Interview with HedgePort Associates’ CEO Andrew Springer on the New Firm’s Operational and Marketing Services for Startup Hedge Fund Managers

Although the hedge fund industry continues to recover from a year of unprecedented underperformance and record redemptions, and is still reeling from an economic recession, opportunities remain for startup hedge funds.  A new firm, HedgePort Associates, has been established to provide operational, regulatory and marketing services to hedge fund managers as they start and grow their businesses.  Andrew Springer is the founder and CEO of HedgePort Associates; he also founded hedge fund operations consulting firm Resolve Inc.  The Hedge Fund Law Report spoke with Springer about HedgePort and the services the firm provides.  The full transcript of that interview is included in this issue of the Hedge Fund Law Report, and covers topics including: the market for startup hedge funds; whether and how certain operational functions can be outsourced; where liability resides in the event of a compliance violation if compliance functions are outsourced; the difference between track records compiled at hedge funds and on proprietary trading desks; HedgePort’s compensation structure; wind-down services offered by HedgePort; the SEC’s new pay to play rules; structuring matters; and more.

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