Canada.com – Holding a hedge fund conference at a casino may not be the best optics for an industry that was cast as one of the free-wheeling gamblers of the financial crisis, but players in the fledgling Canadian sector meeting in Niagara Falls this week have plenty of other things to focus on.
With investors demanding more disclosure about risk and liquidity exposure, it comes as no surprise that transparency is on the tip of everyone’s tongues at the World Alternative Investment Summit Canada at the Fallsview Casino Resort.
“Transparency is a big thing here in Canada,” Tom Hockin, chairman of the Expert Panel on Securities Regulation, told delegates to the summit, which ends Wednesday.
