Programme Details
The Hedge Fund Executive Education course parlays cutting edge academic research into valuable lessons for the finance practitioner. The programme will help students understand why hedge funds have been so attractive over the last decade, how hedge funds have been affected by the events surrounding the subprime financial crisis, and what the future holds for the industry.
It begins with an overview of the hedge fund industry, its key players, and its recent developments. It then leverages on recent advances in research and introduces a comprehensive framework for understanding hedge funds. This framework encompasses a wide range of hedge fund strategies and is used to demonstrate how hedge fund investment models differ from those of mutual funds and how alphas can be measured. With the help of real world Harvard Business School case studies and the hedge fund models, we analyze landmark events in the industry and distill important risk management lessons from each disaster.
The programme also reviews the latest work on hedge fund performance, informational asymmetry, fund characteristics, and managerial incentives. To aid hedge fund selection, it explores how fund investment performance is related to past performance, geography, fund size, and high powered incentives. Finally, the programme examines the changes in the hedge fund industry brought on by the events that transpired in 2008 and discusses the equilibrium implications in terms of liquidity, incentive fee negotiation, and capital movements.
Who Should attend
- Institutional or private investors
- Pension fund and endowment trustees
- Family offices, investment and private bankers
- Risk managers, actuaries, and quantitative analysts
- Regulators, lawyers, and compliance officers
- Prime brokers, administrators, custodians, and other service providers
- Investment consultants and accountants
- Hedge fund professionals
Programme Fees (before funding support from FSDF*):
Individual
Early Bird (before/on 15 Oct 2010) :
S$2,696.00
Standard (after 15 Oct 2010): S$2,996.00
Group (at least 3 participants from the same organisation)
Early Bird (before/on 15 Oct 2010): S$2,397.00
Standard (after 15 Oct 2010): S$2,696.00
All fees are due in advance and include all educational material and lunch breaks.
*
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) administers Financial Training Scheme (FTS) grants to financial sector organisations that sponsor eligible Singapore based participants to training programmes that meet qualifying criteria. For more details, please visit www.mas.gov.sg, or contact the MAS at 6229-9396 or fsdf@mas.gov.sg.
Dates:
24 & 25 November 2010
Time:
0830 hrs - 1745 hrs (24 & 25 Nov)
Venue:
Singapore Management University
Administration Building Executive Seminar Room 4-2
81 Victoria Street , Singapore 188065
http://www.smu.edu.sg/campus/map/index.asp
Participants who are keen to register are encouraged to do so online HERE
Deadline:
The deadline for all applicants is 03 Nov 2010.
(Applications received after filing deadline will be considered on space availability).
Meals:
Breakfast, tea breaks and lunch will be provided during the training. Meals provided are "no pork no lard". If you have special dietary requirements, please inform us accordingly.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received in writing. The following charges apply for cancellations received:
- 4 weeks prior to the course commencement no charge
- 2 to 4 weeks prior to the course commencement 30% of program fee
- 1 to 2 weeks prior to the course commencement 60% of program fee
- Less than 1 week prior to the course commencement 100% of program fee
Certificate of Completion
Participants who have attended the two day course will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.
