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Commodities Intelligent Commodity Investing: New Strategies and Practical Insights for Informed Decision Making 10/04/08 - Chicago, USA Organised by the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and sponsored by the GSB Alumni Finance Roundtable and the GSB Business Book Roundtable

At the event, Hilary Till, Editor and Contributor, Principal, Premia Capital Management, LLC; and Research Associate, EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre will be presenting her book "Intelligent Commodity Investing", alongside fellow contributors Jodie Gunzberg, Marco Consulting Group, Rian Akey, Cole Partners Asset Management, and Nick Ronalds, Executive Director, FIA Asia and President, RhoFinancial.

Programme
  • 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - Registration, Cash Bar
  • 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Authors' Presentation
  • 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Q&A
  • 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - Reception and Book Signing
The following topics will be covered at the presentation:
  • Hilary Till: "Intelligent Commodity Investing: Challenges and Opportunities"
  • Rian Akey: "Alpha, Beta and Commodities: Can a Commodities Investment be Both a High-Risk-Adjusted Return Source and a Portfolio Hedge?"
  • Jodie Gunzberg: "The Long and Short of Commodity Futures Investing: Rationale for Momentum-Based Long/Short Strategies"
  • Nick Ronalds: "Chinese Commodity Markets: History, Development and Prospects"
Free online registration at:
https://gsbsurvey.chicagogsb.edu/ViewsFlash/servlet/viewsflash?cmd=showform&pollid=alumni_roundtable!Finance_Registration
Event Details
  When   Between 10/04/2008 06:00 PM and 10/04/2008 09:00 PM
Where   University of Chicago Gleacher Center, Room 100, 450 North Cityfront Plaza, Chicago, IL
Web  
 
Contact Details
  Name   Mary Kupjack
E-mail   mckupjk@aol.com
Phone   +1 733 935 7221
 


 

 
EDHEC Alternative Indexes: July 2008 (Estimates)
Conv. Arb. -1.98%
CTA Global -3.38%
Dist. Sec. -2.03%
Emg. Mkts -3.45%
Eq. Mkt Neut. -1.14%
Event Driven -1.82%
Fix. Inc. Arb. 0.00%
Global Macro -2.35%
L/S Equity -2.60%
Merger Arb. 0.27%
Rel. Value -0.88%
Short Selling 0.70%
FoF -2.61%





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