The End Of The 5%: Hedge Funds Get Institutional Inflows Straight From Equity Portfolio,managers Say

June 29, 2009 - PRLog -- The end of the 5%: Hedge funds get institutional inflows straight from equity portfolio, managers say

New York, June 29 2009 -- Opalesque has published the 2009 Opalesque New York Roundtable.
In each Roundtable, Opalesque unites some of the leading hedge fund managers as well as representatives of the local investor base to gain unique insights into the local industry.  The 2009 New York Roundtable is the 19th issue of the popular Opalesque Roundtable Series, an unique catalog of intelligence on the global investment landscape.

The Opalesque New York Roundtable can be downloaded here for free: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableNY2009.html.  
All other previously published Opalesque Roundtable Scripts can be accessed in the Roundtable archive: http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT

On 33 pages, the New York Roundtable delivers a detailed update on current issues and developments within the U.S. hedge fund industry.  One of the foremost developments refers to  fundamental changes in asset allocation of public and corporate pensions, who have started to allocate to alternatives straight out of their equity portfolio, rather than putting hedge funds into a "5% niche bucket".

The following eminent New York-based hedge fund managers, investors and advisers participated in the 2009 Roundtable:

1. Ed Robertiello, Managing Director, head of the fund of hedge funds Americas at  Credit Suisse

2. Tim Schuler, CFA, Senior Vice President & Investment Strategist, Permal Group

3. Carrie McCabe, CEO and Founder of Lasair Capital

4. Chris Acito, Founder of Acito Advisory Group, former Managing Director and Global Chief Operation Officer for Investcorp's Hedge Fund Group

5. John M. Bader, Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Halcyon Asset Management

6. Bill Geisler, Portfolio Manager, Malbec Partners

7. Christopher Pucillo, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Solus Alternative Asset Management

8. Katherine S. Kim, Senior Analyst, Affirmed Capital

Further, the Round discusses various important aspects like:

•   What macro signals hedge funds are using for their strategic positioning
•   Challenges for emerging managers: What happened to seeding?
•   New insights on risk and reward of different asset classes and hedge fund strategies
•   What are the "rescue mandates" that Credit Suisse and other notable firms are now getting?
•   What are the huge opportunities investors can pursue in the secondary markets for hedge funds?
•   What new hedge fund compensation models are already now being deployed, but why do hedge fund fees not seem to ever go down?
•   What keeps many hedge funds from participating in TALF and PIPP programs?
•   and much more!

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The Opalesque New York Roundtable can be downloaded here for free: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableNY2009.html.  All other previously published Opalesque Roundtable Scripts can be accessed in the Roundtable archive:
http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT

About Opalesque:
Matthias Knab, Director of Opalesque Ltd, moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. Matthias Knab is an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives.

In 2003, with the publication of its daily Alternative Market Briefing, Opalesque successfully launched an information 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. This hybrid financial news service, which combines proprietary industry news stories and filtered third party reports, has been credited by many industry insiders with delivering precise, accurate, and vital information to a notoriously guarded audience.

Each week, Opalesque publications are read by more than 600,000 industry professionals in over 160 countries.  Opalesque is the only daily hedge fund publisher which is actually read by the elite managers themselves (http://www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html).

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Opalesque was formed in 2001 to provide professional news services to participants in the alternative investment sector. Since inception, Opalesque has been providing premium online information services related to the hedge fund and investment industries. The Opalesque publication Alternative Market Briefing is the only daily hedge fund news service read by the elite hedge fund managers themselves.
Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, Stockholm, Dubai etc. In addition, he has presented or moderated at hedge fund events in London, Geneva, Zurich, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Madrid, Moscow, Sao Paolo, San Francisco, Toronto, Cayman Islands, Auckland and Bombay, and lectured at numerous universities on the subjects of hedge funds.