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There are over 360 hedge funds in California. You can find a list of hedge funds in CA at www.BAHedgeJobs.com Basically intended for job-seekers, but gives contact information for most hedge funds in CA including Los Angeles hedge funds and San Francisco hedge funds.
Here are a couple lists of the top 100 hedge funds and top 50 hedge funds in the US.
The certainly can invest in off-shore hedge funds. There are some restriction for individuals to invest in off-shore hedge funds, though, but hedge fund entities certainly can. Off-shore hedge funds offer certain tax advantages to overseas investors, as well as endowment funds, and non-profit organizations. Individual Americans, must declare their earnings from off-shore hedge funds so in that regard they are not better of than investing in on-shore hedge funds.
The best way to get a job at a hedge fund is having some experience working at the most prominent investment banks on Wall Street. Besides that asset management experience would be very useful regardless of the place in which this experience was obtained. Having worked in exchanges, in the legal offices and other service providers that help hedge funds operate would also be useful as some hedge funds grow, they can transfer those function to be done internally. Also, hedge funds hire people from the regulatory side such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Fed, as they also provide expertise that is useful to them.
Philip Coggan has written: 'Guide to Hedge Funds' 'Guide to hedge funds' -- subject(s): Hedge funds 'Easy Money'
There are many hedge funds there especially those of the global macro variety.
Mutual funds are only different from hedge funds in that they are purchased completely up front whereas hedge funds are paid for over time.
A hedge is an investment designed to minimize potential losses. Hedges can include stocks, energy, precious metals, and more. Hedge funds are very flexible, offer money borrowing options, minimize regulation, and more. Forex hedge funds are hedge funds managed through the Forex company.
Hedge funds are not mutual funds as hedge funds cannot be sold to the general public
It is a fund that invests in a portfolio of hedge funds.
Hedge funds are investments made as a companion to more risky endeavors in order to prevent devastating loss for the investor. FOREX often refers to foreign exchange, so forex hedge funds would likely be about hedge funds in international trade.