Quote from TSGannGalt:
Wow...
I actually started this thread for discussion purposes. No one is selling their own hedge fund in here. I'm talking in terms of hypothetical terms.
And... I do a lot of the work around my fund... In reality, I have more work than I was trading my own money.
- Working longer hours than when I had a night job as a chef to pay my bills. (70+ hours/week)
- Learning IT stuff on my own due to Software Engineers costing so much to hire. ( FIX engineers costing $150,000+ /year??? insane... I learned the whole thing in 2 months and it's working flawlessly!!! Though, some IT engineers amazes me... not alot)
- I don't get to go out just for fun. Most outings are business oriented, kissing ass to potential 3rd party marketers / investors)
- More legal constraints. PPM is a bitch!!!
Anyways... back to the topic...
There's a semi-successful hedge fund in front of you for sale.
Considering all the flashy image that hangs around in hedge fund management (These days it's getting a bit insane, like those IT moguls from back in the internet bubble)
How much are you willing to pay to become a hedge fund manager???
A healthy, stable hedge fund company trades at 15-20 times earnings.
This one would be low end... say 15... probably less... say 12.
A 30% return for only 5 years (not a full market cycle)...
With a relatively modest Sharpe Ratio of 2.0
Is actually very volatile...
And could be produced with one big year and 4 mediocre years...
So is very likely unsustainable.
Since one could fluke those numbers...
Your last 2 years MUST be strong...
Or throw the whole thing out the window.
Over last 6 years I have a 28% return with a Sharpe Ratio of about 3.50...
And very close to 5.00 in 2006.
But I'm in the $1-2 million range...
And can only scale up to about $10 million with my methodologies.
** If my Sharpe ratio was 2.0... I would not be in business **
I doubt that sophisticated people would pay anything near 10 times earnings...
But would low ball you just for the assets under management.
You should clean it up... and IPO to a less sophisticated crowd...
Maybe end up with a $50 million market cap.