Hedge Fund Matrix

MFA and other industry groups have designed and launched a Web site to foster harmonization between existing sound practices guidance.

The project brings together some of the world’s leading hedge fund and financial markets bodies, including MFA, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Asset Managers’ Committee of the US President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (US PWG).  Each of these groups has brought together their respective works on hedge fund sound practices for the benefit of the industry and other users.

Many of the core principles in existing sound practice guidelines are similar and now, using the Hedge Fund Matrix, users will be able to compare the various guidelines, side-by-side.

The Hedge Fund Matrix features recommendations from the 2007 edition of MFA’s Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Managers, but will be revised shortly to incorporate the 2009 edition.

The Hedge Fund Matrix includes information on: creating and managing a hedge fund management business; the investment process and portfolio risk management; portfolio administration and operational controls; raising capital and investor relations; and hedge fund structure and organization.

Freely available to all, the Hedge Fund Matrix provides relevant and insightful information for hedge fund practitioners, investors and the regulatory community, and to all those servicing and providing professional advice to the hedge fund industry.

The Hedge Fund Matrix is located at www.hedgefundmatrix.com.