EVENT: P&I Absolute Return/Alpha Conference(s)
Feb 26th, 2007 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends
Dates: May 7-9 (East Coast), May 21-23 (West Coast)
Location: New York (East Coast), San Francisco (West Coast)
Organized by: Pensions & Investments
Thanks to its big-name sponsors, drinks are on the house at these two events. In fact, everything is on the house at these events - as long as you’re an end investor or pension consultant.
According to the programme, whether you acknowledge it or not, it’s all about alpha:
“Alpha – everyone wants it; few find it consistently. That is today’s investing reality. Many in the investment community claim that the search for alpha is a zero-sum game: if you capture alpha, then someone else has left it on the table. But investing is rarely that simple, as each investor, pension plan, fund endowment or foundation has a different investment horizon and risk tolerance. Yet the focus on alpha seems to preoccupy all investors, whether they know it or not.”
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