Released on: August 18, 2008, 2:07 am

Press Release Author: Opalesque Ltd

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: Greenwich, Connecticut, August 18, 2008--The Greenwich Hyatt
will be the scene of the 2008 Global Alpha Forum--arguably the most important hedge
fund event of 2008 for both fund managers operating in Connecticut and investors
wishing to get to know those managers while also gaining insights as to economic and
geopolitical developments likely to most impact alternative investors in the coming
year.

Press Release Body: The Forum will be held on September 16 and 17, 2008, and will be
followed on September 18 by the Green Hedge Trail, a unique opportunity for
institutional investors to visit the offices of some of the truly world-class funds
operating in the Greenwich area, to both meet the funds' managers and to have some
of their questions answered concerning strategies of the various funds included in
the Trail.

The Forum is jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, the
association of hedge fund professionals representing over 150 member firms based in
the "hedge fund capital of the world" of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and
Opalesque, the world's largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative
investment industry.

Program Overview:

Rudolph W. Giuliani, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani, will kick off the Forum at 9 am
on Tuesday, September 16th. His address will be followed by panels discussing first
Green Trading and Carbon Finance and then the 10 Days that Changed Capitalism.

Lawrence H. Summers, Managing Director, D.E. Shaw and former U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury, will be interviewed as part of the luncheon on Day One. After lunch, a
panel discussion will explore the Rise of the Sovereign Wealth Funds.

Once the main agenda is concluded, a Hedge Fund Manager Workshop is available that
will present the secrets to Creating Reinsurance Firms and Banks: New Permanent
Capital Vehicles for Hedge Funds and Funds of Funds. Following the first day's
sessions will be a Networking Event that begins at 5:30pm designed to allow plenty
of time for attendees to become acquainted with one another or strengthen existing
relationships.

Day Two sessions again begin at 9 am and will include panels on Hedge Fund
Regulation, Institutional Investing and the Economic Outlook, all from a global
perspective. The luncheon keynote on this day will be Eugene Ludwig, Chairman and
CEO, Promontory Interfinancial Network and Former U.S. Controller of the Currency.

Another Hedge Fund Manager Workshop will be offered after the close of the main
conference sessions. This workshop will address Islamic Finance: Tapping Middle
Eastern Wealth through Islam-Compliant Vehicles.

The complete schedule for the 2008 Global Alpha Forum, along with Registration
Information, is available at www.GlobalAlphaForum.com.

About the Global Alpha Forum:

The GAF was inaugurated in 2007 and that event attracted several hundred delegates
and live coverage by both CNBC and Bloomberg Television. Along with the notables
highlighted above, numerous financial media personalities will participate as panel
moderators and interviewers and panelists consist of world-renowned experts in their
subject areas. The GAF is poised to become "Davos on the Sound"-the center of
thought leadership for issues impacting the alternative investment industry.

Confirmed 2008 panel participants include:
- Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University
- R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean Columbia University School of Business and former Chair of
the Council of Economic Advisers
- Kevin Lynch, Head of Hedge Fund Research Group, Managing Director, CRA RogersCasey
- David Marchick, Managing Director and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, The
Carlyle Group
- David Wiederecht, Vice President, Alternative Investments, GE Asset Management
- Martin Whittaker, Director of Environmental Finance Strategy, Mission Point Capital
- Paul Ezekiel, Global Head of Carbon Trading, Credit Suisse
- John A. Brunjes, Partner, Private Investment Funds, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
- Martin Leibowitz, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Equity Research Global Strategy
- Stephen Preston, Partner, Wilmer Hale; Former Acting General Counsel of the
Department of Defense and Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General with the U.S.
Department of Justice
- Mark Yusko, Founder Morgan Creek Capital Management and Former CIO, University of
North Carolina
- Andrew Baker, Deputy CEO, Alternative Investment Management Association
- Todd Groome, Head of Financial Markets, Stability Division, International Monetary
Fund
- Laurence B. Siegel, Director of Research, Investment Division, The Ford Foundation
- Michael Maduell, President, Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
- Andrew Shrimpton, Member, Regulatory Compliance, Kinetic Partners, Former Head of
Alternative Investments, Financial Services Authority
- Peter C. Fusaro, Chairman and Founder, Global Change Associates
- Sona Blessing, Director of Research, Editor A SQUARE, Opalesque
- Matthias Knab, Director and Managing Editor, Opalesque

The complete schedule for the 2008 Global Alpha Forum, along with Registration
Information, is available at www.GlobalAlphaForum.com


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