First of all, thank you to all readers who have sent me emails over the past few months. We are lucky to have such a strong readership. Secondly, I wanted to announce that I have begun development on a new layout / format for the site which will combine hedge fund and buy-side interview, resume and career tips, as well as a number of articles myself and a few colleagues have penned over the past few months. If you would like to contribute, please contact me at hunter@ distressed-debt-investing.com. Finally, we are looking for one or two advertisers to partner …

…you should probably also know how to set one up as well as a hedge fund’s basic structure. The world wide web yet again comes up strong in a INCREDIBLE document from www.howardrice.com which I have embedded below. On any hedge fund interview, you may want to have these things in the back of your mind so you know what you are getting yourself into. Enjoy! Some Considerations in Setting Up a Hedge Fund — Client Introductory Article (1) http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf

Hey guys – wanted to give you all a heads up that we have set up a new merger/risk arbitrage investing blog: You can visit the blog here: Merger Arbitrage Investing. Enjoy!

I get a number of emails a day asking: “What are the good buy-side shops?” I already detailed a number of them in the Julian Robertson’s Tiger Cubs. Now getting a hedge fund job or moving from banking to a hedge fund career or going to a value investing mutual fund … the thing that matters is you go work for someone you can learn from. I know pedigree matters. I do. I know it helps in fund raising. But working for a repected value manager always opens doors. Here is a list of funds I think a potential hedge …

A while back a reader asked me what hedge funds would he recommend to start his hedge fund career? Now, at risk on fan boyism, I suggest any of the Tiger Cubs (of Julian Robertson fame). For those not in the know, Tiger Management Version 1.0, i.e Julian Robertson’s original hedge fund spawned a number of fantastic hedge fund managers that have racked up impressive returns. Tiger Management Version 2.0, housed at 101 Park Avenue, is a number of fund that Julian has seeded. Some are still small and some are very large. And a number of them have been …