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A hedge fund is not required to provide the same level of disclosure as a company or a mutual fund like Fairholme. Some hedge funds report to the SEC using Form 13F, 13F-HR, SC 13D and SC 13D/A. However, hedge funds are not required to publicly disclose short positions. So, one cannot know what their portfolio is really about.

Form 13F, 13F-HR, 13G is required to be filed within 45 days of the end of a calendar quarter. Schedule 13D reports acquisitions and other information within ten days after purchase.

Hedge Funds also file two other disclosure forms: ADV (publicly available, see search below) and PF (non-public filing, without a leak one cannot see this...yet.)

Details

Form PF filers fall into two categories: large private fund advisers and small private fund advisers. "Large private fund advisers" include large hedge fund advisers (having at least $1.5 billion in AUM attributable to hedge funds as of the end of any month in the prior fiscal quarter), large liquidity fund advisers (having at least $1 billion in AUM attributable to liquidity funds and SEC-registered money market funds as of the end of any month in the prior fiscal quarter), and large private equity advisers (having at least $2 billion in AUM attributable to private equity funds as of the completed fiscal year). All other Form PF filers fall under the category of "small private fund advisers."

The frequency and timing of disclosure depends on the filing category. Large Private Fund Advisers that have at least $5 billion attributable to hedge funds, liquidity funds, or private equity funds are the earliest filers. Large Hedge Fund Advisers must file their first Form PF within 60 days of the end of such advisers' fiscal quarter next after June 15, 2012; Large Liquidity Fund Advisers must file within 15 days. Large Private Equity Advisers have 120 days after their first fiscal year ending on or after June 15, 2012. All other filers must make their first filing by the end of either their first fiscal year (hedge funds and liquidity fund advisers) or fiscal year (private equity fund advisers) ending on or after December 15, 2012.

Dodd-Frank also mandates periodic reporting on Form PF. Large Hedge Fund Advisers must file quarterly within 60 days of the fiscal quarter-end, and large liquidity advisers must file within 15 days of the fiscal quarter-end. All other filers must file within 120 days of each fiscal year-end.

Happy Hunting!
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Source:
Hedge Funds
http://www.sec.gov/investor/alerts/ib_hedgefunds.pdf

From 13F, 13F-HR
http://www.sec.gov/answers/form13f.htm
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/investment/13ffaq.htm

Form 13G
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/schedule13g.asp

Form SC 13D
http://www.sec.gov/answers/sched13.htm

Form ADV
http://www.sec.gov/answers/formadv.htm

Form PF
http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2011/ia-3308-formpf.pdf

Hedge Fund Disclosures
http://www.investmentlawgroup.com/sec-increases-hedge-fund-disclosure-requirements-with-form-pf

Search Company and Form 13F, 13F-HR, SC 13D and SC 13D/a here:
Company
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

EDGAR CIK Lookup - Get company name list - i.e. "Pershing"
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/cik.htm

Mutual Funds
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/mutualsearch.html

Daily Filings - 13F, !3F HR, 13G, SC 13D, etc.
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/currentevents.htm

Search Investment Manager Here:
http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Search/iapd_Search.aspx

Search Brokers Here:
http://brokercheck.finra.org/Search/Search.aspx

Secondary Source:
Search Hedge Funds
http://whalewisdom.com/