{"id":26832,"date":"2012-01-11T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=26832"},"modified":"2012-01-11T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T15:41:09","slug":"al-gore-sarah-palin-and-dr-robert-gates-to-speak-at-2012s-hedge-fund-salt-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/01\/2012\/al-gore-sarah-palin-and-dr-robert-gates-to-speak-at-2012s-hedge-fund-salt-conference.html","title":{"rendered":"Al Gore, Sarah Palin and Dr. Robert Gates to Speak At The SkyBridge 2012 Hedge Fund SALT Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/skybridge_bridge_blue_400w.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26836\" title=\"skybridge_bridge_blue_400w\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/skybridge_bridge_blue_400w-300x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/skybridge_bridge_blue_400w-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/skybridge_bridge_blue_400w.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; $5.7 billion hedge fund firm, SkyBridge Capital, has announced that Vice President\u00a0Al Gore, former Alaska Governor\u00a0Sarah Palin\u00a0and Secretary of Defense\u00a0Dr. Robert M. Gates\u00a0will serve as keynote speakers at the\u00a0SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT 2012) Conference\u00a0\u00a0May 8 to 11, 2012, at the Bellagio Resort &amp; Casino in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited to draw off the success of past SALT conferences to bring together leaders who are keen to present fresh thinking and hard views that will impact decision-making for investors, managers and the broader financial sector,\u201d said Victor Oviedo, partner at SkyBridge and director of SALT. \u201cEspecially during the election year, SALT promises to provide a forum for balanced discussions and present all sides of the political debate, which have wide reaching implications on the domestic and global financial markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional notable speakers confirmed for SALT 2012 include Paul Singer, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Elliott Management Corporation; Elena Ambrosiadou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IKOS Group; Kyle Bass, Principal &amp; Portfolio Manager of Hayman Capital Management L.P.; Leon Cooperman, Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors; John H. Burbank III, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Passport Capital LLC; Joseph Dear, Chief Investment Officer of California Public Employees\u2019 Retirement System (CalPERS); Jim Collins, best-selling author of\u00a0<em>Great by Choice<\/em>; and Nouriel Roubini, Co-Founder &amp; Chariman of Roubini Global Economics.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson <br \/>Editor for <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. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. 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; $5.7 billion hedge fund firm, SkyBridge Capital, has announced that Vice President\u00a0Al Gore, former Alaska Governor\u00a0Sarah Palin\u00a0and Secretary of Defense\u00a0Dr. Robert M. Gates\u00a0will serve as keynote speakers at the\u00a0SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT 2012) Conference\u00a0\u00a0May 8 to 11, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832","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=26832"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26834,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832\/revisions\/26834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}