Matthew Feargrieve blog

Welcome to the Matthew Feargrieve blog. Matthew Feargrieve provides fund managers with all of the key documentation required by their investment funds, including the prospectus and offering documents, sub-fund supplements, Key Information sheets, the fund's constitutional documents, investment management and advisory agreements, and investor side letters. What is insider trading? Insider trading is a term you’ve probably heard before. It’s associated with illegal...

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The Woodford Equity Income Fund ("WEIF") was placed into liquidation in October 2019, after having suspended redemptions in June. The fund had been managed since its 2014 inception by Neil Woodford, an investment manager widely credited with "star" status following a successful career in the City. Fast-forward five years and Woodford's funds are in wind-down, Woodford is removed as the manager, and his...

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The Woodford Equity Income Fund ("WEIF") was placed into liquidation in October 2019, after having suspended redemptions in June. The fund had been managed since its 2014 inception by Neil Woodford, an investment manager widely credited with "star" status following a successful career in the City. Fast-forward five years and Woodford's funds are in wind-down, Woodford is removed as the manager, and his...

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Within a delegated mandate, a customized investment strategy is developed for each plan, with various implementation options available to plan sponsors. An investment strategy can be implemented in different ways. We look at this from three perspectives: The choice between pooled funds and customized implementation Liability hedging implementation Accessing diversity Historically, investments in specialist mandates, particularly in hedge funds and private markets, were...

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Matthew Feargrieve tips for a new hedge fund manager  If you are looking to expand your startup hedge fund business and tips from leading hedge fund manager and experts, read on. Hedge fund manager work revolves around unusual, innovative methods to yield uncommon results. It is also about sustaining the business during a crisis. Learn all about the interesting hedge fund management tips...

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What Is a Hedge Fund?  Hedge funds are alternative investments using pooled funds that employ different strategies to earn active return, or alpha, for their investors. It is important to note that hedge funds are generally only accessible to accredited investors. One aspect that has set the hedge fund industry apart is the fact that hedge funds face less regulation than mutual funds...

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 Hedge Fund Owner Mark Mobius Says Gold Is Going Up In the whole world, there is not enough gold to fill two Olympic sized swimming pools. It is one of the rarest and sought after commodities that exist. Gold’s drop from last week’s six-year high is attracting some bargain hunters, but one hedge fund manager is advising investors to ignore the price and...

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About Matthew Feargrieve Matthew Feargrieve is an investment funds lawyer with more than twenty years' experience of advising managers of investment funds operating in the leading jurisdictions of the United Kingdom,  Luxembourg, Ireland and the Cayman Islands. He is qualified as a financial services lawyer in the UK, and as a commercial lawyer in the Cayman Islands and the Eastern Caribbean. He is...

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Matthew Feargrieve is an investment funds lawyer with more than twenty years' experience in the industry. His extensive experience of advising fund managers makes Matthew Feargrieve a valued member of the boards of investment funds in various jurisdictions, on which he acts in a non-executive capacity. Before becoming an independent financial services consultant, Matthew worked for leading law firms in the UK and...

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Wealth management in Switzerland is evolving with investment fund solutions for private clients. Matthew Feargrieve explains why. In addition to its primary characteristic as the jurisdiction of the choice for private banking, Switzerland is growing in significance as a centre of fund management. The country boasts around 15% of global assets under management, making it the third the largest global centre of asset...

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*The views expressed here are the author’s own. In a world that professes itself chastened by the excesses of the pre-2007 era, transparency and liquidity is sacrosanct. Regulators and political bodies in the EU and US are responding to the new financial world with legislation that will circumscribe the freedoms previously enjoyed by banks and fund managers.  The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...

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