INTRODUCTION
Hedge Scout Is the Leading Platform for Research, Intelligence, and Access to Global Hedge Fund Launches and Emerging Managers
Every pathway to absolute hedge fund transparency begins with early, sweeping research on new managers
Most institutional allocators have visibility into only a fraction of global hedge funds. Hedge Scout’s mission is to expand access, coverage, and transparency across the hedge fund landscape through comprehensive, bottom-up research into new launches and emerging managers.
Hedge Scout’s innovative approach builds on two decades of proprietary hedge fund database development and research for institutional investors. Since 2020, we've delivered access and insights on over 90% of new hedge fund entities—significantly outperforming traditional research and data providers.
Down the hedge fund data rabbit hole...
THE LONGSTANDING PROBLEM
Allocators Seek Optimal Hedge Fund Returns But Lack Access to Performing Hedge Fund Managers
Even well-resourced institutional allocators lack visibility into over half of all global hedge fund entities
Established Hedge Funds Data Deficit
- Traditional data vendors capture only a fraction of hedge funds because participation is voluntary.
- Amalgamated data from six major industry databases miss 44% of funds having AUM >$150M.
Established Deficit: Annual Cost
- Listed funds underperform non-listed funds by ~2.64% net annualized RoR over 4 years.
Emerging Hedge Funds Data Deficit
- 70% of hedge fund launches and emerging managers are absent from databases due to incubation, marketing, or privacy, for example.
- Most managers never disclose their firms to traditional data vendors.
Emerging Deficit: Annual Cost
- Established funds underperform younger ones by ~5.26% net annualized RoR over 10 years.
Deficient hedge fund data and intelligence not only impair absolute and relative performance but also undermine the legitimacy of any hedge fund search, research, analysis, benchmarking, and portfolio optimization, exemplifying the principle of
THE SOLUTION
Sweeping Access to Global Hedge Fund Launches Is the Foundation of Hedge Fund Research, Manager Search, and Due Diligence
Hedge Scout delivers continuous, institutional-grade research on hedge fund launches and emerging managers through an intuitive online platform
In-Depth Intelligence
Extensive launch research provides the big picture, fills database gaps, highlights new and evolving strategies, optimizes peer analysis, and legitimizes manager due diligence—all while promoting better investment outcomes through superior intelligence.
Real-Time Monitoring
Get launch intel as it comes in. Monitor strategy and performance from 'day one,' reducing data biases—such as backfill or instant history—by up to 80% or more, while opening the door to new relationships, early investor fees, favorable liquidity terms, and capacity agreements.
Exclusive Content
Nearly all of our research is exclusive at release, giving your group the greatest marginal return of any provider—a decisive edge in hedge fund searches, strategy research, developing relationship, and competitive positioning.
Trend Forecasting
In 'real-time,' identify new and evolving hedge fund strategies, fundraising, seeding, allocation decisions, investor preferences, talent movement, and other key developments or trends that will shape the hedge fund investment landscape.
Efficiency Gains
Hedge fund analysts spend 20–25% of their time searching for and engaging with new managers. Hedge Scout delivers continuous research on new hedge funds, enabling your team to focus on other pertinent matters.
Optimized for Mobile
A fast, continuously updated research platform, optimized for mobile, featuring an intuitive design and search interface offered at the cost of analysts traveling to an industry conference.
RESEARCH MILESTONES
Marking Six Years of Exclusive, Institutional-Grade Hedge Fund Research
Hedge Scout delivers essential hedge fund research not found anywhere else, helping your group achieve better research and allocation outcomes
5,000+
Manager Launches Profiled
2x+
More Hedge Fund Coverage
90%+
Capture-Rate of New Managers
75%+
Of Fund Launches Profiled Pre-Launch
95%+
Exclusive Research
0%
Data Vendor Copying, Cloning, or Piggybacking