With over 30,000 active users, Albourne Village is a free community website for anyone interested in alternative investments - providing a pub and library to exchange news and IP, job and conference centres, school and strategy forecasts. Don’t just join the Village, be the Village!

BarclayHedge is a leading source for proprietary research in the field of alternative investments. For the past 22 years Barclay has provided services as a publisher, database and software provider, and industry consultant. Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices and 10 managed futures indices are utilized worldwide as performance benchmarks for hedge funds and managed futures.

The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® is an independent, not-for-profit global organization committed to education and professionalism in the field of alternative investments. Founded in 2002, the Association is the sponsoring body for the CAIASM designation. Recognized globally, the designation certifies one’s mastery of the concepts, tools and practices essential for understanding alternative investments and promotes adherence to high standards of professional conduct.

Debtwire publishes real-time news and data for financial professionals in the distressed debt and leveraged finance markets across the world. Debtwire is part of the Mergermarket Group, a division of the Financial Times Group, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, FT.com, Les Echos, Expansion and FT Deutschland. The FT Group is a division of Pearson plc, the international media group.

Hedge Fund Trades is the only news source covering the activity of hedge funds across equity, debt, commodities and foreign exchange markets. The reporters at Hedge Fund Trades use their investigative skills to report on the latest trades being pursued by hedge funds and to look at trades in the making.

EMM is the only weekly newsletter providing exclusive and authoritative views on investment across global emerging markets. EMM measures the changing sentiment towards the most heavily traded emerging markets external debt. PLUS currency forecasting service, market developments, people moves, IPOs, M&As and bond issues.

Eurekahedge is the world’s largest independent alternative research company, dedicated to the collation of alternative investment data, and the development and continuous improvement of our research data banks. We have evolved into a market leader in less than four years: from our first single manager directory covering 162 funds, we have aggressively grown our research data to now maintaining coverage on over 13,500 alternative funds globally and disseminate data on 11,000 alternative funds, covering US$1.8 trillion in assets. For more information, please contact Alexander Mearns, Managing Director at alex@eurekahedge.com or +65 6212 0924.
US toll free: 1866 578 4852, UK toll free: 0800 404 8106.

The 2008 edition of Euromoney Handbooks' leading guide to the world of alternative investments comes as the playing field becomes more exciting due to new concepts, regulation and increasingly global reach of hedge funds. It has never been so important to lift your strategy to another level which is why this Handbook brings together an internationally acclaimed editorial board of experts in the field to advise you on the issues that matter in the world of alternative investments.

For more information, please contact Claire Evans on +44(0)1206 762948, or email claire@euromoney-handbooks.co.uk

FINalternatives is the premier, independent source for news on the alternative investment industry, covering fund launches and closings, searches and mandates, marketing strategies, people moves, regulatory and legal issues, industry trends, technology and services, and more. The seasoned reporters at FINalternatives bring readers the latest news and information from the hedge fund, private equity and CTA communities—bringing clarity to this opaque corner of the investment universe.

Hedge Connection is the first web-based investor-intro service for hedge funds and qualified investors that provides direct networking. HedgeConnection.com offers both hedge funds and investors a place to exchange ideas and information. Hedge funds can post all information for free and actively source a large database of qualified investor profiles for a fixed annual membership fee -- no commissions. Investor members join for FREE and gain access to detailed information on our hedge fund members.

HedgeCo.Net is the leading online community for qualified investors, hedge funds and service providers. For investors, HedgeCo.Net offers the premier free hedge fund database and powerful tools to search, rank and analyze potential investments. HedgeCo.Net members enjoy access to daily news, manager columns, and a comprehensive directory of service providers.

Guarantee Your Edge in the Alternative-Investment Arena. Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate new risks and opportunities facing fund-management firms, their investors and service providers. Be first to identify new capital-raising tactics, investor strategies and competition among industry vendors. Sign up for a three-issue FREE trial subscription to Hedge Fund Alert by calling 201-659-1700.

We are an international, not-for-profit organization of hedge fund managers, service providers, and investors. Objectives include education of legislators, the media and investing public about the true facts of hedge fund investing, and in so doing, to improve the image of hedge funds. Contact us at 202-478-2000 ; 202-478-1999 (fax); info@thehfa.org.

Hedge Fund Employment is the Premier Job Search site for the alternative asset community. Our site provides a user-friendly meeting place for job seekers to access the information they need to immediately gain the position. Hedge Fund Employment is part of the HedgeCo Networks.

HedgeFundLounge.com is the only entirely open forum for the alternative asset community. Our content is user-driven, and our members include hedge fund managers, investors and service providers. At HedgeFundLounge.com it’s easy to share, discover, and comment on news and announcements. Members also enjoy message boards, surveys, live chat, and more!

Hedge Fund Tools offers the only reverse bidding platform for hedge fund services. What does this mean? Very simply, you post a project at no cost, (ex. I am looking for legal docs for my new fund) and then you wait for service providers to come bid on your project. This puts you, the buyer in the drivers seat! No longer do you have to 'accept' what is out there from your local provider, or friend's referral. Now you can make the proper decision from a larger pool of professionals, and hopefully save some money in the process. 

Debtwire publishes real-time news and data for financial professionals in the distressed debt and leveraged finance markets across the world. Debtwire is part of the Mergermarket Group, a division of the Financial Times Group, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, FT.com, Les Echos, Expansion and FT Deutschland. The FT Group is a division of Pearson plc, the international media group.