Alternative Investment Industry Believes U.S. is Diminishing its Global Influence

NEW YORK, NY, February 7, 2018 – 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…

New York Alternative Investment Roundtable Announces Partnership With Benesch

New York, NY, January 26, 2017 – The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable is pleased to announce business law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff as its newest sponsor. Benesch is an international business law firm that counts the middle market alternative investment industry among its core focus areas –from representation of private equity firms…

Alternative Investment Industry Sees Investment in Cryptocurrencies as Highly Speculative

NEW YORK, NY, December 7, 2017 – In the eight years since bitcoin was created the cryptocurrency has gone from being an obscure concept familiar only to technology specialists, to something that is now part of the American vernacular. And with some industry experts predicting that bitcoin will pass the $10,000 mark before year end;…

Alternative Investment Industry Believes Heightened Regulatory Environment Unlikely to Change

NEW YORK, NY, October 9, 2017 – Despite widespread criticism regarding the heightened regulatory environment that has pervaded since the introduction of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as the Trump administration’s promises to scale back regulations, the alternative investment industry doesn’t foresee any lessening of current regulations or regulators’…

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The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable is Changing its Name to The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable

NEW YORK, NY, September, 2017 –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…

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Alternative Investment Community Thinks Insider Trading Will Remain a Serious Threat

NEW YORK, NY, September, 2017 – It has been eight years since the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe into insider trading led to the demise of $7 billion hedge fund firm Galleon Group, yet the issue is far from fading into the background. Since Galleon’s demise, the FBI and regulators have brought countless charges of…

Talking Across the Aisle, In a Time of Uncertainty, There is Some Optimism

NEW YORK, NY, August, 2017 – Though it is the seemingly endless battle over the future of the Affordable Care Act that has dominated headlines since the Trump administration took the helm, there are many other issues the alternative investment industry is eager to see play out in the 115th Congress. From potential tax changes…

Hedge Fund Industry Weighs In on the Presidential Election/ Outlook for Dodd-Frank

August, 2015 – In the wake of what is already shaping up to be an extremely contentious race for the presidency, The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable’s members believe it will come down to a race between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, with the outcome of the election determining the future of Dodd-Frank. If Republicans…

Alternative Investment Industry Thinks Quant Funds Best Fundamental Investing

July, 2017 – Quantitative investing has been experiencing a resurgence of interest among investors in alternative investments –fueled by big data, ever-more sophisticated algorithms and increasingly efficient technologies. Given investors’ interest in quantitative investment funds, the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable recently looked at how the alternative investment community views the strategy compared to the…

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Sustainability Reporting is Increasingly Important to Alternative Investment Industry

June, 2017: Sustainability is no longer a niche issue, it is front and center on the global stage. As society becomes increasingly concerned with sustainability issues, particularly younger generations, more and more companies are choosing to be more proactive in addressing this topic in some way, realizing that if they do not, it can have…

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