From 2/11/09 HF Alert:
 
Expect more of this.  If you are a hedge fund that expected to raise capital exclusively through your prime broker. Time to consider plan b. 
 

Merrill Lynch is the latest prime broker to cancel or scale back a hedge fund conference.

Merrill, now part of Bank of America, told clients last week that its marquee [...]

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Back to back events highlighted a busy week for us in New York last week. On Tuesday Hedge Connection’s sister event company Investment Management Resources had it’s 14th Meet the Manager Forum.  Six diverse, and very interesting managers presented their strategies.  We had Ibis Management, Lexington Asset Management, Zebra Capital, Lattice Management, Alpine Associates and [...]

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On second thought, a Florida hedge fund conference sponsored by TARP recipients would appear somewhat unseemly in this loaded political climate.
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Goldman Hedge Confab Bumped Back
Bleak economic reality has prompted Goldman Sachs to postpone its annual hedge fund conference and move it from Miami to New York. 

Spokesman Ed Kennedy said the conference, which had been [...]

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