Loretta McCarthy became a founding member of the venture capital fund Golden Seeds in 2005 after working as chief marketing officer at Oppenheimer Funds for 10 years. “At the time, women were not participating in capital formation at all,” said McCarthy, who is a managing partner at Golden Seeds, which finances women-led businesses. Today, McCarthy…
Economist Jim O’Sullivan of High Frequency Economics is very good at forecasting economic data, but he was also favored with a wee bit of luck as he narrowly won his eighth consecutive Forecaster of the Year contest in 2018. Joerg Angelé of Raiffeisen Bank International, who placed second in the annual contest, won the December…
Opalesque Industry Update – The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable is pleased to announce BNY Mellon as its newest sponsor. BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services group provides a comprehensive range of support services for all aspects of the alternative investment industry, with specific offerings for private equity funds, hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, real…
Tax reform has turned out to be a mixed bag in terms of its benefits to wealthy clients, according to a panel of tax specialists. The reform package’s rule regarding the repatriation of overseas cash could benefit investors by leading to rising dividends and stock buybacks, they said. But high-net-worth individuals are increasingly concerned about…
The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable today announced that it has chosen its leadership for 2018. Following is a complete list of the NY-AIR’s Board of Directors, officers and Management Committee members. The new Management Committee, along with the NYAIR’s Board of Directors, will work to foster the organization’s efforts to promote awareness of the…
The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable recently conducted a survey on the topic of how the United States stacks up in foreign affairs and found that many in the alternative investment industry think the United States is diminishing its global influence, according to a recent release by the roundtable. New York Alternative Investment Roundtable members…
Partisanship aside, if there is one thing everyone can agree on it is the fact that the Trump administration has had a visible impact on foreign relations. The President has charted a very different course than most of his predecessors. Given the importance of foreign affairs, the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable recently conducted a…
Opalesque Industry Update – With the United States well into its third longest period of economic expansion to date, economists are wondering how long the markets will be able to continue rising and whether or not the seemingly endless surge in the price of Bitcoin indicates that we are in the midst of a bubble…
Opalesque Industry Update – The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable announced today that it is changing its name to the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. The name change is part of an effort to more accurately represent the organization’s focus on promoting ethics and best practices within the entire universe of alternative investments, not just…
The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable has rebranded into the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable as the organization seeks to more accurately represent ethics and best practices across the entire universe of alternative investments, not just within the hedge fund industry. Read More
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