Current Sponsors
2011 sponsors
The World Gold Council (WGC) is the market development organisation for the gold industry. Working within the investment, jewellery and technology sectors, as well as engaging in government affairs, its purpose is to provide industry leadership, whilst stimulating and sustaining demand for gold. Based in the UK, with operations in India, the Far East, the Middle East, Europe and the USA, the WGC is an association whose members include the world's leading and most forward thinking gold mining companies.
Hermes BPK Partners ("Hermes BPK") is an Alternative Advisory Boutique and Fund of Hedge Funds established as a partnership with Hermes Fund Managers, an asset manager 100% owned by the BT Pension Scheme ("BTPS"), the largest private pension scheme in the UK. Centred around a new model of alignment, our focus is on providing alternative investment solutions and market-leading client service to institutional clients and family offices based on the highest degree of transparency, governance, engagement and fee alignment with our investors. With some $2.4bn of assets invested across a range of portfolios with differing risk/return and liquidity profiles, we provide both commingled and segregated discretionary solutions. Through BTPS' cornerstone investment, we have real insight into the needs and constraints of sophisticated investors and the fiduciary duty we hold to over 300,000 pension fund end clients. In addition, the long term nature of these investments means we are able to take a long term approach to our business and ensure alignment with the interests of the investor. Hermes BPK is also at the forefront of innovation and has led the way on a new 3-year performance fee model with claw-backs as well as participating in a Joint Venture to develop an accelerator / seed capital vehicle focused on early investing and/or seeding talented hedge fund managers.
Wermuth Asset Management GmbH (WAM, founded in 1999) is a German family investment firm that acts as an adviser on alternative investments in Eastern Europe and primarily, Russia. WAM headquarters are located in Wiesbaden (Germany) with a branch in Moscow (Russia), where most of the principals are based. WAM is the exclusive Investment Adviser to several funds and SPVs, whose investors include high net worth individuals, family offices, funds of funds, banks, pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds. The Company has overseen over USD 1bn in equity investments in Russian listed debt and equity, private equity, real estate, agriculture and forestry.
WAM is a member of the Alternative Asset Management Association (AIMA), the European Business Association Moscow, the World Economic Forum’s group of Global Growth Companies, the German-Russian Foreign Trade Chamber Moscow, and the Moscow Branch is registered with the Russian Chamber of Commerce.
ACPI is an independent, award-winning provider of asset management solutions for family offices, institutions and private investors. Established in 2001, ACPI manages over USD 3 billion in assets and is headquartered in London. ACPI offers a range of investment solutions and products in fixed income, equities, alternative investments and special situations, the cornerstone of which is capital preservation and active portfolio management.
Kroll, the world's leading risk consulting company, provides a broad range of investigative, intelligence, financial, security and technology services to help clients reduce risks, solve problems and capitalize on opportunities. Headquartered in New York with offices in more than 55 cities in over 27 countries, Kroll has a multidisciplinary team of approximately 2,800 employees and serves a global clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations, non-profit institutions, government agencies, and individuals. Kroll is an Altegrity company. For more information, please visit www.kroll.com.
Aviva Investors is part of Aviva plc, the world's sixth largest insurance group*. With assets under management in excess of £269^ billion across a range of real estate, equity, fixed income, money market and alternative funds, our clients benefit not only from our unique access to local markets but also from the availability of considerable global resources. We employ over 1,390 people in 16 countries across 20 locations^.
*Source: Based on gross worldwide premiums for the year ended 31 December 2009
^Source: Aviva Investors as at 30 June 2011.
Ayaltis is a specialized fund of hedge funds advisor with focus on hedge funds opportunities in relative value fixed income, credit strategies and global macro strategies. The company was founded in the midst of the financial crisis in October 2008 very experienced hedge funds professionals with an excellent track record. Ayaltis is independent and owned by the management, employees and strategic partners (family offices). Ayaltis is the advisor to its flagship fund Areca Value Discovery, where the investor base is mainly family offices/wealthy individuals and institutional investors. In this way, we seek to ensure the closest possible alignment of client's and firm interests, supported by robust risk management and operational infrastructure. Ayaltis is member of the Alternative Asset Management Association (AIMA).
CREO Select Opportunites Fund, L.P.
CREO Select Opportunities Fund, L.P. ("CSOF") is a global, event-driven investment fund that targets special situations to identify mispriced, publicly traded corporate fixed income and equity securities. CSOF invests opportunistically across the capital structure where the risk/reward profile is most compelling. The primary objective is to generate superior long-term capital appreciation without utilizing leverage while maintaining low correlation to the broader markets. CSOF's investment team worked together for over six years before launching CSOF.
Founded in 1998 by Patrick McKenna, Ingenious is a market leading financial services group providing investment and advisory expertise. Our clients include institutional investors, corporate, high net worth individuals and retail investors. Ingenious' activities focus on the media and entertainment, leisure and clean energy sectors, operating a number of specialist funds with in excess of £7 billion under management. Alongside our private equity investments and project financing capability, we offer a range of corporate finance services and, through our asset management division, provide innovative solutions to the private investor.
HealthInvest offers actively managed healthcare funds aimed at institutional and private clients.
Our flagship fund is HealthInvest Value Fund. It was started on 1 January 2009, and has since returned over 110 per cent and is the highest returning healthcare fund in the world according to Morningstar. MSCI World Healthcare Index has returned around 5 per cent during the same period.
HealthInvest primarily focuses on micro, small and mid-cap companies. Many of these companies are not extensively covered by research analysts and share prices may hence deviate substantially from the justified values. The fund company believes that the management team´s focus on the healthcare sector, collaboration with external consultant organisations, access to various databases combined with a disciplined investment process increases the likelihood of identifying companies that are undervalued, creating a foundation for potential high returns for investors.
IBS Capital (IBS) was organized in June 1990 in Boston, MA. IBS is the General Partner of The IBS Turnaround Fund LP and the investment manager of The IBS Opportunity Fund Ltd. (offshore). The IBS funds pursue an "event-driven" strategy with a focus on distressed, turnaround and special situation investments in the US and emerging markets. Since inception in 1994, the IBS Turnaround Fund generated an average annual return of 18.7% versus 8.3% generated by the Russell 3000.
Numis Securities Limited is a leading independent investment banking and institutional stockbroking business, with market leading research, slea, trading, broking, capital raising and corporate finance capabilities in 14 sectors. We have demonstrated an ability to raise capital for both institutional and private client contacts. Numis research and execution services are widely recognised as exceptional. For the last four years, Numis has been rated in the top three in the Extel survey for small capitlisation UK stocks.
Alpha Associates is the leading private equity fund-of-funds manager for Central & Eastern and Russia/CIS and the second largest private equity fund investor in the region after the EBRD. The firm is based in Zurich, Switzerland and has a team of 27 professionals. Alpha has made primary commitments to private equity funds in CEE and Russia/CIS, bought fund interests in secondary transactions and made selective direct co-investments in the region since 1998. The team has closed over 70 investments and achieved an excellent track record.
Visium Asset Management LP is an investment firm dedicated to generating high-quality, non-correlated returns in a variety of market environments. Established in 2005 by Jacob Gottlieb, Visium has a staff of over 65 professionals and manages over $3.4 billion in long/short equity, credit, and multi-strategy funds, emphasizing fundamental research and a disciplined approach to capital allocation and risk management.
Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild
For over 30 years, the Edmond de Rothschild Group has been developing third party fund services as a core business. Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe, Luxembourg's largest Swiss bank, is one of the most reputable and innovative in fund servicing.
Fund domiciles: Luxembourg (UCITS IIIs, SIFs, SICARs and other UCIs), the Caymans, British Virgin Islands and Italy.
Services provided: custody, fund accounting & administration, registrar services (one-stop shop for plain vanilla funds, fund of hedge funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, arts funds and wine funds).
Towers Watson is a leading global professional services company that helps organisations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial management. The company offers solutions in the areas of employee benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management. Towers Watson has 14,000 associates around the world and is located on the web at www.towerswatson.com.
Towers Watson Investment is focused on creating financial value for the world's leading institutional investors through its expertise in risk assessment, strategic asset allocation and investment manager selection. It is a division of Towers Watson's Risk and Financial Services business, has over 650 associates worldwide and assets under advisory of over US$ 2.1 trillion.
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