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Hedge Funds: The New Raiders

 
 

We are pleased to announce that the following people will be speaking on the Hedge Fund Panel:

Manjit Dale, Founding Partner, TDR Capital
Bruno Mourgue d'Algue, Associate Director, Carlyle Europe Ventures
Greg Share, Vice President, Fortress Group
Harlan Zimmerman, Principal, Capital Z Investment Partners
 
The panel is to be moderated by:
Chris Ivey, Associate Director, Almeida Capital
 

The panel discussion will revolve around the following sub-themes:

The reinvention of hedge funds marks a new era for the industry - and for Wall Street. During the 1990s fund managers took their cue from George Soros, morphing into multistrategy types and taking advantage of inefficiencies between the world's stock, bond and currency markets. In a similar metamorphosis, hedge funds now are buying whole companies. This places them squarely in competition with private equity houses. What does this mean for the private quity industry going forward?