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New managers are opening funds by either spinning out of established shops or starting from scratch. New fund launches are picking up as startups seek to capitalize on what many hope is a new global economic recovery.
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So what will it take to start a hedge fund in 2010 in the midst of increased competition? Reuters HedgeWorld's panel of experts will walk you through what to do, how to do it and where to find that "edge" to distinguish your fund from the pack.
During this 90-minute program, you'll learn the answers to questions like:
- What's the likelihood hedge fund registration with regulators will become mandatory in 2010?
- How does one register?
- What are the most common mistakes new fund managers make as they prepare to court investors? How can you avoid them?
- What should managers be doing in advance of seeking money?
- What are the advantages and drawbacks of institutional seed capital?
- What kind of investors should managers seek out?
- What's the best way to get in front of those "right" investors?
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
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Alan Andreini, Chief Executive Officer, Armored Wolf, LLC
Mr. Andreini is responsible for day-to-day management of Armored Wolf, LLC. He is a 35 year industry veteran with over 20 years in the hedge fund space. Prior to joining Armored Wolf he was a General Partner at Money Management Group, LP where he transitioned a small friends and family hedge fund into a global institutional asset management firm with over $1 billion under management. Before that he was CEO of Interworld which he took public in 1999 while achieving a market capitalization of $2.9 billion in 2 years. For most of his career he was with Comdisco where he raised over $20 billion in financing while rising to the position of Executive Vice President and becoming a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Andreini started his career at Salomon brothers where he worked in M & A and new business development specializing on technology issuers such as ATT, MCI and Comdisco and was part of 15 person team responsible for opening Salomon Brothers' London office.
Mr. Andreini holds a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Rutgers University Law School.
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Kurt S. Hovan, Sr., President and Chief Investment Officer, Hovan Capital Management, LLC
Kurt is a co-founder of Hovan Capital Managment, LLC, a San Francisco Bay Area based investment adviser focused on alternative investments. Mr. Hovan currently manages the HCM Tahoma Market Neutral Fund, LP a multi-manager equity long/short hedge fund. Kurt has previous portfolio management experience with the HCM Market Neutral Healthcare Fund; the HCM Healthcare Venture Fund; and with separately managed accounts while at at Bear Stearns and Prudential Securities. Kurt is a former BARRA, Inc and William M. Mercer quantitative and actuarial investment management consultant. Mr. Hovan received his A.B. Economics degree from Princeton University in 1989.
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David Nissenbaum, Partnere, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Practice Areas:
Corporate, bank regulation and securities with an emphasis on representing institutional and entrepreneurial investment management and financial service firms.
Selected Representations:
Structures and advises investment management and financial service firms. Structures and forms hedge, private equity, structured finance, and hybrid funds, funds of funds, and scalable platforms for fund sponsors. Counsels principals on structure, partner, and senior employee terms and regulatory matters. Structures and negotiates seed and strategic investments, spin-offs, lift-outs and acquisitions. Restructures proprietary trading desks into investment management businesses. Counsels on identification and management of conflicts of interests. Advises on all aspects of U.S. banking laws that affect investment and financial services firms and investment funds, including investments in banking organizations, bank-sponsored funds and investments in fund by banking organizations.
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Joan Rockey, CEO, Hadelrock Capital Management, LLC
Ms. Rockey is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hadelrock Capital Management LLC (“HCM LLC”), a Chicago-area alternative investment management firm focusing on event-driven, special situation and relative value absolute return strategies. Ms. Rockey generates alpha for the hedge fund Hadelrock Fund LP and separately managed trading accounts using fundamental analysis to determine short term equity and option arbitrage opportunities caused by corporate event, economic environment or market mispricing. Ms. Rockey’s trading ideologies have proven to be successful in providing clients absolute non-market correlated returns throughout the economic cycle.
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Andrew Saunders, Managing Director, Hedge Connection
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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MODERATOR:
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Managing Editor, HedgeWorld
Chris Clair is the Managing Editor of HedgeWorld. He has spent the past eight years covering the hedge fund industry, first as a reporter for Crain's Pensions & Investments and for the past five years at HedgeWorld. Mr. Clair has been a journalist for the past 15 years, working at weekly and daily newspapers in his home state of Oregon and in Illinois. Mr. Clair holds a BA degree in journalism from the University of Portland in Oregon.
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