{"id":25233,"date":"2011-10-05T08:17:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T12:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=25233"},"modified":"2011-10-05T10:17:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T14:17:19","slug":"the-hedge-fund-association-to-hold-latin-american-event-at-new-york%e2%80%99s-pierre-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2011\/the-hedge-fund-association-to-hold-latin-american-event-at-new-york%e2%80%99s-pierre-hotel.html","title":{"rendered":"The Hedge Fund Association to Hold Latin American Event at New York\u2019s Pierre Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/thepierre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25237\" title=\"thepierre\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/thepierre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) is launching its new Latin American Chapter at the Pierre Hotel in New York City (2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue) on October 6th, 2011 at 5 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundpr.net\/hfa_ny_symposium_100611.html\" target=\"_blank\">RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The HFA Symposium, entitled \u201cOpportunity in Latin American Funds,\u201d will focus on issues faced by the Latin American alternative investment industry as it seeks to raise capital and navigate cultural and regulatory issues. Cocktails and hors d\u2019oeuvres will follow at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the opportunity in Latin American alternative investments is enormous, there are a few hurdles such as the various regulatory systems that managers and investors alike need to contend with,\u201d Victor Hugo Rodriguez, Director of the Hedge Fund Association\u2019s Latin American Chapter, said.  \u201cMoreover, methods of client communication and capital raising differ appreciably from the U.S. approach and those who want to be successful need to understand these.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker for the Symposium will be Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge, a New York-based fund of hedge funds manager.  Also speaking at the event will be Tulio Vera, Managing Director &amp; Chief Investment Strategist at Bladex Asset Management (BAM) and Antonio Miranda, Co-Head of Investment Management and Portfolio Manager at the Compass Latin America Horizons Fund.  Sponsors for the event include SkyBridge, Ambrose and Apex Fund Services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Latin American Chapter is already one of the fastest growing chapters of the HFA and we think this is reflective of the fact that alternatives in Latin America are coming of age and are ready for prime time,\u201d \u00a0David Friedland, President of the Hedge Fund Association said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Six newly appointed Latin American directors will also be introduced at the October 6th event:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7       Jose Abbo, Managing Director, Corporate Finance at SFC Investments \u2013 Director, Panama Chapter<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7       Les Baquiran, Principal at Park Hill Group (A Subsidiary of BlackStone) \u2013 Director, New York LatAm Chapter<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7       Michelle Furnari, Partner at LatAm Alternatives \u2013 Co-Director of Argentina &amp; Uruguay Chapters<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7       Martin Litwak, Partner at Litwak &amp; Partners \u2013 Co-Director of Argentina &amp; Uruguay Chapters<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7       Carlos Rojas, CEO at Andino Asset Management \u2013 Director, Peruvian Chapter<\/p>\n<p>Editing by Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. 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We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) is launching its new Latin American Chapter at the Pierre Hotel in New York City (2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue) on October 6th, 2011 at 5 p.m. RSVP The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16025,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25233"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25236,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25233\/revisions\/25236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}