Hedge Fund
A hedge fund is an investment fund that contains capital contributions from accredited individuals or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio-construction and risk- management techniques. Hedge funds are almost always open-ended and allow contributions or withdrawals by the investors at set times. Read more: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hedgefund.asp
Holdbacks
When a company is acquired, oftentimes the acquiring company requires that not all funds are immediately distributed to the owners/shareholders of the acquired company. The acquirer may holdback funds to cover unknown or known expenses and legal contingencies to be discovered or resolved in the near term. The company will typically set a timeframe for […]