What's On The Agenda For 2010 At The Investors' Favourite Alternatives Conference?

Meet Over 300 Investors Active In The Alternatives World including more Institutional Investors than ever before- The Wellcome Trust, CERN Pension Fund, USS, APG, Georgetown University, BBVA Private Pension Fund, Barclays Pension Fund Read more.

With a huge range of interactive, targeted and face to face features & formats GAIM International provides four days of bringing together buyer & seller in the most constructive, compelling and time saving ways possible for all parties. Ask how we can help you meet and engage with who you want

New Strategic Insights From The Big Hedge Fund Brands including Fortress Investment Group, BlueCrest Capital, Man Group, Centaurus Capital, Gartmore & Blackstone Read more.
In addition to industry figureheads giving their overall predictions, we have 3 days of detailed sessions and expert speakers focussing on each strategy performing well currently including:
• Global Macro
• Fixed Income
• CTAs & Systematic Trading
• Credit
• Distressed Debt & Private Equity
• Commodities & Natural Resources
• Environmental & SRI
• Alternative Alternatives
NEW UCITS & Managed Accounts Investor Summit.  Meet The New Investors Allocating To These Liquid Strategies, Understand Their Expectations & Determine How Best To Employ These Strategies Read more.

Open up new distribution channels and explore how liquid strategies appeal to the future generation of hedge fund investors. Plus meet investors active in these products including Pictet, Barclays Wealth, A.A. Advisors, ABN Amro Private Banking

NEW Academic Research on Alternatives: Randy Cohen, Visiting Professor At MIT SLOAN Will Premiere His Latest Research On Hedge Fund Investing Read more.

Randy's research will focus on:

Identifying Key Indicators of Out-Performing Hedge Fund Managers in the Evolving Financial Marketplace

NEW Research From Black Swan Author! Nassim Taleb on Crowd Behaviour & Risk Perception Read more.

Nassim Taleb is a Principal of UNIVERSA INVESTMENTS & a Distinguished Professor at NYU-POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

New Special Focus Day 3 On Asset Allocation & Manager Selection offering you insight into how top end investors are changing their asset allocation strategy Read more.

You can meet and quiz the end investors on their allocation strategies plus discover the new trends in manager selection from top industry Fund Of Hedge Funds including Arden Asset Management, Olympia Capital Management & EIM

Ensure That You Connect With The Right Investor Using GAIM International's Unique Structured Networking Offering

Top Alternative Investor & Hedge Fund Speakers Include

Danny Truell CIO The Wellcome Trust	Theodore Economou Chief Executive CERN Pension Fund
Gerlof de Vrij CIO All Pensions Group (APG)	Diego Icaza Chief Of Strategy & Research BBVA Private Pension Fund, AFP Horizante, Peru
Tony Broccardo CIO Barclays Pension Fund	Larry Kochard CIO Georgetown University
Mike Novogratz Principal & Member Of The Board Fortress Investment Group	Byron Wien Senior Vice President Blackstone Advisory Group

Hugh Hendry CIO & Co-Founder Eclectica Asset Management	Bernard Oppetit Chairman Centaurus Capital
Peter Clarke CEO MAN Group PLC	Elena Ambrosiadou CEO IKOS
Michael Powell Head of Alternative Assets Universities Superannuation Scheme	Niels Oostenbrug Head of Alternative Investment MN Services
Lawrence MacDonald Lehman Eyewitness The Best-Selling Author of “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense”	Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering New York University Polytechnic Institute

Yariv Itah Partner Casey, Quirk & Associates	Randolph B. Cohen Visiting Associate Professor of Finance MIT SLOAN
Mark Schlinder Portfolio Manager Claridien Leu	Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan President & CEO Proctor Investment Managers
Jaime Castan Head of Hedge Fund Research RMF Investment Management	Rodger Smith Managing Director Greenwich Associates
Patric de Gentile-Williams COO FRM Capital Advisors Ltd	Lawrence MacDonald Lehman Eyewitness The Best-Selling Author of “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense”