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Irwin Speizer
HedgeWorld
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Irwin Speizer is conference manager for the HedgeWorld suite of conferences, responsible for creating the agenda and selecting speakers and panelists. Mr. Speizer is a professional journalist with experience covering hedge funds and the financial sector, including a stint as a staff writer at Absolute Return magazine.
Mr. Speizer has written for Alpha magazine, Institutional Investor, Fast Company, Business.com, On Wall Street, Crain’s Chicago Business, Workforce Management, the Los Angeles Times and the Raleigh, N.C. News and Observer. In addition to covering hedge funds and Wall Street, Mr. Speizer has written about the banking industry, energy, retail, real estate (both residential and commercial) and human resources.
Mr. Speizer holds a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin. |
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Bruce Frumerman
Frumerman & Nemeth Inc.
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Bruce Frumerman is president of Frumerman & Nemeth Inc., a communications and sales marketing consultancy that helps financial services firms create brand identities for their organizations and develop and implement effective new marketing strategies and programs. His firm’s work has helped money management clients attract over $7 billion in new assets.
Bruce is a frequent speaker on the topic of marketing money management services and has been published addressing the subject in Hedgeworld’s Accredited Investor magazine and in Emerging Manager Focus. |
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Rachel Minard
Optima Fund Management
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Ms. Rachel S.L. Minard was most recently Partner, Executive Managing Director with Optima Fund Management, opening and running the firm's San Francisco office. Her responsibilities included building and managing the global institutional business and raising assets for the firm across all channels globally. Ms. Minard was also a member of the Investment Policy Committee and Chairman's Committee.
Ms. Minard has 20 years of institutional investment experience including the past 10 years building fund of hedge fund firms, notably her roles as Partner and Director of Global Marketing for Corbin Capital Partners (a firm she renamed) and Director of Marketing at Cadogan Management. Before Cadogan, Rachel was Vice President and Consultant Advisor for J.P. Morgan Investment Management and served as Director of Business Development for Dakin Partners, opening and managing their New York office. Earlier, Ms. Minard served as Assistant to the Director of Marketing and Client Service for Pareto Partners. Named "Non-Profit Marketer of the Year" (FEMM), Honored Member, Cambridge's Who's Who Among Executives (2005-2010) and a featured speaker on CNBC and global industry conferences, Ms. Minard started her marketing career in 1991 after her marketing company was hired to build the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Ms. Minard holds a B.A. degree in Journalism with honors from Northeastern University with notable distinction as a Wesley W. Marple Distinguished Lecturer (2009) and Profiles in Leadership: Business Luminaries (2006-2011) by the university. A graduate of the AIMSE/Wharton Institute, Ms. Minard serves on the PAICR Advisory Board, The World Pension Forum and the Investment Management Institute (IMI). Ms. Minard also serves on the Executive Board and is a Founding Member of the Association of Women in Alternative Investing (AWAI) and sits on the Investment Sub-Committee of the Westover School Endowment. Ms. Minard is finishing her first book, Speaking in Thumbs: The Handbook of Empathy through XENIA MEDIA Publishing. |
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Andrew Saunders
Hedge Connection
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| Andrew Saunders is a Managing Director of Hedge Connection and manages the company’s New York office. His responsibilities include business development, client relations, investor liaison, media relations and strategic partnerships.
Hedge Connection is an internet-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to a membership of "opt-in" qualified active hedge fund allocators. Investor members join for free and gain access to detailed information on hedge fund members. Saunders is a graduate of Haverford College in 1993 with a B.A. in economics. He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation (CAIA) and is a member of the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE). |
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Anthony Scaramucci
Skybridge Capital LLC
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| Anthony Scaramucci
Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital, New York
Anthony Scaramucci is the Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, which is focused on partnering with emerging managers. The fund now has 9 managers and $1.4 billion in assets.
Mr. Scaramucci was a Partner and Founder of Oscar Capital Management LLC, responsible for overseeing compliance and research for four hedge funds and separately managed accounts with assets totaling over $1 billion. In November of 2001, Oscar Capital was sold to Neuberger Berman. Mr. Scaramucci, a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman/Lehman Brothers, served from 2003 – 2005 on the Investment Committee of Neuberger’s Premier Portfolio, which his group originated, and worked on the Neuberger Berman/Lehman integration team. He was also responsible for distributing Private Asset Management products into Lehman’s private client service division. Prior to that, Mr. Scaramucci was a Vice President in Goldman Sach’s Equities Division.
Mr. Scaramucci earned a BA in Economics, summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1986. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society. He graduated with a JD from Harvard Law School in 1989. He is a Board Member of The Lymphoma Foundation, and The Brain Tumor Foundation. He is also on the Board of Overseers for the school of arts and sciences at Tufts University. |
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