HedgeBrunch Emerging Manager Event
Seeding and Succeeding in 2020
London
November 2019
On November 27th 2019, in association with IG Prime The HedgeBrunch Emerging Manager Event London was a Breakfast Briefing based around Seeding and Succeeding in 2020. HedgeBrunch and AYU brought together emerging managers of funds, family offices and institutional investors for a morning of networking and discussion. This private and selective emerging manager event focused on what it takes to grow, sustain and successfully run a fund in today’s market.
Guests heard from an expert panel of emerging hedge fund seeders and allocators, family offices looking for the biggest names of tomorrow and also from funds that have recently made the leap from good to great. What attracts capital in today’s market? How should funds find and engage with investors? What do you need to succeed?
Topics covered:
HEDGE FUND SEEDING
EARLY STAGE INVESTORS
LAUNCHING A HEDGE FUND
HEDGE FUND STRUCTURING AND REGULATION
ALLOCATION
This emerging manager event was solely for funds running an equity strategy and family offices/institutions investing in equity markets. Attendance at this event was free, but by invitation and nomination only.
HEDGEBRUNCH’S EMERGING MANAGER EVENT WAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH IG PRIME SERVICES
ABOUT IG PRIME SERVICES
IG, Institutional prime services from a global leader in financial trading.
Access exceptional liquidity, powerful technology and over 45 years’ trading expertise with IG – an innovative FTSE 250 company with a robust balance sheet.
IG is a global leader in financial trading, established in 1974, IG’s aim is to become the default choice for active traders globally with offices in 14 countries.
IG Group Holdings Plc is a member of the FTSE 250 with a market cap of £2.3 billion (October 2019)
Extensive product suite & deep liquidity
Benefit from a fast and flexible access to an extensive product suite of over 16,000 financial markets, to support your fund whatever its mandate:
· Over 8000 equity CFDs in 15+ exchanges, with excellent access to the lending market
· Forwards or spot indices, to help you manage your beta or take a quick, cost-efficient view on the market
· Major, minor and exotic FX, with access to bank and non-bank liquidity
· Forward and spot commodities, plus access to our internal liquidity – important during periods of market stress
· Options on equities, indices, commodities and FX, to help you manage risk
· Cash equities, custodial and collateral services
· Exceptional liquidity from our unparalleled internal pools and multiple external venues
Cutting edge technology: professional platforms and APIs
We have developed a range of award -winning platforms and mobile apps, as well as offering access to our formidable back-end via APIs. We also offer a proprietary reporting tools and services that can be combined to support your business.
Dedicated institutional service from the experts Our dedicated institutional team is on hand around the clock to offer expert support and facilitate our clients’ trading. From API solutions to back office reporting, our flexibility of products means we can tailor solutions to you.
We partner with family offices, hedge funds, asset managers, banks, brokers and introducing brokers to grow their offering and provide new and enhanced revenue streams for products that might not be readily available in their current offering.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
For professional clients, losses can exceed deposits.
For further information please contact:
Niamh Byrne
Senior Institutional Sales Manager Niamh.Byrne@ig.com
Iwan Lewis
Institutional Sales Executive Iwan.Lewis@ig.com
+44 (0)20 7573 0219