Hedge Fund Prospectus

Hedge Fund Prospectus

Prospectus.com team of securities attorneys can draft your hedge fund Prospectus for virtually any jurisdiction worldwide. We are considered to be the most efficient, most cost effective (save money) and most proficient firm  globally.

Our team can prepare and assist in the filing of all hedge fund offering paperwork with regulators and we can help to launch the fund.  Our industry leading firm specializes in hedge fund setup and document drafting for nearly all paperwork, including the prospectus, as required. We write hedge fund Prospectus Offering documents for various onshore and offshore jurisdictions and for numerous hedge fund offerings for limited partnerships (LP or LLLP), LLCs (limited liability companies, open ended and closed ended funds, UCITS and umbrella structure and more.

Our hedge fund documents conform to industry best practices and are utilized by hundreds of funds and law firms.

Some of the details of our hedge fund Prospectus and offering memorandum include the following:

* Good for  LP or LLLP Hedge Fund Prospectus

* Good for  LLC Prospectus
* Includes Hedge Fund Subscription Agreement

* Includes Hedge Fund Investor Questionnaire

 * Exemption under Section 3(c)(1) of the Act
* Includes Hedge Fund Term Sheet* Industry Standard Format* Includes updated SEC Accredited Investors Rules

Hedge Fund Definition
Hedge funds typically borrow money and reinvest the capital in both long-term and short term trading strategies, across global equities, fixed income, government securities, commodities, currencies and alternative assets (such as private equity investments). Hedge funds are normally constructed via a limited partnership structure (“LP”). Hedge funds can be domiciled onshore, such as in the United States or China, or “offshore” in Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda and various other jurisdictions. Investors in hedge funds represent a diverse profile and strategies deployed by such funds can be comprised of a various investment themes. Often the positioning of hedge funds utilizes leverage when taking on short or long positions in a respective asset class. Depending on the investment thesis or investment style, the dollar or Euro amount invested, profit margins can be high (and of course one can lose their entire investment).

Hedge Fund Structure

Often, hedge funds are most often set up as a limited partnership (usually referred to as a ‘private investment partnership’ or LP or LLP). As a private investment partnership, hedge funds are not permitted to have an unlimited amount of investors and therefore the offering (typically conducted via a Prospectus for a private placement or a private placement memorandum or offering memorandum for the hedge fund) will limit the number of investors. In order to offset the negative implications of having ‘few’ investors, the hedge fund’s Prospectus will state that it is only allowed to have investors buy in for a ‘large’ investment. Example: if a hedge fund’s  offering memorandum is seeking $100 million in capital, they may have a one million dollar minimum buy in or higher. Additionally, investing in a hedge fund also implies that the investment is illiquid, meaning redemption of capital invested comes with restrictions. This means that one’s investment can remain in the hedge for a ‘long’ period of time, such as one year, without having the ability to redeem the amount invested.

Sophisticated Investors for a Hedge Fund Private Placement

In general, hedge funds are unregulated or lightly by securities regulatory regimes, as hedge funds cater to  “sophisticated investors”.  For American investors in hedge funds, it is required the any investor be “accredited” while in Europe the term referring to sophisticated investors is “experienced investors”. Accredited investors must have a certain net worth (in the United States, the net worth standard was updated in July 2010 via the Financial Overhaul Bill approved by US Congress) while sophisticated investors must have experience and knowledge of investing. In addition to an accredited investor needing to have a certain amount of net worth, they must also possess investment knowledge.  Hedge funds ‘hedge’, which infers they utilize leverage and sometimes esoteric securities to maximize profit while reducing risk and doing this faster than, say, a mutual fund, which has a longer term view for investment. Therefore, investors must have knowledge of the general industry. Our team ensures that all hedge fund Prospectus that we draft encapsulates the notions of accredited, sophisticated or experienced investor criteria standards.

Prospectus.com’s team has years of writing and working with hedge funds from across the globe. We write investor- ready hedge fund Prospectus documents for funds seeking to offer an investment opportunity in the hedge fund world.

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Prospectus.com can help you create a tailored prospectus for your hedge fund, and conform to the rules and regulations in which you are domiciled.

The Prospectus.com team can draft your hedge fund prospectus (and private placement memorandum or offering memorandum) for virtually any jurisdiction worldwide.  We are considered to be the most efficient, cost effective and proficient firm across the globe.

A hedge fund is an investment fund that is open to a limited number and types of investor.   The hedge fund is, under law, allowed to make investments spanning a wide array of industries and products – other funds may not be allowed to do this – while paying a performance fees to its manager.

Risk and Openness

A hedge fund tries to mitigate risk and even offset possible investment losses by ‘hedging’ their investment strategies, mainly by short selling.  Hedge funds are typically open to a limited number and type of investor, such as wealthy individuals or even accredited investors.  These restrictions allow for an exemption in certain jurisdictions from the many regulations governing short selling, leveraging, fee structures, derivatives and the amount of liquidity in the investment fund.  A hedge fund often binds itself to a certain investment outlook or strategy, including the types of investments it will allocate funds with and the fund’s leverage capacity or level.  These disclosures are typically made in the hedge fund private placement offering memorandum.

Prospectus for a Hedge Fund

For issuers considering selling shares in the fund, a well-tailored prospectus is mandatory, particularly in light of the current economic conditions.  A prospectus offering document provides protection to your hedge fund and it is often required to raise capital in the public and private hedge fund markets.  A well written prospectus will tell the story of the company, from the minute details of the types of securities being offered, e.g. the various classes of shares or segregated portfolios, to the management team, the market, the risk factors and the overall business plan model of the company, among many other details.  The final part of the prospectus is reserved for the subscription agreement, which is an essential component of any prospectus as it is the contract between the issuer and the person buying the debt or equity securities.

Offshore & Onshore Hedge Funds

Our team at Prospectus.com drafts prospectus for both offshore and onshore jurisdictions, including  but not limited to:  the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and many others.

Private Placement Memorandum for a Hedge Fund

Prospectus.com also writes hedge fund private placement memorandums (PPM) for both on shore and offshore funds.

Offering Memorandum for a Hedge Fund

Prospectus.com also writes hedge fund offering memorandums (OM) for both on shore and offshore funds

Raise Capital

Although the prospectus is first and foremost a document used to raise capital, the structure and presentation of the prospectus can add value to a hedge fund’s products and services as well as the team by portraying them in a well-polished format.  A prospectus shows an investor that one is serious and has gone the extra length to ensure regulatory compliance and good business practices.  Without a formal document that outlines the company’s business plan and securities structure, it is often difficult to raise capital from any serious investor for a hedge fund.

Our team at Prospectus.com has years of experience writing prospectus for hundreds of various industries and businesses in the hedge fund world.  We work one-on-one with our clients during the prospectus drafting process and take it upon ourselves to assist our clients with their quest for growth once our services are complete.

Prospectus.com’s team has written hedge fund prospectus and business plans for both large (over $5 billion) and small investment funds.  Our team can help structure your documents to ensure regulatory adherence, attractiveness and more.