Monthly Archives: June 2011

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Get a Free Autographed Bookplate for your copy of ‘The Fund’

 

If you’ve read my book ‘The Fund’ and want to receive a personalized bookplate in the mail, just please do the following:

1. Go to my website’s contact form (http://htnarea.com/contact), enter your name/email, and select “About The Book” from the pull-down menu.

2. In the message portion of the contact form, include your mailing address and any personalization you would like me to add.

You’ll receive your personal bookplate in the mail.

Thanks for reading ‘The Fund’!

 

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The Week Ahead in Europe…

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‘The Fund’ – A Book Club Review

This book was intense. Non-stop action and a thrill to read. I was skeptical at first because this is not my usual genre, but I found this book very entertaining and a definite page-turner. I would definitely recommend this to the ones that enjoy this genre, you should definitely read this book!

-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club

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Marc Chandler on Derivatives

 

“There is lack of transparency and visibility in these products, and that increases the risk,” said Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, a boutique banking firm in New York.

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Airbus Vision of the Future – Cool!

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Wisdom For The New Hedge Fund Manager

HedgeFund.net

by Paula Schaap , Editor
Published:June 22, 2011

 

After managing a friends and family portfolio for several years, handling the ups and downs of the market and attracting more accredited investors, the fledging hedge fund firm has grown to the point where it is ready to make the bid to attract institutional investment.

But it’s a tough and competitive world out there. New hedge fund launches are up to the highest levels since before the financial crisis.

 

George Lucaci, senior managing director at brokerage firm Direct Access Partners, says that the preparation for a hedge fund’s first visit to an institutional investor has to start well in advance of the meeting.

 

“You get one chance,” Lucaci tells HedgeFund.net. That impression is critical because you have to get to the next meeting.”

 

A small fund has to commit to infrastructure, Lucaci says, “meaning all the operational integrity that an institutional investor needs.”

 

What’s more, he says, institutional investors want to see that founders have significant skin in the game; as much as 50% might be needed to make the investor feel comfortable with the new firm.

 

Pedigree is also key and, in that area, the competition is looking more daunting than ever.

 

Not only are there are a plethora of new launches, but many of those who are starting up these days have worthy pedigrees as the biggest Wall Street firms close down their proprietary trading desks in anticipation of new regulations.

 

“I think it’s more important who the manager is than if you have $30 million to $40 million. If the pedigree is right and you have the right background for the strategy, then you can’t say ‘you’re too small,’” Lucaci says.

 

But above all else, Lucaci wants to see hedge fund managers be able to articulate what it is that truly differentiates their strategy from all the other funds out there.

 

“Be able to say, almost professorially,” he says, “exactly how you create your alpha and how you manage your alpha. And do it in a way that you’re actually teaching your investor enough so that he can, in turn articulate, it to his or her investment committee.”

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JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon seen stumbling, per WSJ

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H.T. Narea Interviewed on South-South News at the UN

I recently visited the United Nations in New York City to speak with their correspondent, Alan Capper.  Below is the link to the video of that interview.

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Newest Bestselling Fiction Titles at Atlanta Libraries

The Fund (H.T. Narea) – A young American intelligence agent stumbles onto evidence of a gigantic financial plot against the U.S.

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A Fun Genre: Financial Thrillers

Here’s a list from William Saur of his favorite Financial Thrillers — or “Fi-Fi” for Financial Fiction as the creator of the genre Paul Erdman used to say — and my book, The Fund is included!

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