US hedge fund launches continue to surge

Redemption terms tighten with most offering quarterly liquidity

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Less than half of fund launches in 2013 attracted seed capital

While European hedge fund launches were in the doldrums in 2013, the US market saw a healthy year-on-year growth of 10% with the majority (65%) opting for equity or equity-related strategies, according to a survey by US law firm Seward & Kissel. 

This was not a “huge shift” compared with the last four to five years, according to Steve Nadel, partner and co-head of the firm’s investment management practice and lead author of New Hedge Fund Study. He thinks the popularity of equity strategies is

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