Launching a hedge fund, raising assets, and establishing a presence in the market remains a significant challenge in the alternative investments universe. Join us at our autumn 2024 Hedge Fund Forum in London as we hear from leading allocators, exciting new launches and some of the biggest names in the industry.

This afternoon event provides a great opportunity to network with allocators and other fund managers and gain valuable knowledge that can help you gain a competitive edge.

The expert agenda will equip you with a unique understanding of the current market landscape and how to best position your fund for success.

Registrations are now closed.

Agenda

13:00 – 14:10: Arrival and registration with lunch

14:10 – 14:15: Welcome remarks 

Richard Abiade, Team Leader, London Hedge Funds, Bloomberg 

14:15 – 14:22: Keynote

Lord Dominic Johnson, Shadow Minister for Industry, Inward Investment & International Trade

14:22 – 14:40: Panel discussion: Rediscovering hedge fund alpha 

Anthony Murphy, Head of Macro and Trading Strategies, UBP

Barsam Lakani, Global Head of Prime Services Sales, Jefferies

Marlin Naidoo, Global Head of Capital Introduction, BNP Paribas

Kriti Gupta, Anchor, Bloomberg TV (moderator)

14:40 – 15:20: Panel discussion: Emerging manager perspective  

Alberto Gallo, CIO and Co-founder, Andromeda Capital Management

Donald Pepper, Co-CEO, Trium Capital

Niklas von Daehne, Co-Founder and CEO, Cisu Capital Partners 

Nishant Kumar, Senior Hedge Funds Reporter, Bloomberg News (moderator)

15:20 – 15:40: Break

15:40 – 16:20: Panel discussion: Allocator perspective

Dave McMillan, CIO for Hedge Funds, Mercer

Paulina Arent, Managing Director: External Portfolio Management, CPPIB

Kriti Gupta, Anchor, Bloomberg TV (moderator)

16:20 – 16:50: Fireside chat

Simon Judes, Co-CIO, Winton 

Erik Schatzker, Editorial Director, Bloomberg New Economy (moderator)

16:50 – 17:00: Closing remarks

Imogen Duthie , New Business Sales, London Buy-Side, Bloomberg

17:00 – 18:00: Networking and drinks reception 

Speakers

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Lord Dominic Johnson

Shadow Minister for Industry, Inward Investment & International Trade
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Alberto Gallo

Chief Investment Officer and Co-founder
Andromeda Capital Management

Alberto Gallo is Chief Investment Officer and Co-founder at Andromeda Capital Management. Prior to that, Alberto initiated and ran the Global Credit Opportunities fund at Algebris Investments (2016-2022). Previously he ran macro credit research at RBS in London (2011-2016), and served in senior research roles at Goldman Sachs in New York (2008-2011), Bear Stearns in New York and London (2007-2008) and Merrill Lynch in London (2004-2007).

Alberto is a CFA charterholder. He earned an MSc in Economics two years ahead of the norm, cum laude, from Bocconi University (2004), where he is now a guest professor in macroeconomics, at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. He has served on the ECB working group for financial stability for nearly ten years. He previously served in the Navy at the “F. Morosini” Naval Academy in Venice, Italy, where he led the 1997-2000 cadet class and was a national track & field athlete.

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Anthony Murphy

Head of Macro and Trading Strategies
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP)

Anthony is Head of Macro and Trading Strategies in the Alternative Investment Solutions business at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP). He is a Managing Director, a member of the AIS Investment Committee and manages the research and portfolio management of diversifying strategies including discretionary macro, systematic and multi-strategy allocations.  Prior to UBP, Anthony was an Investment Manager at GAM Investments and an Investment Analyst at Mercer. Anthony holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Complex Systems Modelling from Kings College, London. He is a CFA charterholder and based in London.

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Barsam Lakani

Global Head of Prime Services Sales
Jefferies

Barsam Lakani is Global Head of Prime Services Sales at Jefferies. Based out of New York, he is responsible for distribution efforts and client partnerships for Jefferies’ financing clients across a variety of Hedge Funds, Family Offices, and Institutional Asset Managers. Prior to Jefferies, Barsam was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, working across a variety of businesses in the Institutional Equities Division, primarily in Prime Brokerage and the Structured Products groups, where he was focused on structuring UCITS wrappers for Hedge Funds. Barsam grew up in London and attended University College London (UCL).

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Dave McMillan

Chief Investment Officer
Mercer

Dave is Mercer’s Chief Investment Officer for Hedge Funds. He chairs the firm’s Hedge Fund Investment Committee and leads Mercer’s hedge fund effort globally. In addition, he is the co-portfolio manager for several funds offered by Mercer Investments, LLC, serves as an advisor for a number of larger clients with bespoke hedge fund programs, and oversees Mercer’s global discretionary hedge fund offerings.

In 1999, Mr. McMillan joined Hammond Associates, which was acquired by Mercer in 2011. He served as Director of Hedge Funds and was responsible for the creation and management of the firm’s hedge fund research and consulting efforts. Mr. McMillan designed the firm’s hedge fund manager due diligence and post-investment manager monitoring processes and shaped Hammond’s hedge fund portfolio construction philosophy.

During his career, Mr. McMillan has constructed more than 50 multi-manager hedge fund portfolios, including customized direct programs and commingled funds. Previously, Mr. McMillan was responsible for Hammond’s traditional manager research efforts. Mr. McMillan has over 25 years of experience in the financial, banking, and investment advisory industries, including more than 20 years dedicated to hedge fund research and investing.

Mr. McMillan has been a featured speaker at various industry conferences on the subjects of manager selection, hedge fund investing and hedge fund risk monitoring. He received a BS/BA degree in Finance from The Ohio State University and holds the CFA designation. Mr. McMillan is a member of the CFA Institute.

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Donald Pepper

Co-CEO
Trium Capital LLP

Donald joined Trium in September 2017 as Co-CEO. Trium is a Multi-PM Liquid Alternatives firm dating back to 2015, in which year it also became a signatory to the UN PRI, managing approx. $2.5 Billion of AUM. Donald’s responsibilities include being Co-PM of the Trium Multi-Strategy Fund and a member of the Investment Committee.

Donald began his career in finance in Fixed Income Sales at Goldman Sachs in 1987, moving to Prime Brokerage Sales in 2000, where he was responsible for Relative Value, Multi-Strategy, Credit and Global Macro hedge funds. From 2003-2008 Donald was Managing Director of Prime Brokerage for EMEA at Merrill Lynch. In 2008 Donald moved to the buy-side, as Head of Hedge Funds at New Star Asset Management/Henderson Global Investors where his responsibilities included being Co-Portfolio Manager of two Fund of Hedge Funds. Donald was an Investment Director at TT International (2010-2012) before joining Old Mutual Global Investors (2012-2017) as Managing Director of Alternatives, where his responsibilities included being a member of the Style Premia Investment Committee.

Donald read Philosophy, Politics & Economics at The Queen’s College, Oxford where he received an MA. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.

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Marlin Naidoo

Global Head of Capital Introduction
BNP Paribas

Marlin Naidoo joined BNP Paribas in London in July 2020 has the Global Head of Capital Introduction and is a member of the Prime Services Executive Committee at the bank. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Marlin was the Global Head of Capital Introduction and Consulting at Deutsche Bank. Marlin started his career at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong on the graduate program in 2004 and subsequently held roles across the bank’s prime finance business including capital introduction, sales, risk, and client relationship management. In 2008, Marlin was appointed as the Head of Capital Introduction for the Asia Pacific region. In 2012, Marlin relocated to New York where he initially headed up the capital introduction & consulting team in the Americas before assuming the global role in 2017. In 2018, Marlin moved to the Deutsche Bank’s London office. Marlin holds a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Statistics & Actuarial Science from the University of Natal in South Africa and an Honours Degree in Advanced Mathematics of Finance from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

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Niklas von Daehne

Co-Founder and CEO
Cisu Capital Partners

Niklas von Daehne is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cisu Capital Partners, a financial services-focused investment firm which launched in August 2024. He was previously President at Gladstone Management (2019-2022) and at King Street Capital Management (2006-2018) as Co-Head of the European analyst team and a member of the European Investment Committee. Prior to King Street, Niklas was at Morgan Stanley (2000-2006), first as a marketing analyst for the global technology research team and later managing an equity portfolio in the Principal Strategies group. He began his finance career as a marketing analyst for the European technology research team at Deutsche Bank (1998-2000). Niklas graduated from Columbia University with a Master of International Affairs and also holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration and a B.Sc. in Economics from Copenhagen Business School.

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Paulina Arent

Managing Director: External Portfolio Management
CPPIB

Paulina Arent is a Managing Director for CPP Investments’ External Portfolio Management (EPM) group in London, focusing primarily on global fundamental equity and commodity strategies. EPM oversees a portfolio of externally managed hedge funds and have investments with over 60 top global asset managers across equities, credit, fixed income, currencies and commodities. EPM forms long-term partnerships, irrespective of whether the underlying fund strategy is short- or long-term in nature. The group also makes co-investments alongside external managers. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2013, Ms. Arent worked in the Equity Capital Markets group at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto, underwriting equity offerings for Canadian corporate clients. Prior to her work at BMO, Ms. Arent was an analyst in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse. Ms. Arent earned a B.A. (Hons) in Applied Economics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. 

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Simon Judes

Co-CIO
Winton

Simon Judes leads Winton’s investment management and research activities. He is a member of the firm’s executive management and investment committees. Joining Winton as a researcher in 2008, Simon has worked on projects ranging from developing new commodity, macro and equity trading strategies, to leading research into portfolio construction methods. He took over responsibility for Winton’s core futures and forwards strategies in 2016 and has since led the design of standalone and bespoke implementations of Winton’s CTA strategies. Simon was appointed Co-CIO, alongside Carsten Schmitz, in 2020 and oversees all aspects of Winton’s research and investment management. Simon has a first-class Honours degree in physics and philosophy from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physics from Columbia University, with a thesis on string theory and cosmology.

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Kriti Gupta

Anchor
Bloomberg Television
Kriti Gupta is the London-based co-anchor of “The Opening Trade” on Bloomberg Television. Formerly, she anchored “Daybreak Europe.” She has also served as the anchor of “Bloomberg Surveillance: Early Edition” and “Bloomberg Markets: Americas” from New York.
She has broken news and moved markets in interviews with global central bankers, energy and finance ministers as well as some of corporate America’s biggest CEO’s. Kriti also contributes markets and field reporting throughout the day as a correspondent notably covering surging oil prices after the war in Ukraine from Houston, rail strikes, former President Trump’s Manhattan arraignment, and the Brooklyn subway shooting.
Kriti began her career with Bloomberg in September 2018. After covering the US-China trade war, Covid-19 pandemic and 2020 election, she led coverage and macro commentary for Markets Live, Bloomberg’s go-to traders’ blog. She was also a weekly columnist and served as an audio squawk for trading floors around the world.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, Kriti worked in equity research, serving some of the largest hedge funds on Wall Street. She graduated from the University of Virginia.
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Nishant Kumar

Senior Hedge Fund Reporter
Bloomberg

Nishant Kumar is a Senior Hedge Fund Reporter at Bloomberg, with over two decades of experience specializing in the asset management industry. Nishant has dedicated his career to in-depth reporting on the intricacies and dynamics of hedge funds, providing valuable insights and analysis that shape industry understanding. His extensive experience and focused expertise make him a trusted voice in financial journalism.

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Imogen Duthie

New Business Sales, London Buy-Side
Bloomberg

Imogen is the dedicated representative for new business in London with a focus on hedge fund start ups. Her career started at Bloomberg as a fixed income specialist where she took on an early leadership position as deputy team leader. Imogen’s experience spans across the sell- and buyside with her first position in sales covering agency brokers and high-frequency traders before moving to the hedge fund team. She has extensive experience working with a multitude of new launches, across all strategies and sizes, over the past 2.5 years. Imogen holds a bachelor degree in International Relations from University of Exeter. Please contact her on iduthie@bloomberg.net if you wish to understand more about the services and solutions that Bloomberg can bring to your firm across terminals, product and data.

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Richard Abiade

Team Leader, London Hedge Funds
Bloomberg
Richard is part of the management team at Bloomberg, looking after their UK Hedge Fund business. His 17 year career has so far seen him take on many roles across Bloomberg’s sales and relationship management department including recently overseeing our Emerging Markets Europe and Central Asian business with previous posts managing our Swedish Buyside and wider London Buyside with his roots being the dedicated new business representative for London. Having Co-chaired the EMEA Black Professional Community from 2021-204 he remains a key stakeholder in Bloomberg’s D&I efforts for the last 7 years including developing mentorship and recruitment programs. Richard holds a bachelor degree from Imperial College London. Please contact him on rabiade@bloomberg.net if you wish to understand more about Bloomberg services and solutions.

When & Where

Thursday 3 October 2024
13:00 – 18:00

Bloomberg
3 Queen Victoria Street
EC4N 4TQ