Hedge Funds Using Technology to Control Access to Fund Data

With declining performance, the pendulum of bargaining power has swung back in favor of investors.  Investors have demanded more information, and hedge fund managers have obliged.  However, as proprietary information has been leaked to the press and possibly competing fund managers, managers have been looking for ways to restrict the circulation of such information while still satisfying investor demands for the data.   Just as technology has created a wider range of issues relating to information management, it has also provided solutions.  In particular, digital rights management programs enable fund managers to restrict the circulation of and control access to fund information.  We explain the relevant technology, costs and its interaction with hedge fund compliance functions.

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