Marketing and IR are now important functions for alternative fund managers. Additionally sales processes are changing. The old ways are now old fashioned.

Thought leadership event past of Aternative Decisions “THOUGHT LEADERS SERIES" for 2010.
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Best practise on Investor Communication from AIMA, HFSB, IOSCO, MFA and the Asset Managers’ Committee of the US PWG

Written by Lawrie Chandler
Monday, 26 October 2009 22:45
Reading the Hedge Fund Matrix website there are some key lessons and guidance to improve investor communication. Here is a extract from their website and our analysis.
Best practise for investor communications

Be a Thought Leader in UCITS

More hedgies are launching UCITS III funds. Alternative Decisions is surveying investment professionals to discover opinions and highlight risks in the current euphoria. Make your views known.
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Advice for managers marketing UCITS III funds

Written by Lawrie Chandler
Sunday, 18 October 2009 21:36
UCITS III may sound like another impenetrable and needless directive from Brussels, however, it has given a new lease of life to fund managers following the financial crisis. Many fund managers are now launching absolute return funds using powers available in the UCITS directive. How should fund managers' familiar with marketing unregulated funds approach the marketing of UCITS III products?
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