Hedge Fund European Emerging Managers Summit 2022

The Hedge Fund European Emerging Managers Summit is aimed at management firms and funds in their early stages of development, as well as managers and funds operated by women and leaders from diverse backgrounds.

Our mission is to create a series of conversations that will enable your firm or fund to be set for growth, success, and long-term security. Dealing with issues spanning operations, strategy and compliance this event is designed for decision makers from across the leadership suite.

For any new fund manager, getting the planning right at the pre-launch and post-launch phases can potentially make the difference between success or costly failure. Through a series of in-depth panel discussions, presentations and breakout sessions, the event will lay out the main considerations for an engaged audience.

The Hedge Fund European Emerging Managers Summit, hosted by Hedgeweek, is your bridge to a new understanding of each of the critical steps involved to successfully bring a hedge fund to market. There will also be time for networking and informal conversations with close peers and colleagues.

Post-pandemic, with inflation and global uncertainty on the rise – has this changed the direction and fortunes of emerging managers?
Is now a good time to launch or take you next steps of growth?
Spinning out and going it alone or seeking safety at a multi-strat/platform
Discovering your first investors – from family offices to seeders
Embarking with an institutional mindset – how to professionalise from day one
Thinking beyond your strategy’s competitive edge – how to get the ops right

What does the launch landscape look like this year? What trends and strategies are we seeing coalesce around the sector, particularly around start-ups?
Key structuring considerations – the type of structures currently at your disposal and selecting a fund jurisdiction
Making your launch sustainable and tax efficient
Leveraging the expertise of service providers – what are the essential questions you need to ask?
Pros and cons of offshore fund jurisdictions vs emerging onshore solutions
How to structure the management company – what are the emerging/new trends?
Remuneration and how best to structure the economic interests of founders and principles?

The importance of the prime broker, the fund administrator, the outsourced risk provider and the technology partner in supporting your fund? How have these relationships evolved overtime?
How have areas like outsourcing and managed services changed? What are the challenges/benefits?
Day 1 operational infrastructure: how has this changed? And how should this evolve as you grow?
What are the more common mistakes new managers make i.e. when selecting their outsourced providers?
Can some strategies outsource more than others? i.e. equity strategies vs event-driven, distressed credit strategies
With so many services now outsourced, how do managers achieve a single view?