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Conference:
Day 1
6th May 2008 8am - 5:30pm
Day 2
7th May 2008 8am - 5:30pm
 
Workshops:
Alpha & Beta in the context of liability-driven institutional investing
5th May 2008 9am-5pm

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Alpha Beta Summit 2008
An event not to be missed - shedding light on the true sources of investment returns and the real nature of the hedge funds world
 

For delegates


Portable alpha, 130/30, hedge fund replication and alternative beta strategies have created a global tidal wave which has swept through the alternative investment world.  This wave has reached South African shores! Now is the time for these cutting edge investment strategies to be shared and debated at our inaugural Alpha Beta Summit taking place from 5 – 8 May 2008 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa.

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networking opportunity


Exploring the future of active investments
  • Witness and participate in the ‘great debate’ to uncover the true sources
    of hedge fund returns
  • Identify the range of “alternative beta” risk premia from which hedge
    funds benefit
  • Get maximum returns from implementating portable alpha strategies
  • Discover how you too can launch a successful 130/30 fund product
  • Generate superior returns from investing in 130/30 funds
  • Profit from the strategies being developed to clone hedge funds returns
    synthetically


an event not to be missed


 

 U-Turn –create your own conference agenda. This is your turn to un-conference your conference experience! Personalise your learning by telling us the top 5 concerns that keep you awake at night – and nominate, from all the speakers and delegates present, who would give you the best answers! We will aggregate everyone’s votes – and announce the topics and speakers for the next day's U-Turn discussion.

Are you not meeting the right people? We will set up meetings for you before and during the show with our unique Business Matchmaking Program. The key objective of the program is to create an easy platform to facilitate one-on-one meetings between exhibitors, delegates, visitors and sponsors. Just send us your wish list and we will do the rest. 

   

Interactive seminars encourage open discussion and debate amongst all participants. Learn about the latest technologies! See live product demonstrations! Let industry experts answer your questions! And meet your peers who face the same challenges as you! Experienced product managers will facilitate the seminars on-site. Register your details so that we can send you our finalised program.

 

The launch of Alpha Beta World Africa 2008 conference contains more than 5 hours of dedicated networking time. We offer our attendees the perfect surroundings to relax with fellow industry colleagues during lunches, cocktail receptions and breaks.
 

 

 

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New paradigms in investment management – Portable alpha and 130/30 strategies

Portable alpha is one of the fastest-growing strategies in the investment community and the pension fund industry. Today the investor community widely accepts the benefits that portable alpha bring to their portfolios and with practical ways of turning the theory into reality. Interest in implementing 130/30 strategies and their proven successes are also gaining momentum. These extraordinary growth and investor interest are leading many to argue that this could be the makings of a new investment paradigm rather than a passing fad.

Will hedge funds follow the path of passive investing, just as the traditional fund management industry did a generation ago?

The hedge fund industry is beginning to acknowledge that a large part of its returns comes not from alpha, but from “alternative beta” factors – systematic exposures to a diverse array of risk premia including credit risk, volatility risk, the small company effect and so on. One of the key implications of “alternative beta” theory is that it is possible to create “synthetic hedge funds”, which replicate the alternative beta exposures of hedge funds. The aim of these funds is to generate hedge fund-like returns without hedge fund fees.

 

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our speakers
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Prof Bill Fung
BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre
London Business School, UK
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Tristam Lett
Managing Director
Alpha Beta Strategies, Integra Capital Management
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Mike Taylor
Chief Executive
London Pensions Fund Authority, UK
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Charles Krusen
Partner
Alpha Equity Management LLC, USA
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Manolis Liodakis
Managing Director Global Quantative Equity Research
Citigroup Investment Research, UK

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