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EDHEC Asset Management Education - LHABITANT Hedge Fund Seminar

State-of-the-Art Fund of Hedge Funds Management

Institutional money is fuelling the explosive growth of the hedge fund industry and creating historic opportunities for the fund of hedge fund business. This shift in the source of capital is also driving the coming of age of the industry and imposing new responsibilities and challenges upon hedge funds and multimanagers.

Successful players will be those who are able to provide increasingly skilled and demanding clients with a cogent explanation of their investment and risk management processes, and to back their claims of value creation with quantitative analyses of relative performance and underlying risk factors.


François Serge LHABITANT, Associate Professor, Chief Investment Officer - Kedge Capital Partners

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.

Presented in a highly accessible manner, the LHABITANT Hedge Fund Seminar equips participants with a workable knowledge of the techniques essential for anyone investing in hedge funds or advising private and institutional clients on the inclusion of hedge funds in their portfolios.


Drawing on the expertise developed in the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, this seminar surveys hedge fund databases, indices, and benchmarks; introduces advanced analysis of hedge fund performance and risks; presents novel ways of classifying funds; and discusses optimal fund of funds design, strategic and tactical allocation, and risk management of hedge fund porfolios.

Showing how to incorporate the latest results of alternative investment research into management processes and allowing participants to keep abreast of the best industry practices, the LHABITANT Hedge Fund Seminar appeals to fund of hedge funds managers and administrators; investment advisers and consultants; and institutional investors.

EDHEC Asset Management Education LHABITANT Hedge Fund Seminar:

CFA Institute Continuing Education (CE) Program:

EDHEC Asset Management Education is registered with CFA Institute as an Approved Provider of continuing education programs. This program is eligible for 7 CE credit hours as granted by CFA Institute. If you are a CFA Institute member, CE credit for your participation in this program will be automatically recorded in your CE Diary.


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