I recently attended a hedge fund conference. In a sign of the times the format was a half day and presented in an austere, no frills environment…coincidentally the same room where I was married but that is a subject for another day.
How Pension Placement Agent Exploited Political Ties (Update1) – Bloomberg.com.
May 18, 2009
Kudos to Bloomberg to an excellent review of where we are with the placement agent model and the use of the politically connected to make introductions.
- Apparently the well-connected politically – democrats mostly – have spent their time in the wilderness riding the alternative [...]
HF Alert reports that Goldman Sachs is planning an all-star cap-intro event next week. They appear to have pulled a page directly from the Live Nation concert playbook. Instead of taking risks with smaller acts in small venues – LN prefers to book aerosmith, Madonna, Cold Play, U2 pay them well and book ginormous venues.
We [...]
Cap-intro starting to show signs of life.
Highlights from this year’s DB alternative investment survey.
We recently announced a strategic partnership with Lighthouse Prime Services. We are excited about the opportunity as we are working with a group that recognizes that in order to do “cap-intro” correctly, you need to work with people that are talking to investors every day.
For years, we heard the common refrain that, “our prime [...]
Today we issued an important announcement. Not only a significant development for our company but also a significant development in the rapid development and transformation of the hedge fund services sector.
As the major prime brokerages cut down on services to clients, specifically smaller funds, our partnership with Lighthouse offers their clients a turn-key solution.
Lighthouse Prime [...]
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 [...]
Hedge Connection and Investment Management Resources have teamed up to create The Investor Champagne Roundtable Series.
Meet over 50* Investors In 2009…guaranteed.
As investors begin to reallocate to hedge funds in 2009, managers will need to expand and improve marketing efforts. The difference between marketing success and failure is an ability to meet investors directly, build relationships [...]
Hedge Connection’s sister event company, Investment Management Resources has announced their 14th Meet the Manager Forum on February 10th in New York.
Since 2003, IMR has organized Meet the Manager Forums – unique, intimate investor-introduction events for hedge fund managers and qualified investors.
Qualified investors shouldn’t miss this opportunity to hear hedge fund managers discuss a broad array of [...]
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