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As an analyst in BAAMs Business & Financial Evaluation (BFE) team, you will be requiredtoapplycriticalthinkingskillstoevaluateprospectivehedgefundinvestments.

While this analysis is one part science and one part art, there are definitive risks that mustbeevaluatedandmitigatedwhenallocatingcapitaltoahedgefund. Directions: Forthetwoprospectivehedgefundsinquestion,pleasecomposeawrittenessaythat addresses the question below. The essay may not contain more than 800 words. Submissionsinexcessof800wordswillnotbeconsidered. YouarerequiredtocompletethisanalysisandwrittenrecommendationinFOURhours. Anysubmissionsthatarereturnedafterthefourhourtimeperiodhaselapsedwillnot beconsidered. Youmayuseanyresourcesthatareavailableinthepublicdomain(i.e.internetorother books/referencesources).Allsupplementarysourcesmustbeproperlyreferenced. Scenario: You are an analyst on BAAMs Business & Financial Evaluation team. Your Managing Director has asked you to evaluate the pros and cons of two prospective hedge fund investments.BAAMwillonlyallocatetooneofthetwofundsinquestion. Question: Please provide an investment recommendation based on your analysis of the two prospectivehedgefundsdetailedbelow.Inmakingyourinvestmentrecommendation, pleaseidentifythemostcriticalfactorsthatwereconsideredwhencomparingthetwo fundsastheywerecontemplatedwhileformulatingyourinvestmentthesis.

HedgeFundA Strategy Assetsundermanagement Historicalannualreturn(beforefees) Terms: Managementfee Incentive/Performancefee Lockup(1) RedemptionFrequencyafterLockup(2) Investmentholdings: Equity(i.e.exchangetradedstocks) Equityderivatives(i.e.options) Illiquidprivateequityinvestments(intotal)* *Detailofprivateequityinvestments: RealestateinBrazil TechnologycompaniesinChina CellulartowersinIndia Executioncounterpartyexposure: JPMorgan MorganStanley SocieteGenerale Custodian(3) Investorbase: Numberofinvestorsintotal Largestinvestor's%oftotalfundassets Top5investors'%oftotalfundassets Serviceproviders(nameandcost): Auditor EquityLongShort $2billion 15%

HedgeFundB EquityLongShort $2billion 15%

2.00% 20.00% Sixmonths Monthly

1.75% 20.00% Threeyears Annually

50% 10% 40% 100% 20% 10% 10%

50% 10% 40% 100% 20% 10% 10%

50% 25% 25% HeddenBank

90% 5% 5% BankofNewYork

10 35% 65%

100 9% 20%

McKeonLLP $50Kperyear DeFalcoFundServices $100Kperyear

Ernst&Young $150Kperyear CitcoFundServices $200Kperyear

Administrator

(1)Lockupreferstotheperiodoftimethatmustelapseafteraninitialinvestmentafterwhichaninvestormayrequestthat his/hercapitalbereturned.Asexample,ifyouinveston1/1/12,youmaygetyourcapitalbackon7/1/12forFundAand 1/1/15forFundB. (2)Thisreferstothefrequencythatonemaygetcapitalbackafterthelockupperiodhasexpired.Asanexample, eachmonthaninvestorinFundAmayrequestthatcapitalbereturned.AninvestorinFundBmayonlyrequest onceperyearattheendoftheyearthatcapitalbereturned.Asareminder,thesetermsONLYapplyafterthelockupperiodhas expired. (3)Ascustodian,thenotedentityholds100%ofthehedgefund'ssecurities.

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