{"id":6773,"date":"2007-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"hedge-fund-start-ups-face-squeeze-from-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2007\/hedge-fund-start-ups-face-squeeze-from-investors.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge fund start-ups face squeeze from investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Reuters) &#8211; Start-up hedge funds face a harder time getting up and running as investors become more demanding and prime brokers squeeze smaller players during the credit crisis.<\/p>\n<p>  After a golden age when two traders with a terminal could set up shop and command lucrative fees, there is a growing perception that bigger is now safer. Some high-profile fund casualties also have  made many investors choosier.<\/p>\n<p>  London&#8217;s prestigious Mayfair and St James&#8217;s areas proved a honeypot for such start-ups.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;The investor base has become more discerning,&#8221; said Mark Kary, chief executive of Polar Capital. &#8220;When they see a start-up in the West End, they are more suspicious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Fund managers will have to put forward a stronger track record and credible strategy to have a fighting chance in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;It&#8217;s definitely getting a lot tougher for the little guy,&#8221; said Odi Lahav, head of Moody&#8217;s European Alternative Investment Group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/reuters\/UKFundsNews\/~4\/181573881\"><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/reuters\/UKFundsNews\/~3\/181573881\/idUKNOA83891120071108\">Read Complete Article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Reuters) &#8211; Start-up hedge funds face a harder time getting up and running as investors become more demanding and prime brokers squeeze smaller players during the credit crisis. After a golden age when two traders with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syndicated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}