London Hedge Fund Week
London Hedge Fund Week 2023
London Hedge Fund Week landed in October 2023 bringing together professionals from the investment and finance industry in one of the world's leading financial centers. Taking place in London, this week-long series of events offered a unique platform for hedge fund managers, investors, and service providers to exchange ideas, network, and gain valuable insights into the latest trends and strategies shaping the industry. Attendees participated in panel discussions and keynote speeches led by renowned experts. With the week culminating in a big Friday social - AYU Oktoberfest.
With its diverse range of participants and thought-provoking sessions, London Hedge Fund Week served as a hub of innovation and collaboration, driving the growth and development of the hedge fund ecosystem.
Our hedge fund week highlights were The Digital Asset Fund Forum and AYU Charity Oktoberfest. The AYU Digital Asset Fund Forum, supported by Zodia Custody and Elwood. DAFF brought together a highly concentrated group of experienced investment professionals who are focused on digital assets. Emerging crypto funds connected with family offices entering the space and heard from some of the leading crypto service providers poised to enable success in this rapidly evolving sector.
The forum was kicked off by Blockstone CEO Carl Szantyr with his take on the current resilience of the european market. Our first panel discussed family office cap intro: “Working with, and raising from family offices in the crypto industry”, during which Daniel Page, Cecilia Yu, Patrick Martin and Sam Nallen Copley discussed how emerging funds can engage with private capital.
The second insightful panel on Institutional Custody was contributed to by Zodia Custody Europe CEO, John Cronin, alongside Stephanie Ramezan of Gemini, Stuart Naples of Brevan Howard, Robert Gaskell of Appold, and Oya Celiktemur of Jacobi Asset Management. We then heard a fascinating discussion on the Crypto Fund of Funds’ role in growth with more from Carl Szantyr, Peter Rigg of Aaro Capital and Barry Thomas of Forteus.
The day was concluded with the AYU Pitch off presented by GoQuant. 3 pitches, one mic, and 4 mins of questioning from our panel of judges. The pitchers were pioneers in the digital asset space; many congratulations to María Guinda Pérez, CIO of Whale Capital for winning the AYU Pitch off with her compelling presentation.
The AYU Oktoberfest landed once again in Battersea Park, on October 13th 2023. Fires were lit and steins were poured as professionals from the London alts industry and beyond joined us for a social evening to mark the end of London Hedge Fund Week. An autumnal gathering of family offices, hedge funds, service providers and wider institutional investors connected in the AYU Tipis.
Kindly sponsored by Treo ESG, the boutique ESG and sustainable investment consultancy, learn more here. Many thanks to our other sponsors involved in this event; GoQuant, Zodia, Elwood, Arch Lending and Uphold.
Other events included in London Hedge Fund Week:
Tuesday 10th October
Wednesday 11th October
Thursday 12th October
Friday 13th October
London Hedge Fund Week 2022
London Hedge Fund Week was a festival of alternative finance and investment - a series of events for hedge funds, family offices and institutional investors in London, hosted October 17th-23rd, 2022.
AYU Hedge Fund Weeks encompass events hosted by AYU, our partners and other major players in the alternative investment space. Our team and community hosted a range of events across the week, whilst also promoting the events hosted by our partners and peers. Our goal is to contribute to the growing and thriving global market place of ideas and capital in the alternative investing world.
Our main events included The Emerging Manager Conference, The Digital Asset Fund Conference, and The AYU Charity Oktoberfest. Find out more here.
Our sponsors included Jersey Finance, Maple, Elwood, PerformDD, Matrixport, GoQuant, Deribit and Haruko.
