{"id":25726,"date":"2011-10-31T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=25726"},"modified":"2011-10-31T09:02:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:02:26","slug":"fall-2011-ma-hedge-fund-industry-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2011\/fall-2011-ma-hedge-fund-industry-outlook.html","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2011 M&#038;A Hedge Fund Industry Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/merger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25727\" title=\"merger\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/merger-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/merger-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/merger.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Madison Street Capital\u2019s\u00a0Asset Management Industry Focus Group released its Fall 2011 Merger and Acquisition (M&amp;A) Outlook- Hedge Fund Industry, focusing on the current deal environment, buyer\/seller considerations, minority interest investments and future M&amp;A drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transaction activity in the Hedge Fund industry, as indicated by both the number and size of completed transactions, can best be described as sluggish,\u201d said Karl D\u2019Cunha, Senior Managing Director and head of Madison Street Capital\u2019s Asset Management Industry Focus Group. \u201cHowever, if last year\u2019s results have any predictive value, we can expect a surge in activity in the fourth quarter that will likely spill over into the first quarter of 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The key drivers behind M&amp;A Activity include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Push for Increased Regulation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Higher Valuations<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tax Arbitrage Opportunities<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rising Industry Consolidation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aside from these factors, a fundamental driver will be supply and demand in terms distribution and product offering. As long as there are platforms that are continuing to expand and increase their distribution channels (and to the extent they are lacking in product diversity), there should be ample supply of target hedge fund firms to fill those gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Editing by Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Madison Street Capital\u2019s\u00a0Asset Management Industry Focus Group released its Fall 2011 Merger and Acquisition (M&amp;A) Outlook- Hedge Fund Industry, focusing on the current deal environment, buyer\/seller considerations, minority interest investments and future M&amp;A drivers. \u201cThe transaction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[919,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-research","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25730,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25726\/revisions\/25730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}