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Comparative Jurisdiction Guide - Where to Set up and, Perhaps, Manage a Hedge Fund?


DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River.
, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c27371) has announced the addition of Comparative Jurisdiction Guide - Where To Set Up And, Perhaps, Manage A Hedge Fund hedge fund, in finance, a highly speculative, largely unregulated investment device. Originating in the 1950s, the funds "hedge" by offsetting "short" positions (borrowing a security and then selling it at a higher price before repaying the lender) against "long" ? to their offering.

The decision as to where to set up and manage a new hedge fund has become more complex given the increasing number of jurisdictions wooing hedge fund managers and the differing regulatory regimes.

This Guide - written by Dechert LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  with the assistance of law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 in each of the locations covered - offers a comparative analysis of 13 of the major hedge fund jurisdictions as well as a useful 'at-a-glance' table of the key jurisdiction variables.

Countries covered in the guide:

--Bermuda

--British Virgin Islands

--Cayman Islands

--United States of America - Delaware Delaware, state, United States
Delaware (dĕl`əwâr, –wər), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island).
 

--France

--Germany

--Guernsey

--Ireland

--Isle of Man

--Italy

--Jersey

--Luxembourg

--Malta

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c27371
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