Monthly Archives: June 2011

How to Start an RIA (Part III)

In this final post regarding how to start a registered investment advisory firm, I’m covering the following topics:

In this final part III, I will cover the following:

Thoughts on social media marketing
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How to Start an RIA (Part II)

Continued from previous post on how to start a registered investment advisory firm, I’m covering the following topics:

License or registration requirement to start the RIA practice.
Which one is more important to the investors? Service or performance. What are the differences between an RIA or a hedge fund
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How to Start an RIA (Part I)

5 panels talked about how to start a registered investment advisory firms at a sold out event with CFA Society of San Francisco.

In Part I, I’m covering the following topics:

Why did you start the firm and what do you enjoy most?
Did you have a business plan? Was it necessary?
Costs starting and running the practice
How did you get your first investors?
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Starting your own firm – a P90X workout for your career life

This is the first blog article as part of the one-year anniversary celebration of our firm, Affinity Fund Services LLC.   Many times as I meet new people, once they know that I am running my own hedge fund administration firm, they ask me: how … Continue reading

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