Hedge Fund investments Japan IQ 2008
Venue: The Westin Tokyo
Event Date/Time: Feb 21, 2008 |
Description
Discussion of the key issues in the hedge fund industry
As always the conference focuses on the issues that matter for the hedge fund industry including:
• Japanese investors in the credit crunch aftermath – how has their allocation towards hedge funds changed?
• How are long shorts adopting to the new economic climate?
• The aftermath of FIEL (Financial Instruments and Exchange Law) and JSOX – how will the hedge fund industry be affected?
• The rise of shareholder activism – what are the implications for the hedge fund industry in Japan?
• Risk management: what does it really mean after Basel 2?
• Event driven funds; what opportunities do they offer Japanese investors?
• Hedge fund replication, 130/30 strategies – academic hype or the next big thing in Japan?
• Foreign investment issues: China’s QDII funds, India and the growing importance of sovereign wealth funds
• Japan as a hedge fund centre; can it survive the onslaught from Hong Kong and Singapore?
Early confirmed keynote address: Andrew Shipley, author of The Japanese Money Tree
Many investors shunned Japan after its economic recession and some still have doubts after recent stock market wobbles. However the country’s economy has made a remarkable comeback, having outperformed the markets of all other developed countries in 2005 - a fact that means that Japan is too important to be ignored. With the help of continued economic restructuring, foreign hedge-fund managers, private equity turn-around specialists, property developers and value investors there are exciting and lucrative opportunities.
Guest speaker Andrew H. Shipley is the author of the Japanese Money Tree having previously worked as an economist at Lehman Brothers Japan, Credit Suisse First Boston Securities (Japan) and Schroders Japan, working in Japan for 15 years.
Over 60 institutional investors already signed up
Hedge Fund Investments Japan IQ 2008 actively targets institutional investors to attend. 60 investors have already signed up from treasury departments of leading Japanese banks, insurance companies and pension funds.
Finance IQ is striving to ensure that the event has the right mix between investors, hedge funds and services providers. Last year 60% of the 275 attendees were either investors or hedge funds Finance IQ will guarantee you that this year’s event promises to be no different.
For more information please visit www.hedgefundinvestmentsjapan.com or call +65 6722 9388 or email enquiry@iqpc.com.sg