Programme Highlights & What's New For 2013

Gain Economic & Strategic Updates From Leading Industry Thinkers

	What economic obstacles are coming our way?  How should this impact your investment strategy? John is a renowned investment expert and Charles is a leading economist, they will be joining us to offer you an all important global economic briefing…
John Mauldin, President, MILLENNIUM WAVE ADVISORS		Charles Dumas, Chairman & Chief Economist, LOMBARD STREET RESEARCH

The GAIM 2013 Philosophical Address

Nassim Taleb Principal UNIVERSA INVESTMENTS L.P. Following his great popularity last year, Nassim is joining us again to go into more depth on his theories and the public’s response.  He will be sharing his insight on.. Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

The Big Ideas Bank: Inspiring Your Investment & Business Strategies

What new investment and business ideas are out there?  How often do you get a chance to hear about them? 
For 2013, GAIM presents a special ‘Big Ideas Bank’ to offer you access to fresh thinkers! Game-changing speakers include…

Can We Unlock The Secret To Eternal Life?	How Can You Establish Yourself As THE Authority On Your Hedge Fund Investment Strategy?
Laura Deming Partner THE LONGEVITY FUND	Richard C Wilson Founder HEDGE FUND GROUP

Fresh Thinking For Traditional Strategies

Patrick Wolff Founder & Managing Member GRANDMASTER CAPITAL Patrick is a chess grandmaster and now applies his thinking to hedge fund management. How does he see things differently?

What Else Is New For 2013?

• NEW! GAIM Manager Selection Board- to ensure we bring together the most skilled industry names and seek out the new managers doing interesting things, a panel of investors will be advising GAIM on the managers to invite for 2013.  You will hear from and meet the managers our investors want to hear from!
• NEW! Hedge Funds & Philanthropy Focus – Can we use finance as a means to an end? How far has the hedge fund community come so far and just how far could we go?  Find out in a focus session with leading philanthropists in the hedge fund community.
• NEW! GAIM Select - One To One Bookable Meeting: GAIM is a fantastic place to bump into old friends and make many new business contacts. Sometimes the conversations you want to have aren’t suited to our ever-popular coffee house so for 2013 we are offering a private meeting platform for managers to have targeted meetings with a selection of end investors in the luxurious GAIM MeetSuites. Email Brenda Cunningham for more details.
• Manager Selection & Asset Allocation Summit (17 June) will enforce Chatham House Rules - no journalists will be reporting from the sessions to encourage open discussions. If you aren't there you won't hear about it - read more on this unmissable asset allocation forum here

More to come soon, view the latest all new global hedge fund conference agenda here

HEDGE FUND MANAGER TURNED ATLANTIC ROWER… Nick Rees Partner ABSOLUTE RETURN PARTNERS

 In December 2013, Nick Rees, a regular GAIM attendee and speaker, will row across the Atlantic Ocean unsupported.  To put the size of the challenge in context, Nick will be rowing all day every day for over three months in shifts of 2 hours on, 2 hours off. He will cover over 2,700 nautical miles, will pass through the roughest seas with wave swell likely to reach over 40 feet. It is estimated that he will burn 8,000 calories a day, lose 20% of his body weight during the crossing and have to row more than 1 million strokes during the challenge.

GAIM is supporting Nick in his endeavour and Nick will be joining us at GAIM to tell the story of how he is transforming himself from an investment manager to a lean, mean rowing machine!  He will also be bringing an erg machine with him and challenging you all to set the fastest erg time.  Who will win - the investors or the mangers?!

We have a blog post with Nick describing a life in the day of a hedge fund manager turned Atlantic rower.  You can read more from our blog on: http://blogs.icbi-events.com/gaim/ or visit Nick’s website directly on http://breakthroughatlantic.com/