Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) March 25, 2008 -- Opalesque, the world's largest subscription-based publisher on alternative investments, has launched its second issue of the Opalesque Roundtable Series, the Opalesque Australia Roundtable. In an Opalesque Roundtable, Opalesque unites some of the leading hedge fund managers (single and multi strategy managers) as well as representatives of the local investor base (institutions, fund of funds, advisers) to gain unique insights into the specific idiosyncrasies and developments, the issues and advantages of each hedge fund center.
As with the first Roundtable -- the Opalesque New Zealand Roundtable -- Opalesque also here focuses on a hedge fund center which for most industry participants is not really "around the corner", again underlining the value of this new Opalesque publication.
The Opalesque Australia Roundtable was sponsored by Minter Ellison Lawyers (www.minterellison.com.au) and took place in their Sydney office.
The participants of the Opalesque Australia Roundtable are:
* Matthew Kaleel, Chief Investment Officer, H3 Global Advisors
* Richard Keary, Director, Audant Investments
* Michael Munns, Chief Investments Officer, Prodigal
* Andrew Alexander, Portfolio Manager, MQ Specialist Investment Management Ltd.
* Arthur Roumeliotis, Head of Absolute Return Research, Jana Investment Advisors
* Michael Brookes, Chief Investment Officer, St Helens Capital
* John Corr, Managing Partner, Fortitude Capital
* Philip King, Founder, Regal Funds Management
* Damien Hatfield, Daniel Liptak, Founders, Hatfield Liptak Advisors
In this Roundtable transcript, you can learn:
* How local hedge fund managers exploit the relative immaturity of the industry and as a group have been outperforming their global peers consistently since 2000
* Why -- if you want capacity in Australian hedge funds -- you should go there soon, why capacities may not be there for long
* How each investor investing into Australian hedge funds can effectively optimize and simplify his due diligence process
* Which strategies local hedge funds use to grow their business and AUM
* Why Australian regulations are far ahead of most other jurisdictions
* What must happen so that Australian pension money can flow into hedge funds
* What is the composition of the $87.5bln Australian hedge fund market, to what extend has the institutional participation grown?
* What is important for Australian pensions and consultants when selecting hedge funds?
The Opalesque Australia Roundtable Script can be downloaded here:
http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableAUS
The Opalesque New Zealand Roundtable Script (published March 17th) can be downloaded here: www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=Roundtable
Matthias Knab, Director of Opalesque Ltd, moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. Matthias Knab is an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives and is frequently invited as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, Stockholm, Dubai etc. In addition, he was a speaker or moderator at hedge fund events in Sydney, Cape Town, Madrid, Bombay and lectured at numerous universities about hedge funds and the state of the alternative asset management industry.
About Opalesque:
Opalesque leads the finance media space for its in-depth and innovative products. Since February 2003, Opalesque is publishing Alternative Market Briefing, the premium news service on hedge funds and alternatives. The launch of these Briefings was a revolution in the hedge fund media space ("Opalesque changed the world by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service." -- Nigel Blanchard, Culross) combining proprietary news with the "clipping service" approach of integrating third party news. Each week, Opalesque publications are read by more than 360,000 industry professionals from all over the globe.
Opalesque is the only daily hedge fund publisher which is actually read by the elite managers themselves (www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html). For more information, please go to www.opalesque.com.
About Opalesque publications:
Alternative Market Briefing:
A daily newsletter on the global hedge fund industry, highly praised for its completeness and timely delivery of the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. Alternative Market Briefing offers both a quick overview and in-depth coverage. Subscribers can also access the industry's largest news archive (26,000 articles) on hedge funds and related topics.
A SQUARE:
Opalesque A SQUARE = Alternative Alternatives is the first web publication, globally, that is dedicated exclusively to alternative investments. A SQUARE's weekly selection feature unique investment opportunities that bear virtually no correlation to the main stream hedge fund strategies and/or distinguish themselves by virtue of their "alternative" motive -- social, behavioural, natural resources, sustainable/environment related investing.
With its "research that reveals" approach, fast facts and investment oriented analysis, A SQUARE offers diversification and complementary ideas for: private, high net-worth and institutional investors, pension funds and endowments, portfolio and hedge funds managers.
Technical Research Briefing:
Delivers three times a week a global perspective/overview on all major markets, including Equity Indices, Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities. Opalesque Technical Research is unique compared to most available research which is fundamental in nature, and not technically (chart) oriented.
Opalesque Roundtable Series:
In an Opalesque Roundtable, we unite some of the leading hedge fund managers (single and multi strategy managers) as well as representatives of the local investor base (institutions, fund of funds, advisers) to gain unique insights into the specific idiosyncrasies and developments, the issues and advantages of individual global hedge fund centers.
No matter if you are a hedge fund investor looking for new talent, a hedge fund interested in diversifying your investor base or a service provider looking for new clients, you will get to know some of the leading heads of each hedge fund center and find invaluable information and intelligence right on your desk, without any travel involved.
For more information, please go to www.opalesque.com.
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