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  Alternative Investments - Journal Vol. 10

•  Letter from Rob Heyvaert,
•  Letter from Shahin Shojai, Editor

THE NOBEL LAUREATE VIEW

•   The future of hedge funds
  
  Myron S. Scholes, Chairman, Oak Hill Platinum Advisors
  Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford University Co-winner of The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1997
•   Size vs. performance in the hedge fund industry (Opinion)
  
  James R. Hedges, IV, President and Chief Investment Officer, LJH Global Investments

RISKS

•   Crisis management for the financial services industry (Opinion)
  
  Charlotte Luer, President, LJH Financial Marketing Strategies
  Samuel Wang, Global Head of Marketing and PR, Capco
•   The role of hedge funds for long term investors
  
  John M. Mulvey, Professor, Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University
•   Finding the sweet spot of hedge fund diversification
  
  Franèois-Serge Lhabitant,Member of Senior Management at Union Bancaire Privèe, and a Professor of Finance at HEC University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and at EDHEC Business School (France)
  Michelle Learned De Piante Vicin, Analyst, 3A Alternative Asset Advisors, Banque Syz
•   Valuation issues and operational risk in hedge funds
  
  Christopher Kundro, Partner, Capco
  Stuart Feffer, Partner, Capco
•   Hedge funds and UK regulation
  
  Ashley Kovas, Manager, Business Standards Department, Financial Services Authority
•   Should you, would you, could you invest in hedge funds
  
  George Feiger, Executive Vice President and Head of Wealth Management, Zions Bancorporation
  Pascal Botteron, Head of Hedge Fund Products Structuring, Pictet Asset Management
•   Shadow accounting The evolving practice of exercising due diligence in fund reporting
  
  Carol R. Kaufman, President, InvesTier operating unit of SunGard Investment Management Systems, Inc.

OPPORTUNITIES

•    An EU-wide passport for hedge funds (Opinion)
  
  John Purvis, Member of the European Parliament, and Vice-President of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
•   A single market for hedge funds (Opinion)
  
  Wolfgang Mansfeld, President, FEFSI
•   Marketing of hedge funds in Switzerland (Opinion)
  
  Shelby R. du Pasquier, Partner, Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva
•   Hedge funds in Asia
  
  Peter Douglas, AIMA Council Member for Singapore, Principal, GFIA pte ltd, and Research-Director, Dewey Douglas Ltd.
•   Key findings of the Edhec
  
  Noel Amenc, Professor of Finance, Edhec Business School and Research Director, Misys Asset Management Systems
  Jean-Renè Giraud, CEO, Edhec-Risk Advisory

PRIVATE EQUITY

•   Private equity An industry in transformation (Opinion)
  
  Tycho Sneyers, Head of Business Development, LGT Capital Partners
•   Initial returns and long run performance of private equity-backed initial public offerings on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
  
  Ruud A.I. van Frederikslust, Associate Professor of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  Roy A. van der Geest, Mergers and Acquisitions Consultant, Holland Corporate Finance
•   Leveraged management buy-ins Role of investors, means of exit, and the predictive powers of the financial markets
  
  Shahin Shojai, Director of Strategic Research, Capco