Raising Assets in 2010: What emerging hedge funds and fund of hedge fund managers need to know

February 18th, 2010		\| More
Contributed by: Emerging Manager Focus
Emerging Manager Focus has announced that it is hosting a discussion on March 2nd entitled "Raising Assets in 2010: What emerging hedge funds and fund of hedge fund managers need to know to market their fund successfully." As hedge funds continue to find new sources to generate alpha, there are still obstacles in place that impair their ability to raise capital. In 2010, most hedge funds will have the same agenda: finding new methods of generating alpha. The question is, what are the obstacles that emerging managers will have to navigate? Will increased government regulation cause emerging managers to change their strategies to be more short term oriented? How will the improvement of the due diligence process affect the manager selection process of smaller funds in 2010? Emerging Manager Focus' panel will discuss these issues and more during EMF's first webinar of 2010! Panelists will include: Justin Perun, President, Bull and Bear Capital LLC. Marios Kallis, Managing Partner, Critical Value Advisors Julia Peter-Kerr, Managing Partner, Quotient Investors Date: March 2nd 2010 Time: 9:00 AM PST (San Francisco/Los Angeles) 12:00 PM EST (New York/Boston) 17:00 GMT (London/Dublin) To register, please click here. Moderated by: Brandon Nickerson, Director, Emerging Manager Focus More speakers will be announced shortly – for any queries relating to speakers or topics for discussion, please contact Brandon Nickerson at bnickerson@focuspointpress.com Topics for Discussion: What are the new ways in which emerging Hedge Fund and Fund of Hedge Fund managers attract new capital today particularly from institutional investors? What are some specific media and marketing strategies that emerging managers should incorporate into their initial capital raising process for their fund? What sorts of business issues do emerging managers need to be made aware of that more established funds have the ability to look over? What techniques will help hedge funds establish or evaluate their current capital-raising abilities?