From the Back Cover
A Guide to Starting Your Hedge Fund is a practical and definitive guide that offers investors and fund managers the information and tools they need to select, design, and launch their own funds. Written by Erik Serrano Berntsen and John Thompson - hedge fund and energy industry experts - this important resource examines the practical aspects of setting up and operating funds, giving additional insight into the burgeoning sector of energy commodity markets. The authors scrutinise the due diligence process and offer an intelligent review of energy hedge fund investment opportunities and risks. This important text also includes a wealth of planning and strategic advice that will prove invaluable to prospective fund managers and investors.
A Guide to Starting Your Hedge Fund gives prospective fund managers an accessible approach for mastering the key elements necessary if they are to develop a successful hedge fund. Berntsen and Thompson put the focus on a proven method for creating an effective overall strategy. They reveal how to create a sound business plan, outline the critical legal requirements, and show what it takes to work well with service providers, such as prime brokers and administrators. The book explores the fundamentals of running an investment management firm, includes information on fundraising techniques, and clearly shows how to administer the daily operations of a hedge fund.
Serrano Berntsen and Thompson offer their in-the-trenches wisdom and sound advice that investors should consider before adding an energy commodity hedge fund to their portfolio. The authors also include their insights into the future of energy commodity hedge funds. Designed as a practical resource, the book contains an outline of a sample business plan, offering memorandum, and a helpful due diligence questionnaire.
Whilst oil has long been traded by hedge funds, natural gas, electricity, and the environmental products like emissions allowances and weather derivatives are the new and highly desirable investment strategies. These high returns come with major risk, A Guide to Starting Your Hedge Fund gives savvy investors and fund managers the information they need to make smart decisions.
Erik Serrano Berntsen is CEO of Stable Asset Management. Prior to Stable, he was a Consultant with Bain & Co., where he consulted on private equity deal studies as well as a broad spectrum of corporate engagements. During his time at Bain he was also an advisor to the Prince's Trust, including advising on the UK-wide Volunteer Strategy initiative. Erik holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Keble College, University of Oxford, and a Masters of Business Administration with honours and a Concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
John Thompson is Principal of Stable Asset Management. Prior to Stable, he was a senior executive of Enron Europe. He has held regulatory affairs and market operations management roles with Wintershall (BASF) and was regional financial coordinator for Milestone Petroleum (Burlington Resources). John began his energy career in the oil and gas fields of the Rocky Mountains and later as a well-site mud-logging engineer. John has held several Directorships, including Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange (EEX). John also holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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