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Activist Investing - Creating Value for Hedge Funds
November 19, 2012
post contributed by Katerina Yovchev
Jared Landaw, the COO and General Counsel of the activist hedge fund Barington Capital Group, LP, and Doron Lipshitz, a partner in O’Melveny’s New York office, were the panelists at the Roundtable’s November Event held at Fordham University, moderated by one of Fordham’s brightest- Professor Sean J. Griffith.
The discussion began by introducing the concept of...
Finance and the 2012 Election
November 16, 2012
post contributed by Emily DeLuca
The October Roundtable event was a discussion regarding the impact that the 2012 presidential election will have on the financial industry. Rob Astorino, elected in 2009 to Westchester County Executive, and Harold Ford, former US Congressional Representative were moderated by Myron Kandel, founding financial editor for CNN. Ford stated that Romney...
Harry Markopolos - Nobody Would Listen
September 28, 2012
post contributed by Emily DeLuca
Fraud Investigator, Harry Markopolos, the whistleblower for Bernie Madoff’s operation of the largest Ponzi scheme in history spoke at the Roundtable’s September Event at the Bloomberg Tower in Midtown.
Proving Madoff to be a fraud was no simple task as Markopolos had to...
Alternative Alternative Investments
September 27, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
Very unique and very alternative investments were presented to members and discussed at the August roundtable meeting. Stephen McCarthy from SVP - KCG Capital Advisors moderated a panel of experts in the topics of investment grade wine, rare stringed instruments, and fine art.
Morgan Long, the Director of Art Investments...
Green Investing Panel
September 17, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
July’s Event was a panel moderated by our very own Stanley Goldstein, founder of the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. The panelists, Rebecca Craft, Director of Energy Efficiency and Demand Management at Con Edison, Peter Fusaro, Chairman of Global Exchange Associates, and Ann Partlow, Partner at Earthrise Capital, gave members of the roundtable an update on the current state of green investing...
The JOBS Act and Its Impact on the IPO Market
September 11, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
The roundtable’s President, Tim Selby, began the morning session updating membership on his recent trip to Seoul to present at the Korean Hedge Fund Conference where he spoke about best practices and compliance in the Hedge Fund Industry, a topic that is a pillar of the NYHFR.
David Weild, Chairman and CEO of Capital Markets Advisory Group, then took the podium and began the June event explaining...
Market Outlook for the Remainder of 2012 with Jonathan Golub
September 10, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
In May, the Roundtable was pleased to have one of the most visible Wall Street strategists’ present, Jonathan Golub. Golub, the Chief US Strategist for UBS, provided a historical backdrop of the financial crisis with emphasis put on the key people responsible. He also gave members an update on the current market as well as the overall economy...
Hedging Systemic Risk with Equity Derivatives: Perspective and Techniques
July 9, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
Dean Curnutt, President of Macro Risk Advisors and a member of the NYHFR himself, gave an entertaining presentation in March on Systemic Risk. “I am going to get technical but I’ll try to keep it lively”, he began.
Systemic Risk makes investing more problematic and it comes from how truly interconnected the financial system is...
Hedge Funds and Real Estate: Strategies for 2012 and Beyond
July 9, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
April’s event topic – Real Estate - is always a popular and well attended one for the Roundtable. With the market constantly moving and changing, especially in New York, the real estate events allow members a chance to get caught up with what has happened as well as gaining insight from experts on the where the market is headed.
Shareholder Driven Capitalism
May 17, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
Tim Selby introduced our February speaker by sharing with members a review of his book “Exile on Wall Street”. Quoting the review he said, “This is a guy who really, really wants to do the right thing” He was one of eight who saw the crisis coming and was the only analyst to testify during the Senate Banking Committee hearings in 2002 on conflicts of interest on Wall Street.
Mike Mayo began by...
Hedging Systemic Risk with Equity Derivatives: Perspective and Techniques
May 17, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
Dean Curnutt, President of Macro Risk Advisors and a member of the NYHFR himself, gave an entertaining presentation in March on Systemic Risk. “I am going to get technical but I’ll try to keep it lively”, he began.
Hedge Funds 3.0
March 12, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
Sandy Kaul, the U.S. Head of Business Advisory Services at Citi Prime Finance, hosted the Roundtable’s first meeting of 2012 in January. She explained the evolution of hedge funds’ internal structure, giving members an in depth analysis of the past as well as painting a picture of what might be to come.
Hedge Funds were initially built to maintain the intellectual investment process only, for all other...
The Great Debate: Long Only vs. Alternative Investments
January 30, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
Tyler Mathisen, our celebrity moderator from CNBC, began the morning by asking both Mario Gabelli and Art Samberg how they size up investments and then how they size up the world more broadly. It didn’t take long before Mathisen dove right into the main topic of event asking: Is there room for both long only and alternative investments?
Mario answered the question...
Family Office Investing in Alternative Strategies
January 13, 2012
post contributed by Megan Flynn
At the NYHFR’s November Roundtable, "Family Office Investing in Alternative Strategies", the insight presented into the longevity of wealth preservation was intriguing. The investment perspective is a unique one, often spanning several generations with an ultra-long term approach. “Wealth preservation is a very difficult task” said Fred Fruitman, Managing Director of Loeb Partners. Fred was joined on stage with Geoffrey von Kuhn, Managing Director of The Crosby Company along with moderator Kurt Miscinski, President of HPM Partners.
The specific topic of Family Offices had never...
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