Key Takeaways
- • The Hedgeweek® US Summit convenes over 200 hedge fund managers and 100 allocators representing firms with assets ranging from sub-$100 million to more than $100 billion, with 180+ senior-level attendees including C-suite and founder-level executives.
- • The closing panel features investment heads from four major institutional allocators: Aksia, NEPC, PAAMCO Prisma, and J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, providing direct access to decision-makers controlling substantial capital deployment.
- • Programming spans dual tracks addressing investment and operational alpha, with keynote coverage of macroeconomic paradoxes in the U.S. economy and specialized sessions on geopolitical risk, agentic AI in systematic investing, portfolio construction amid market volatility, and fund operations infrastructure.
- • Senior practitioners from established multi-strategy and systematic firms participate as speakers, including executives from BlackRock, CenterBook Partners, Solus Alternative Asset Management, Fasanara Capital, and RG Niederhoffer Capital Management, signaling high-level industry engagement.
- • Complimentary registration remains available for qualifying hedge fund managers and allocators, with the event positioned as a key institutional gathering for allocator-manager networking and thematic investment discussion.
Summary
The closing panel provides a focal point for allocator engagement, assembling the investment leadership of four major institutional capital allocators: Aksia, NEPC, PAAMCO Prisma, and J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management. This concentration of allocator representation offers hedge fund managers direct access to significant institutional deployment decision-makers.
The conference agenda opens with a keynote from Marko Papic, Chief Investment Strategist at BCA Research, addressing what the program describes as America's current macro paradox. From this opening, the day bifurcates into parallel tracks focused on investment alpha and operational alpha. Investment-focused sessions include discussions on geopolitical volatility and portfolio discipline featuring Jeffrey Rosenberg of BlackRock, Dan Greenhaus of Solus Alternative Asset Management, and Tara Hariharan of NWI Management; agentic AI applications in systematic investing with speakers from Fasanara Capital, RG Niederhoffer Capital Management, and Versor Investments; and portfolio construction challenges in volatile markets, drawing participants from CenterBook Partners, Galaxy Fintech Fund, and Overbrook Management Corporation. On the operational side, sessions address fund infrastructure, AI integration, and operations, while a separate fireside discussion with Emily Hodges of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management and Michelle Noyes, Head of Americas at AIMA, focuses on allocator behavior and decision-making processes.
Complimentary registration remains available for both hedge fund managers and allocators meeting participation criteria, with the event marketed as an opportunity for institutional-grade networking and thematic investment discussion.
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