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By Opalesque for New Managers:

TrussEdge has published How to Launch a Hedge Fund, a white paper written with RFA, Opus Fund Services and Dechert. It aims to help emerging managers handle the practical, operational, technological and regulatory challenges of setting up a fund, from pre-launch planning and structuring to cybersecurity, compliance and investor relations.

TrussEdge is a Chicago-based portfolio management system that helps funds with front to back solutions. RFA is a provider of IT, financial cloud and cybersecurity solutions, Opus Fund Services is a global fund administrator, and Dechert is an international law firm with extensive experience in investment funds.

The guide stresses that investment performance alone is not enough. Launching and sustaining a fund also requires robust infrastructure and an operating model that meets investor expectations. TrussEdge CEO Dave Shastri said managers must build a business investors can trust, with the right people, processes, technology and controls from day one, and that the guide is meant to help them avoid common early pitfalls.

It is organised into five sections:

• Before you launch: strategy, revenue models, fund structuring and terms, seed capital, target investors and service-provider selection. • Building the right team: key start-up roles, outsourced COO and CFO functions, remote workin......................

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