Saturday, July 07, 2012

Mad Men and Hedge Fund Marketing: Let The Games Begin

Courtesy of Huffington Post column re Hedge Funds Can Now Engage Mad Men: 
Mad Men, the wildly popular AMC TV show about the fictional 1960s advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, is set in a haze of cigarette smoke, alcohol and chronically inappropriate behavior. Hedge funds, dating back to a similar era, have remained equally hazy to most Americans, as well as often being equally off-center in their behavior.

Today, as a result of the JOBS Act (Jump-Start Our Business Start-ups), hedge funds are now allowed to advertise their products through the mass market. And, to further confuse consumers, hedge funds come in all flavors, all shapes and sizes. Speaking of them as a single asset class is akin to going to the zoo and telling the zookeeper, "I'm here to see the animal."

We love creative marketing..and for you hedgies looking to hedge with a boutique outfit that walks, talks and knows Wall Street inside and out, here's a short selection of OUR recent favorite ads 

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