How to Find the Right Hedge Fund

How to Find the Right Hedge Fund - Taking a Closer Look

Finding a suitable hedge fund on one's own is tricky, in part because of the restrictions on advertising. A good way to find a hedge fund is through advisers. If an investor wants to get into a particular fund, he or she should contact the fund and ask for the names of the hedge fund to invest in it.

Almost every fund worth investing in has investors in it. But the best way to find a hedge fund is through high-net-worth advisers who have access to fund experts and research. Note: Some advisers know their way around the hedge fund world more than others...be smart, some won't touch hedge funds because of liability fears.

Part of the value of using advisers is that they can use their influence to pry more information from fund managers than most individuals. If you are willing to take the risk yourself.

Please read as much as possible about hedge funds (A good book: Investing in Hedge Funds by Joseph G. Nicholas). Access to funds may become easier as the industry continues to subside. And while it may be possible to remove some of the mystery that surrounds hedge funds, their complexity and the HIGH stakes required may ensure that their club of investors remains one the most exclusive there is.

The situation that occurred with Madoff might steer a lot of people away...but this is still good investing. . . just have to find the right people and information. Another great company, as stated by Stacy Francis, president of Francis Financial in NYC, "because funds don't have the same transparency as mutual funds, I'm not willing to make the bet with my clients' money and my practices"

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