About The Roundtable
Bringing together the best minds in the alternative investment industry.
With investors, fund managers and prominent industry professionals coming together to promote education and best practices within the alternative investment industry, you get the opportunity to interact with some of the industry’s most insightful leaders and experts — a group including Nobel prize winners, trendsetters, alternative investment fund managers, investment analysts, and philanthropists, among others. We’re pushing boundaries to help foster new and improved standards for the alternative investment industry.
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Exclusive Insights
Gain exclusive insights from top minds in the alternative investment industry and see investing as you never have before.
Engaging Events
Our events are well known for promoting and encouraging interesting, lively and thoughtful discussions between industry professionals.
Professional Networking
Make invaluable connections within the alternative investment industry at monthly events that foster interaction among attendees.
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Join us for monthly events and calls as we bring together the brightest minds and thought leaders in the alternative investment industry.
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NYAIR Episode 39 – The U.K. in the Transatlantic Economy
Edward Price, the UK Government’s Head of Financial Sector and Economic Policy, discusses the United Kingdom -from its position as one of the world’s leading economic centers, to challenges it faces such as low economic growth and uncertainty regarding the impact of Brexit. As the UK Government’s Head of Financial Sector and Economic Policy -a…
Read MoreNYAIR Episode 38 – Navigating Asset Management During an Era of Populism, Trade Wars & Negative Yielding Debt
Frances Newton Stacy, director of portfolio strategy for Optimal Capital, discusses the current asset management environment –from the history of central banking and the business cycle, to what populism is and what types of risk it can create in an investment portfolio. Some of the topics she touches on include: How traditional technical analysis and…
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Winter Storm Watch: Geopolitical Risk & the 2020 Outlook
By Diane Swonk, Grant Thornton The policy landscape in the U.S. has become much like the weather in Chicago; it can change dramatically in the course of a day. That is what happened on January 2. The escalation of tensions with Iran following the killing of a top Iranian general by the U.S. has introduced…
Read MoreFINRA Q4 2019 highlights
By Christopher Zaffuto, Baker Tilly The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent, nongovernmental organization that writes and enforces the rules governing the ethical activities of all registered broker-dealer firms and brokers, examines firms for compliance with those rules, fosters market transparency and educates investors. FINRA monitors approximately 3,800 brokerage firms, 160,000 branch offices…
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