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Hedge Fund Marketplace - Account Management for Participating Hedge Funds

Once your Hedge Fund has been accepted into the program, your Fund Investment Manager can log into Account Management to perform administrative functions, including uploading new Fund documentation for potential investors, require minimum investment sizes, identify a Fund as open or closed to new investments, and add or remove Funds.

Rules for Updating Your Fund Information

• At the end of a quarter, participating Hedge Funds have 30 days to enter updates. If they do not update their information by that time, the Fund will be moved to the bottom of the list of available funds on the Hedge Fund Marketplace.
• If a Fund has not provided any updates after two quarters and 30 days, the Fund will be hidden from view on the Hedge Fund Marketplace.
• If a Fund has not provided any updates for four quarters and 30 days, the Fund will be removed from the Hedge Fund Marketplace.

To use the Hedge Fund Marketplace Account Management Features

1. Log into Account Management. Click Investors' Marketplace > Advertise Services > Hedge Funds.

If you are a Multiple Fund account and one or more Funds are not participating in the Hedge Fund Marketplace, you can apply on behalf of those Funds who are not currently participating.

2. The Hedge Fund Marketplace page appears.

• If you are a Single Fund Account, click Single Fund Account Management to continue.
• If you a Multiple Fund Account, click Multiple Fund Account Management, then select either a Single Fund or a Family of Funds and a Fund within that Family of Funds.

The Account Management page for the selected Fund appears.

3. The Account Management page displays two groups of expanding and collapsing sections that represent the actions you can perform:

• Hedge Fund Marketplace Program Administration - Lets you perform a variety of administration tasks, including uploading documents, setting the fund open to new investments, and reviewing and approving customer investment and redemption requests.
• Change Information Provided in Hedge Fund Marketplace Application - Lets you modify information provided in the program application, including changing the contact person or banking information.
• Articles - Lets you add and edit text articles.

4. Click the Hedge Fund Marketplace Administration bar to expand that section.

• Upload Information or Document to Posted for Review by Potential Investors - Lets you enter and submit a brief description of the Fund to be posted for review by potential investors.
• Review Material Currently Posted on Site Concerning Fund - Lets you view or download and save PDF-format materials and documentation about the Fund. Click an item in this section to download and save it to your computer.
• Select Whether Fund is Open for New Investments - Lets you specify whether or not the Fund is open for new investments.
• Review Requests by Potential Investors to be Contacted - Lets you view all requests by potential investors to be contacted by the Fund. Each request includes the name of the potential investor, the date of the request and the preferred contact method.
• Approve IB Customer Requests to Transfer Investment from IB Account - Lets you view and approve requests from IB customers to transfer money from their IB accounts to your Fund as an investment.
• Approve Redemption Requests from Investors with IB Accounts - Lets you view approve requests from customers to transfer a redemption from your Fund to their account.
• Review Pending and Submitted Requests to Fund’s Administrator - Lets you view all pending and submitted investment and redemption requests.
• Remove Fund from Marketplace- Lets you remove a Fund from the Hedge Fund Marketplace. Note that if you remove a Fund from the Marketplace and want to rejoin later, the Fund will have to reapply for admission to the Marketaplce.

5. Perform the steps in each section as required, following the instructions on the screen.
6. Click the Change Information Provided in Hedge Fund Marketplace Application bar to expand that section.

• Contact Person for “NAME OF FUND” - Lets you view and modify information about the contact person for the Fund.
• Fund Investment Strategy and Status - Lets you enter information about the Fund’s strategy and status, including the number of staff, risk management procedures, all saved rates of return including the current rate of return, whether or not each rate of return has been audited, percentage rates of return (year-to-date, last 12 months, last three years, last five years, and from inception to date) and current assets.
• Third-Party Administrator - Lets you designate a Third-Party Administrator.
• Outside Auditor/Accounting Firm - Lets you view and modify information about the outside auditor or accounting firm used by the Fund.
• Outside Legal Counsel - Lets you view and modify information about the outside legal counsel used by the Fund.
• Administration/Communications from Investors - Lets you set the frequency and method of delivery of investor return reports and statements to investors, as well as the frequency of reporting to the Fund’s Third Party Administrator.
• Banking Information - Lets you view and modify the Fund’s banking information.
• Recent Legal or Regulatory Issues - Lets you enter updated information about any recent legal or regulatory issues that affecting the Fund.

7. Perform the steps in each section as required, following the instructions on the screen.
8. Click the Articles bar to expand that section.

• Add Article - Lets you enter a text-based article to be viewed by investors at the Hedge Fund Investor Site. Enter a title and the body of the article, up to 800 characters. Articles must be approved before they are made available to potential investors.
• View Your Articles - Lets you view the articles that you have entered, and delete articles. Delete an article by clicking the X icon.

9. Perform the steps in each section, following the instructions on the screen.