Join John Liew (Co-founding Principal, AQR Capital), Hari Hariharan (Chairman & CEO, NWI Management), and Daniel Yun (CEO, Belstar Group) for a discussion of recent events, future expectations, and career insights in the hedge fund industry.
Outlook of the Hedge Fund Industry:
A Town Hall Panel Meeting with the Pros
HAAAA, NYTFA, AAAIP & FSC invite you to a town hall meeting with a panel of seasoned veterans of the hedge fund industry. The panelists will engage, among themselves and with the audience, in discussions about the plethora of market jitters that have fogged the outlook of the industry. -- The soaring sovereign debts; the over-heated property markets and slowing economy in China; the wobbling housing markets; the high unemployment rates; the impact of the financial reform regulations; the withdrawal of baby boomers from the equity markets; the "flash crash" of 5/6/2010; the increasing dominance of "too big to fail" mega-corporations; the risk of a double dip; etc. They will also provide career suggestions to those interested.
Due to security concerns, RSVP is mandatory. Please email to NYTFA(dot)MAIL(at)GMAIL(dot)COM.
When: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 5:30-9:00pm
Where: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, 1 E. 42nd Street (corner of 5th and 42nd)
Cost: $10 (refreshments provided).
Agenda:
5:30-6:00pm: Registration
6:00-7:30pm: Town hall meeting: "Outlook of the hedge fund industry"
7:30-9:00pm: Reception
Panelists (preliminary):
John Liew, Co-founding Principal, AQR Capital Management
John Liew is a Founding Principal of AQR Capital Management and heads the Global Asset Allocation team. Prior to co-founding AQR, John worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a portfolio manager in the Asset Management Division where he developed and managed quantitative strategies to trade stock index futures, bond futures and currencies globally. At Goldman, these strategies were used to manage proprietary capital, a hedge fund, institutional separate accounts and retail mutual funds. Prior to joining Goldman, John worked at Trout Trading Company where he developed and implemented global quantitative market-neutral stock selection strategies. John has published articles on the topics of global asset allocation and stock selection in the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Financial Analysts Journal. John is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago where he received a Ph.D. in Finance in 1995 and an MBA in 1994 from the Booth School of Business and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in economics in 1989.
Hari Hariharan, Chairman & CEO, NWI Management LP
Hari manages a hedge fund group which has $2.0 billion under management. This includes a global macro fund, an emerging market fixed income fund and a special credit situations fund. The group, started in mid 1993, was originally known as Santander New World Investments Group and was spun off in April 1999. Until May 1993 and from 1976, Mr. Hariharan was at Citibank N.A. where his last role was Division Executive of the International Corporate Finance Division which specialized in emerging economies. His career in Citibank spanned 17 years during which time he built several different and highly successful businesses for the bank globally.
His formal education took place at the Harvard Business School (Program for Management Development), the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (MBA-Finance) and at the University of Madras (Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting).
Daniel Yun, CEO, Belstar Group
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Join John Liew (Co-founding Principal, AQR Capital), Hari Hariharan (Chairman & CEO, NWI Management), and Daniel Yun (CEO, Belstar Group) for a discussion of recent events, future expectations, and career insights in the hedge fund industry.
Outlook of the Hedge Fund Industry:
A Town Hall Panel Meeting with the Pros
HAAAA, NYTFA, AAAIP & FSC invite you to a town hall meeting with a panel of seasoned veterans of the hedge fund industry. The panelists will engage, among themselves and with the audience, in discussions about the plethora of market jitters that have fogged the outlook of the industry. -- The soaring sovereign debts; the over-heated property markets and slowing economy in China; the wobbling housing markets; the high unemployment rates; the impact of the financial reform regulations; the withdrawal of baby boomers from the equity markets; the "flash crash" of 5/6/2010; the increasing dominance of "too big to fail" mega-corporations; the risk of a double dip; etc. They will also provide career suggestions to those interested.
Due to security concerns, RSVP is mandatory. Please email to NYTFA(dot)MAIL(at)GMAIL(dot)COM.
When: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 5:30-9:00pm
Where: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, 1 E. 42nd Street (corner of 5th and 42nd)
Cost: $10 (refreshments provided).
Agenda:
5:30-6:00pm: Registration
6:00-7:30pm: Town hall meeting: "Outlook of the hedge fund industry"
7:30-9:00pm: Reception
Panelists:
John Liew, Co-founding Principal, AQR Capital Management
John Liew is a Founding Principal of AQR Capital Management and heads the Global Asset Allocation team. Prior to co-founding AQR, John worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a portfolio manager in the Asset Management Division where he developed and managed quantitative strategies to trade stock index futures, bond futures and currencies globally. At Goldman, these strategies were used to manage proprietary capital, a hedge fund, institutional separate accounts and retail mutual funds. Prior to joining Goldman, John worked at Trout Trading Company where he developed and implemented global quantitative market-neutral stock selection strategies. John has published articles on the topics of global asset allocation and stock selection in the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Financial Analysts Journal. John is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago where he received a Ph.D. in Finance in 1995 and an MBA in 1994 from the Booth School of Business and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in economics in 1989.
Hari Hariharan, Chairman & CEO, NWI Management LP
Hari manages a hedge fund group which has $2.0 billion under management. This includes a global macro fund, an emerging market fixed income fund and a special credit situations fund. The group, started in mid 1993, was originally known as Santander New World Investments Group and was spun off in April 1999. Until May 1993 and from 1976, Mr. Hariharan was at Citibank N.A. where his last role was Division Executive of the International Corporate Finance Division which specialized in emerging economies. His career in Citibank spanned 17 years during which time he built several different and highly successful businesses for the bank globally.
His formal education took place at the Harvard Business School (Program for Management Development), the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (MBA-Finance) and at the University of Madras (Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting).
Daniel Yun, CEO, Belstar Group
Daniel Yun is the Chief Executive Officer of Belstar Group, LLC, a private investment firm based in New York. The firm manages over $1.5 billion on behalf of financial institutions around the world, including CalPers, the Hong Kong Government, and the Military Pension of Korea. From 1998 to 2005, Mr Yun was the Managing Partner of Voyager Advisors, LLC, a special situations hedge fund with over $1 billion in assets under management. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Yun worked at Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, both in New York.
Upon graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1998, Mr. Yun was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army, and served two tours of duty as a company commander in Korea. While in the US Army, Mr. Yun attended Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger Schools, and obtained a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Yun currently serves on the RAND Corporation Center for Asia Pacific Policy board. Mr. Yun is married with two children.
Co-sponsors:
Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance (HAAAA)
New York Taiwanese Finance Association (NYTFA)
Asian Association of Alternative Investment Professionals (AAAIP)
Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission, New York Office (FSC)
