Pure cutting-edge content
HEDGE 2008 has undergone an overhaul this year, with the focus placed squarely on designing an agenda which is attractive to investors. We have the biggest speakers, tackling the biggest issues, alongside the world’s biggest investors. This is a unique event, and already this new emphasis is paying dividends. We have an unprecedented thirty-five pension fund representatives registered to attend, even before the conference brochure has been mailed out!
A UNIQUE EVENT...
HEDGE 2008 presents eight of the most formidable industry leaders, hand-picked from around the world. Eight world-class speakers giving eight keynote speeches. And eight hard-hitting discussion panels, featuring only the most distinguished hedge fund managers and investors. No lightweights. No padding. Simply the investment world’s most influential speakers, addressing the world’s most pressing issues.
...FOR A UNIQUE TIME
We live in interesting times. A multi-year equity bull market has given way to a multi-year commodity bull market. The echoes of the sub-prime credit crisis have reverberated into all corners of the financial markets. Lending conditions have tightened. Central banks are struggling to balance the risk of slower growth against the risk of higher inflation.
Company earnings are uncertain and market volatility has returned with a vengeance. And yet hedge funds, as an asset class, continue to provide a safe harbour for investment funds, with fund of funds indices returning an impressive 10% in 2007, despite market conditions.
We are at a very significant juncture for financial markets. What happens next? There’s no shortage of opinions, but it’s the opinions of those at the forefront of their chosen field that carry the most weight. HEDGE2008 brings these market heavyweights together, gathered to one place, presenting insights which will help investors and asset managers chart a course of relative safety through the troubled waters that lie ahead.
EIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT KEYNOTES
TOP POLICY INSIDER – THE CENTRAL BANKER
Sir John Gieve, Deputy Governor, Bank of England
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL QUANTS
David Harding, CEO and Founder, Winton Capital
EUROPE’S MOST INFLUENTIAL BUYOUT BARON
Johannes Huth, CEO Europe, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
WALL STREET’S BIGGEST BEAR? THE TOP ECONOMIST
Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
THE VICTOR IN EUROPE’S BIGGEST EVER BANKING TAKEOVER
Johnny Cameron, Chief Executive, Corporate Markets, RBS
ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST INVESTMENT STRATEGISTS
Dr Marc Faber, Principal, The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report
EUROPE’S TOP FINANCIAL REGULATOR
Hector Sants, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Authority
EUROPE’S LARGEST EQUITY HEDGE FUND
Paul Marshall, Executive Chairman and Co-founder, Marshall Wace
EIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT PANELS
EUROPE’S LARGEST INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVES MANAGER
Manny Roman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, GLG Partners
EUROPE’S MOST INFLUENTIAL INVESTMENT CONSULTANT
Roger Urwin, Global Head of Investment Content, Watson Wyatt
THE ORIGINATOR OF THE “BRICS” ACRONYM
Jim O’Neill, Head of Global Economic Research, Goldman Sachs
EUROPE’S MOST-READ HEDGE FUND ANALYST
Alexander Ineichen, Senior Investment Officer, UBS Global Asset Management
FORMER MPC MEMBER, TUDOR AND GOLDMAN ALUMNI
Sushil Wadhwani, President and CEO, Wadhwani Asset Management
EUROPE’S TOP QUANTITATIVE PUBLISHER
Paul Wilmott, Founder, Wilmott Quantitative Finance
AWARD-WINNING EVENT-DRIVEN MANAGER
Michael Treichl, Managing Partner and Co-founder, Audley Capital
AWARD-WINNING EVENT-DRIVEN MANAGER
Michael Treichl, Managing Partner and Co-founder, Audley Capital
TOP FUND OF FUND RISK MANAGER
Mike Turner, Head of Risk Management and Quantitative Techniques, FRM
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