HFA Fall 2014 Idea Dinner

Location: Scottsdale Contact: Diron Tappin Email: [email protected] Come and join your fellow investment professionals for a night of ideas, prognostications, food, and drink. There are two flights, the live and the silent. In order to be considered for the grand prize you must present your idea in a 3 minute pitch to your fellow professionals. A winner will…

Value Investing: Two-Day Executive Education Program at Fordham University

Location: Fordham University, New York, NY Looking for a dynamic opportunity for you to gain a deeper understanding of Value Investing? The Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis at Fordham University will be sponsoring a two-day Value Investing Executive Education Program. The program will feature presentations by Fordham faculty members and leading practitioners. Topics will include…

HFA Symposium: Alternative Investing in an Era of Record Corporate Profits

Location: Chicago Contact: Lara Block Email: [email protected] We are living in an era of both record corporate profits and extreme profit margins on a historical basis. Is this the true new normal or is this the time for institutional investors to reexamine their exposure to alternative investments? We will explore alternative investment strategies which have the potential to…

Women in Hedge Funds

Location: New York Contact: Angela Saunders Email: [email protected] If you hadn’t already noticed, the media is buzzing about women in hedge funds! What is it like to be a woman in the alternative investing industry? Is the industry under-represented or skewed? Are counterparts treated equally? Is there really a performance differential?   Hear firsthand about the experiences and…

Hedge Fund Roktoberfest

Location: New York Contact: Lara Block Email: [email protected]   ALTSO’s 11th Annual Hedge Fund Roktoberfest will be held on October 22 at Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York, NY. ALTSO’s Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest unites 1,400 leaders from the hedge fund and finance industries for a night of rock & roll and acoustic music performed by industry professionals in support of…

Sohn Canada, presented by Capitalize for Kids

Location: Arcadian Court, Toronto Contact: Kyle MacDonald Email: [email protected] Sohn Canada, presented by Capitalize for Kids, brings the investment community together at an annual event centered around great investment ideas and in doing so, provides support for the Hospital for Sick Children. Sophisticated investors will converge to meet, share ideas, and learn from some of the world’s most…

HFA Student Symposium: Pros and Cons of High Frequency Trading

Location: New York, Fordham University Contact: Lara Block Email: [email protected] Event Photo Aalbum: HFA Student Symposium Interested in learning more about high frequency trading (HFT)? Please join us on October 29th at Fordham University to attend the Hedge Fund Association’s Student Symposium: Pros and Cons of High Frequency Trading. David Whitcomb, who Fortune Magazine recently called “the father of HFT” will…

HFA Symposium Opportunities and Trends: Insurance Dedicated Funds and Structures

Location: Ft. Lauderdale Contact: Lara Block Email: [email protected] Please join us on Thursday October 30, 2014 for the HFA Symposium Opportunities and Trends Insurance Dedicated Funds and Structures to learn more about opportunities and risks of private placement life and variable insurance. Panel discussion topics* will include information about: What leading fund managers offer in the form of wrapping investments…

HFA Symposium: Economic Outlook for 2015

Location: Boston, MA Contact: Lara Block Email: [email protected] As 2014 comes to a close, we turn ahead to focus on what 2015 will bring for the hedge fund community. Please join us as keynote speaker Joe Brusuelas, McGladrey’s Chief Economist, will provide forward looking commentary on the economic outlook for 2015, including: Central bank policy and its expected…

HFA Annual Holiday Party Miami

Location: Miami Contact: Lara Block Email: [email protected] Link to Photos: Event Photo Album Please join us for the Hedge Fund Association’s 2014 holiday party! HFA’s festive annual winter gathering of alternative investment industry professionals offers a wonderful opportunity to connect with your peers, cultivate relationships, “ring out the old year” and develop new opportunities for the year ahead. We…