2012 Symposium

The HedgeNews Africa Symposium will be held on February 23, 2012 in Cape Town.

The HedgeNews Africa Symposium is the must-attend event in the African alternative asset management calendar, bringing together leading managers, investors and service providers to discuss shifting investment landscapes amid a year of great challenges and great change.

From the developed market of South Africa to the nascent economies across Africa, leading industry players will both interrogate and inform – helping the industry to achieve new levels of accountability, transparency and excellence based on high-level peer-to-peer interaction.

The event is followed by the HedgeNews Africa awards dinner, recognising the best risk-adjusted performance amongst South African and African hedge funds in the calendar year 2010.

Confirmed speakers:

Tutu Agyare, Nubuke Investments
Greg Barker, Sustainable Capital
Paul Bate, Matterhorn Investments
Windall Bekker, OMAC Actuaries and Consultants
David Berman, Berman Capital Management
Valérie Bénard, Aksia Europe
Stephen Brierley, SYmmETRY
Stephen Brown, Fairtree Capital
Isabella Burke, Investec Prime Broking
John Caulfield, Momentum Alternative Investments
Neville Chester, Coronation Fund Managers
Heath Davies, Signet Capital Management
Ruth Forssman, Peregrine Capital
Jonathan Hertz, SA Alpha
Peter Highland, HedgeNews Africa
Heather James, Federal Street Partners
Eben Karsten, Blue Ink Investments
Edem Lassey, Investec Asset Management
Simone Lowe, Thames River Capital
Jean-Pierre Matthews, PSGAI/Brunia
Jan Meintjes, SIM Unconstrained
Lynn Miller, Edge Capital
Ian Morley, Allenbridge Hedge
Erik Nel, Atlantic Asset Management
Given Phaladi, Phaladi Alternative Investments
Anthony Schroenn, Kura Capital
Kevin Shames, Genometry
Prasheen Singh, RisCura
Andre Steyn, Steyn Capital Management
Marc Sullivan, Enko Capital
Peter Townshend, Coronation Fund Managers
Eugene van Rensburg, Nedbank Capital
Theron van Wyk, TriAlpha Investment Management
Eugene Visagie, Novare
Andrew Weir, Overberg Capital
Malungelo Zilimbola, Mazi Capital

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Booking rates for 2012

• Standard booking rate $1,150 / R8,000
• 25% discount for named HedgeNews Africa subscriber $860 / R6,000
• 15% discount for hedge fund managers / investors $980 / R6,800

If you are a not-for-profit hedge fund investor or pension fund trustee, you may be eligible for a discount. Please contact Andre Louw on events@hedgenewsafrica.com.

To download the Symposium brochure, please click here.
To download the Symposium booking form, please click here.

NEWS UPDATE: 25/01/2012

Morley and Davies to deliver keynotes at 2012 HedgeNews Africa Symposium

Ian Morley of Allenbridge Hedge and Heath Davies of Signet Capital Management will be leading a strong line-up of speakers at the HedgeNews Africa Symposium on February 23 at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, the industry’s key annual gathering.

Ian Morley and Heath Davies

Morley founded and was elected the first chairman of what is today known as the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global trade body for the hedge fund industry. He is chairman of Allenbridge Hedge, one of the most respected hedge fund consulting companies. Morley has advised central banks, international regulators and other international organisations, such as the EU and the OECD, on matters related to economics, markets and regulation and is a well-known international media commentator on financial matters.

Davies is managing director of Signet Capital Management, where he is also head of group due diligence and co-portfolio manager of the Signet Global Equity Fund. Signet is an award-winning global fund of hedge fund specialist running US$1.3 billion, and is best known for its flagship Global Fixed Income Fund, its Emerging Market, Credit, Equity, Multi-Strategy and UCITS offerings, and its customised investment solutions.

The two high-level keynote addresses will provide an important anchor for the day’s discussions and debates. An impressive array of speakers is set to contribute their views on pertinent topics ranging from the investment opportunities in the African and South African markets, what different hedge fund strategies have to offer, how African managers are positioned after a difficult 2011, as well as trends amongst institutional investors going into 2012.

The Symposium will be followed by the long-running HedgeNews Africa Awards, which make use of an established quantitative methodology to recognise those fund managers who deliver the best risk-adjusted performance for the calendar-year 2011.

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