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The following conferences are offered at discounts to HFA members:



HEDGEANSWERS
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Email: DAS@HedgeAnswers.com

Dates:

February 16, 2010
March 16, 2010

HedgeAnswers The Conference Calls are unique, tightly packed educational opportunities, for interactive discussions that will raise your Hedge Fund IQ. HedgeAnswers provides strategies for operating a hedge fund in today's competitive marketplace. Experienced hedge fund professionals share how they got started, their daily responsibilities, and explain the critical issues essential for forming, beginning and operating in the hedge fund industry. Our experts share ideas on how to grow your assets under management, how to create funds, and launch onshore/offshore funds to develop a successful business.

This series of Conference Calls is designed for, but not limited to:
* Aspiring and Existing Hedge Fund Managers
* Investment Professionals
* Investment Analysts
* Wealth Managers
* Private Investors
* Plan Sponsors

REGISTRATION FEE: $54.95 in advance; $79.95



7TH ANNUAL FOUNDATION, ENDOWMENT & NOT FOR PROFIT INVESTMENT SUMMIT
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Email: registrations@strategyinstitute.com

Date: February 17-18, 2010
Location: The Sutton Place Hotel -- Toronto, ON
Discount: 10% for HFA members (Mention Code: HFA10)


You can't afford to miss out on this unprecedented opportunity to rebuild assets!

With markets set to rebound, and foundations, endowments and not for profit organizations scrambling to find new ways of generating income to protect their programs, investment managers must be one step ahead of the markets.

Your first step - this conference!



HEDGE FUND RE-DOMICILIATION FOR MANAGERS
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Email: kmregistration@informa.com

Date: Mutiple (see below)
Location: Mutiple (see below)
Fees: £899


Helping you to evaluate the tax & regulatory benefits of key jurisdictions.

* February 23, 2010: London UK
* March 18, 2010: Geneva, Switzerland
* April 15, 2010: Luxembourg



HIFREQ TRADE - EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL AND NEW TECHNIQUES IN HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING
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Email: martin.kulik@invantage-group.com

Date: February 25, 2010
Location: London, UK
Discount: 25% for HFA members


HIFREQ TRADE event will explore the latest trends, solutions, and strategies within high frequency trading to support ongoing discussion in this rapidly changing environment. It will be hosting 60-100 buy and sell side traders, industry experts, and vendors with aim to provide friendly and unbiased environment for networking and discussion of the following topics:

* Building and optimizing HFT architecture
* Implementing HFT into trading strategies
* Importance of latency
* Optimizing fragmented HF data streams
* Robust real-time trading strategies for data streams
* High frequency execution & SOR logic
* Current compliance affairs
* Dynamic Risk Management
* DMA, Colocation, Sponsored vs. Naked Access

To register, please visit: www.hifreqtrade.invantage-group.com/register.html



TSAM 2010
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Email: laetitia_semmel@osneymedia.com

Date: March 9, 2010
Location: The Brewery, London
Contact: Laetitia Semmel
Phone: +44 (0)20 7336 4600


TSAM will return to The Brewery in London on 9th March 2010. Once again, Europe's largest buy-side technology and operations event will bring together over 450 attendees, 40 solution providers and 60 speakers and feature 10 forward-thinking streams:

* Trading Technologies I & II
* IT & Operational Strategy I & II
* Data Management I & II
* Performance Measurement & Attribution I & II
* OTC Derivatives Operations
* Client Reporting

Attendees will hear from the leading buy-side players as they explain how they have weathered the worst of the financial crisis and emerged stronger, wiser and more efficient and provide first-hand insights into all the main areas of development and the latest technological advances.

For more information or to register, please visit www.tsam.net, reference code 990HFW.

PLUS: Bring your team and enjoy significant discounts of up to 100% off for group bookings!



4TH ANNUAL DISTRESSED INVESTING CONFERENCE AND TURNAROUND AWARDS GALA
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Email: cpunzalan@maadvisor.com

Date: March 21-22, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Colony Hotel -- Palm Beach, FL
Discount: 5% for HFA members (Register directly with Chris Punzalan)
Phone: 718-997-7900 x1312


Learn from and network with leaders and industry insiders. This full day conference will feature top-notch speakers who will share their expertise, opinions and experience on various timely and intense issues involving the turnaround and distressed investing industry.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mr. Rodger R. Krouse, Co-CEO, Sun Capital Partners



THE 6TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: FAMILY WEALTH MANAGEMENT FOR LATIN AMERICAN FAMILIES
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Email: customer.service@mgi-direct.ch

Date: April 13-14, 2010
Location: Renaissance Hotel - São Paulo

Date: April 15-16, 2010
Location: Sofitel Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro

Discount: 20% off for HFA members


The conference is to help Latin American Families, Family Businesses and their close advisers review and gauge their actual family set-up, fiduciary structures and charitable programs to identify and profile the areas of conflict and risks associated thus avoiding that the dream of first generation become the nightmare of the second one.

To download the conference's pre-program; please register on our website for free at: www.mgi-direct.com.

A special discount of 20% (not cumulative with other discounts) is granted for HFA members.

To register and benefit from this offer, please fill in the registration form on the last page of the pre-programme
and send it back to us by fax at: +41 22 319 69 01 or by email at: customer.service@mgi-direct.ch.



BRASIL INVESTMENT SUMMIT
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Email: rebecca.sloan@terrapinn.com

Date: April 26-29, 2010
Location: Hotel Unique, Sao Paulo


Innovation and strategy for funds and investors:

* Your best investment in 2010 - Over 400 fund managers and investors from across the globe attended in 2009
* Connect with hedge fund allocators while saving time and money - Meet with global pensions, endowments, foundations, funds of funds and family offices
* Gain exclusive market intelligence - 30 Brazilian and international fund managers including Hedging-Griffo in 2009

Now in its third year, the Brasil Investment Summit is the executive forum for Brazil's funds industry. It is a must-attend event where Brazilian and international fund managers discuss the future of their industry and build their businesses in four days of education and networking.

The Brasil Investment Summit is the region's only global forum for the hedge fund industry, where executives present on investment strategy, fund structuring and economic outlook. It is a forum designed by and designed for the industry, where...

* 400+ fund executives explore new investments and opportunities
* A content-driven agenda, created by, and delivered by hedge funds and investors
* Where local and international funds and investors come to do business

Calculate today's price at www.terrapinn.com/2010/bis



WEALTH PRESERVATION LATAM
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Email: rebecca.sloan@terrapinn.com

Date: May 10-13, 2010
Location: Hyatt Regency Curaçao Golf Resort, Spa & Marina -- Curaçao


Your proven route to Latin America's top fund managers.

Investments in Latin America are hot. Weathering the global economic crisis demonstrated the region's resilience as an investment center and emerging market. With more HNW individuals and viable investment alternatives than ever before, investors need to unearth innovative solutions and safeguard their assets against future economic threats. New OECD regulations and increased scrutiny of investments calls for more knowledge and awareness than ever before.

Upholding the equilibrium between compliance and efficient investment practices requires a delicate balance of information, strategy and connections. Wealth Preservation LatAm provides a unique opportunity to achieve this balance and serves as a springboard to accessing Latin investors.

Wealth Preservation LatAm provides a forum for family offices, private banks, and investors to forge the relationships and acquire the knowledge that is crucial to succeeding in the new market environment. The 2010 event will bring together 130+ executives from across the globe to do business.

Best of all… the event takes place in Curaçao. This Caribbean oasis boasts more than just beautiful weather: it serves as a liaison between financial hubs in Europe, North and South America.

Save up to $500 by booking early! Calculate today's price at www.terrapinn.com/2010/wpla

 

   
 
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