MiFID and Best Execution Seminar
18-19 Décember 2007, The Dorchester, London
Jean-René Giraud and Catherine D'Hondt, co-authors of MiFID: Convergence towards a Unified European Capital Markets Industry (Risk Books, 2006) and the influential position paper: MiFID: the (in)famous European Directive?, will be presenting research insights into the newly-introduced directive and its implications for all aspects of the execution process at the MiFID and Best Execution seminar in London on 18-19 December, 2007.
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EDHEC Alternative Investment Days
20-21 november 2007, The Brewery, London
Based on the success of its previous events and on the fast-growing demand for non-commercial and content-oriented conferences, the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre will stage the third edition of the EDHEC Hedge Fund Days in London on 20 and 21 November 2007. To accommodate the latest new developments in the alternative investment industry, the 2007 event is being rebranded as EDHEC Alternative Investment Days. The first day will comprise a Hedge Funds Summit, addressing the key issues driving the hedge fund industry today, such as risk, regulation and new forms of hedge fund strategy. The second day will cover state-of-the-art alternative investment and include coverage of new topics such as commodities investment strategies, real estate investment for ALM and the latest trends and opportunities in private equity alongside a detailed analysis of the most popular best practice' strategies for alternative investments.[ more]

Presentation of the EDHEC survey of European real estate investment and risk management.
17 October 2007 - Pavillon Gabriel, 5, avenue Gabriel - 75008 Paris
EDHEC and UFG Asset Management have partnered to present the results of a survey of European real estate investment practices and to organise a seminar aimed at French investors.[morein french]

Alternative Betas & Hedge Fund Replication Seminar
October 16, 2007 - Grand Hyatt New York - 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Station, New York.
Professor Lionel Martellini will present a novel approach to hedge fund investing and detail the associated techniques for identifying, measuring, and optimizing the beta benefits of hedge funds. Since these methods are compatible with the core-satellite model and can be implemented within an Asset-Liability Management framework, the seminar will prove particularly relevant for managers and advisers catering to the needs of institutional investors.[More...]

LHABITANT Hedge Fund Seminar
October 16 2007, The Dorchester, London.
Designed and delivered by one of the most respected practitioners and academics in the area, this intensive seminar offers insight into state of the art practices for implementing hedge fund programmes, controlling risk, and measuring and reporting performance and risks.[More... ]

The Lhabitant and Martellini Seminar - Advanced Hedge Fund Investing
28-29 june 2007 - The Dorchester - London
Designed and delivered by two leading experts in the theory and practice of hedge fund investing, this intensive seminar equips participants with a workable knowledge of the state-of-the-art techniques for analysing the performance and risks of alternative investments and optimizing hedge fund benefits both at the fund level and for end-investors. [more]

 

EDHEC Research Day 2007
7 june 2007 - Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci - Paris-La Défense, France
The objective of this first EDHEC Research Day was to show how research on management can be made useful to business. This day-long event will showed why EDHEC puts research at the core of its strategy and how its original approach allows it to combine excellence, relevance, and value in its contributions to public debate as well as to business. [more]

EDHEC/iShares European Roadshow 2007
"Innovations: Being active with ETFs"
Rome (21/03), Milan (22/03), London (27/03), Amsterdam (29/03), Frankfurt (16/04), Munich (18/04), Zurich (19/04), Paris (25/04), Genva (03/05)

A series of European seminars organised by EDHEC and iShares, the theme of which was "Innovations: Being Active with ETFs", took place in several major European cities throughout March and April, featuring guest speakers from the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre. Topics covered by the half-day seminars included:

 - The benefits of core-satellite portfolio management
- Case study examples of how ETFs can be used in a 'core' and 'satellite' strategy
- Designing completeness portfolios
- How ETFs can offer risk reduction benefits for both equity and bond markets.

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EDHEC breakfast seminar on Solvency II
29 March 2007, Club St. James, Paris, France
Noël Amenc, director of the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, Philippe Foulquier, director of the EDHEC Financial Analysis and Accouting Research Centre, and Samuel Sender, EDHEC research associate, gave a presentation entitled Solvency II: une réglementation inadaptée et mal construite to a group of insurance company managers and regulatory authorities.
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EDHEC Asset Management Days 2007
12-13 march 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
The second edition of the EDHEC Asset Management Days enabled its more than 720 participants to explore with EDHEC's research team how to use the most recent research advances and industry innovations. The major themes covered by EDHEC's research specialists and distinguished figures from the institutional investor and asset management worlds included: Advances in Wealth Management, New Paradigms in Asset Management and Alternative Investments and Absolute Return Strategies. [more]