AQUARIUS EQUIPMENT FINANCE is a San Francisco based real asset investment firm that specializes investing in standard maritime containers that are leased on a long-term basis to the world’s leading container shipping lines. Standard maritime containers are 20-foot and 40-foot long steel boxes that transport 95% of the world’s manufactured goods. We successfully invested over $1.1 billion in standard maritime containers over the last 22 years, have generated high tax deferred cash distributions to our investors and delivered a strong weighted average risk adjusted return.

Bringing you to the heart of financial exchanges.

Financial markets are changing. The complexity of technologies and a boom in electronically traded products are making today’s headlines.

An important question when you trade is how you are connected to financial exchanges. Two elements are key: speed and proximity to the exchange. In general, the more directly you are connected, the more control you have to execute your trading strategies at the best price - especially for VWAP.

At Arbitrage Technologies, we strive to build the best possible ultra low latency trading platform to directly connect and interconnect all major financial exchanges on a global level.

Our groundbreaking technologies are captured in easy-to-use software toolkits not yet seen in the marketplace before and are already certified to trade on CME.

Making better markets.

Benchmark Plus manages alternative investment funds that seek to generate superior risk adjusted returns. We've been managing portfolios, controlling risk and bringing to market innovative solutions for over 19 years. Benchmark Plus seeks out exceptional hedge fund managers exploiting market inefficiencies. We maximize exposure to the strongest inefficiencies to provide investors access to a suite of predictive alpha opportunities. Our trademarked Real Alpha™ process objectively identifies alpha by accounting for the unique systematic risk of each underlying manager or strategy. Systematic risks are cataloged in a series of dynamic benchmarks that are then utilized to actively manage portfolio risk.  When risk is actively managed a portfolio of managers with measurable skill, actively exploiting definable inefficiencies, can yield long term persistent outperformance. These managers and opportunities are often non-traditional, under-followed and capacity constrained. 

Canalyst is built to leverage buyside professionals’ time. We’ve built a database of up-to-date fundamental models on nearly every public equity in North America – so our clients can focus on the key drivers of their business: finding better investment ideas, generating better returns, and bringing in more assets.

Canalyst was created out of necessity by a veteran PM who needed a more efficient way to expand his coverage and quickly compare a broad universe of companies. Today, the company works with a wide range of clients across many geographies, from some of the world’s leading long-only asset managers to startup hedge funds and everything in between. Our clients love that they can trust Canalyst completely, and therefore spend their time taking more management meetings, looking at more names, and ultimately generating higher-conviction investment theses.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (BATS: CBOE | NASDAQ: CBOE), owner of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Bats exchanges, CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and other subsidiaries, is one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies and a leader in providing global investors cutting-edge trading and investment solutions. 

The company offers trading across a diverse range of products in multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures, U.S. and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and multi-asset volatility and global foreign exchange (FX) products.  CBOE Holdings’ 14 trading venues include the largest options exchange in the U.S. and the largest stock exchange in Europe, and the company is the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S. and a leading market globally for ETP trading.  

The company is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Kansas City, New York, London, San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong and Ecuador.  For more information, visit www.cboe.com.

Cobaltix Compliance offers financial organizations an opportunity to work with a boutique firm with incredible expertise in the area of cyber-security, We assist our clients (large and small) in becoming as secure as possible against outside attack, and work to ensure that our clients are compliant with latest regulatory requirements.

We work especially with SEC regulated firms, but have also done work in the past for FDIC, HIPAA, California Department of Insurance, EU, FINRA, and PCI regulated entities, as well as doing investigations and other similar work, both in the US and abroad.

Core services include cybersecurity focused Risk Assessments, Vulnerability Assessments, Policy and Procedure writing and review, Pentetration Testing and Vendor Due Dilligence among others.

Equity Institutional (through Equity Trust Company) offers IRAs, qualified retirement plans and non-qualified custodial accounts for alternative and traditional assets. We service RIAs, registered reps, broker-dealers, investment sponsors, precious metals dealers and other financial professionals. Equity Trust Company is one of the largest custodians of alternative assets with the goal to make alternative investing easy so that your clients can achieve the diversification they are seeking. Perhaps the best reason to choose Equity Institutional is that we handle administrative details so that your focus can remain where it should be - on your clients.

Founded in 1995, Eze Castle Integration is the global leader in strategic IT solutions and next-generation managed services for the investment management industry, servicing hedge funds, private equity firms and other financial organizations. With 650 clients around the globe, we deliver premier managed services for on-premise, private and hybrid cloud platforms as well as cybersecurity. Then we encase these complete solutions with award-winning client service and IT support.
 
Our IT and cloud services are industry-leading (just look at our awards shelf!), and we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality levels of service and support to our clients each and every day, 24x7x365.
 
With offices across the United States as well as London, Hong Kong and Singapore, we provide localized, personalized service on a global scale. Learn more at www.eci.com or by calling +1 800-752-1382.

Founded in 1998, Imagineer Technology Group is a New York City based software company focused exclusively on providing intuitive software solutions to asset managers and allocators.  Our products allow these firms to minimize the time and effort involved in running their everyday business activities, allowing them to focus on their core competency – investing.  Our customizable solutions assist asset managers and allocators in the areas of: client relationship management (CRM), web reporting / website design, and hedge fund research & due diligence.

Our robust software applications are well suited for the increasingly complex compliance and transparency requirements facing managers and allocators today. Our singular focus on this space coupled with the deep industry knowledge and continuity of our team, results in an unparalleled level of technical competency, allowing us to leverage best practices in our applications and to provide superlative customer service to our clients.  We understand that one size does not fit all, so we start with a client-centered approach, customizing our core solution to the specific needs of each client.

BNY Mellon’s Pershing and its affiliates provide a comprehensive network of global financial business solutions to advisors, broker-dealers, family offices, hedge fund and ’40 Act fund managers, registered investment advisor firms and wealth managers. Many of the world’s most sophisticated and successful financial services firms rely on Pershing for clearing and custody; investment, wealth and retirement solutions; technology and enterprise data management; trading services; prime brokerage and business consulting. Pershing helps clients improve profitability and drive growth, create capacity and efficiency, attract and retain talent, and manage risk and regulation. With a network of 23 offices worldwide, Pershing provides business-to-business solutions to clients representing more than 6 million investor accounts globally. Pershing LLC (member FINRA, NYSE, SIPC) is a BNY Mellon company.

Prime Meridian Capital Management is an investment management firm specializing in Peer-to-Peer/Marketplace Lending private credit strategies. Our funds provide investors low cost access to short-duration, high yield loan portfolios with the objective of achieving consistent positive returns with low volatility and low correlation to other asset classes. 

Prime Meridian caters to all the verticals of Marketplace Lending ranging from consumer lending, levered consumer lending, collateralized small business lending, and secured real estate lending.

Sprott Asset Management is a Toronto-based alternative asset manager that offers a wide variety of investment solutions to Canadian and international investors. Our product offerings include mutual funds, alternative strategies, physical bullion trusts and tax-efficient funds.

With a history dating back to 1981, our team of investment professionals is united by one common goal: delivering outstanding long-term returns to our clients and investors.

To achieve that end, we have assembled a group of best-in-class portfolio managers, market strategists, technical experts and analysts that is widely-recognized for its investment expertise and unique investment approach. We are committed to conducting deep fundamental research to develop unique macroeconomic insights. 

Headquartered in Milwaukee since 1969, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC provides single-source solutions to support a variety of investment strategies and products including mutual funds, alternative investments, and exchange traded funds. The division currently services 540 fund families comprised of 3,593 portfolios, 5,145 fund classes, and 3.6 million shareholder accounts with $941 billion in client assets. U.S. Bancorp Fund Services is a subsidiary of U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States.

The California Alternative Investments Association (CalALTs) is a not-for-profit membership organization whose members include alternative asset managers, investors and service providers who are dedicated to the continuing evolution of the alternative asset management industry in California. Originally founded in 2010 as the California Hedge Fund Association (CHFA), CalALTs continues the mission of fostering meaningful connections among its members and a vast network of thought leaders, influencers and peers who share investment ideas, best practices and industry intelligence that drive tomorrow’s success. The organization hosts education and networking events for members and its digital and social platforms provide members with the relationships, information, and opportunities to generate better outcomes. Below are some frequently asked questions and answers about CalALTs.

BarclayHedge is a leading independent, research based provider of information services to the alternative investment industry. Founded in 1985, no other firm has been in the alternative investment database business for as long as we have. Barclay began publishing fund data for CTAs and hedge funds in 1989 and currently maintains data on more than 12,000 alternative investment vehicles.  BarclayHedge provides access to its hedge fund, fund of funds, and managed futures databases to thousands of investors worldwide in Excel, Access, and formats compatible with most third party analysis packages.  Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices, 10 managed futures indices, and 7 UCITS indices are universally recognized as alternative investment performance benchmarks and are utilized by investment professionals around the globe.

Senior professionals working in Private Equity have relied on Buyouts for nearly 30 years to guide them on ways to operate, succeed and profit. Buyouts gives General Partners, Limited Partners and the intermediaries and vendors who service both groups the intelligence they need every day to stay a step ahead.

• Unparalleled analysis of the fundraising market — who’s raising capital, which investors are making new allocations, what are the latest conditions being negotiated into term sheets. This is hard-to-find, ‘must-know’ information for any GP or LP.
• In-depth coverage of the deals market — Find deal opportunities with scoops and insider knowledge on deals that have yet to come to market. Stay on the pulse of the lending market with intelligence on the sources and latest pricing in this critical area toward financing your deals.
• Affordable data tracking — our new Data Room offers an extensive repository of funds, deals and loan history; a great reference tool to have at your fingertips.

See it all here: https://www.pehub.com/

Launched in 2001, Eurekahedge is the world’s largest independent data provider and alternative research firm specialising in hedge fund databases covering North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Headquartered in Singapore with offices in New York and Cebu, the global expertise of our research team constantly adapts to industry changes and needs, allowing Eurekahedge to develop and offer a wide array of products and services. In addition to market-leading hedge fund databases and analysis, Eurekahedge’s other business functions include hedge fund publications, due diligence services, investor services, and an analytical platform service. For more information, please visit http://www.eurekahedge.com.

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Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate money-making openings in the fund-management arena. The newsletter tells you what tight-lipped fund managers don't want you to know. It also uncovers the secret moves of investors and other industry players. See for yourself -- sign up for a 3-week FREE trial subscription to Hedge Fund Alert. Start your free trial at HFAlert.com, or call 201-659-1700.

The HedgeCoVest UMA/SMA platform seamlessly integrates with your advisory firm, making it easy to customize and allocate to long only, long/short, and options strategies for all of your clients. HedgeCoVest's technology delivers securities directly into each investor's separately managed account, providing secure, liquid, transparent access to investment strategies. The current model for allocating to investment portfolios is restricting advisor’s access to alternatives and complicates the creation of multi-strategy portfolios. HedgeCoVest delivers the daily liquidity your clients require and the transparency you need, with the simplicity of purchasing a security. HedgeCoVest offers advisors unparalleled portfolio flexibility and bespoke investment solutions to meet each investor’s objective. Advisors can now research and invest in both correlated and non-correlated investment strategies to more effectively structure portfolios and meet investment objectives. 

Institutional Investor Journals are quarterly publications offering in-depth, original and practical research in global investment and finance with an extensive online archive. II Journals publishes the leading practitioner-focused journals read by thousands of institutional investors, portfolio managers and finance professionals worldwide.  II Journals provides current analyses and strategic insights that translate into implementable ideas for global investment-management professionals.  Each Journal is written and edited by leading practitioners and world-renowned academics and features articles by investment luminaries and Nobel Laureates. Each journal is regarded as the authoritative, practical reference guide on the most effective financial techniques and leading-edge investment strategies in the institutional marketplace. What you read in II Journals today, you will likely see in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and The Economist in the months and years ahead.

Institutional Investor’s hedge fund service, Institutional Investor’s Alpha, delivers the most insightful, entertaining and authoritative published content online about the fast-paced and rapidly evolving world of hedge funds. A subscription includes our sought after benchmark rankings and surveys including, The Hedge Fund 100 and The Rich List, profiles of iconic hedge fund managers, interviews with institutional investors and the influential consultants who shape their decisions, in-depth analysis of trends shaping the industry and a daily hedge fund blog. For more information, please visit www.institutionalinvestorsalpha.com or call 1.800.437.9997.
 

Investor’s Business Daily provides exclusive stock lists, investing data, stock market research, education and the latest financial and business news to help investors make more money in the stock market. All of IBD’s products and features are based on the CAN SLIM® Investing System developed by IBD’s Founder William J. O’Neil, who identified the seven common characteristics that winning stocks display before making huge price gains. Each letter of CAN SLIM represents one of those traits.

Senior professionals working in Private Equity have relied on Buyouts for nearly 30 years to guide them on ways to operate, succeed and profit. Buyouts gives General Partners, Limited Partners and the intermediaries and vendors who service both groups the intelligence they need every day to stay a step ahead.

• Unparalleled analysis of the fundraising market — who’s raising capital, which investors are making new allocations, what are the latest conditions being negotiated into term sheets. This is hard-to-find, ‘must-know’ information for any GP or LP.
• In-depth coverage of the deals market — Find deal opportunities with scoops and insider knowledge on deals that have yet to come to market. Stay on the pulse of the lending market with intelligence on the sources and latest pricing in this critical area toward financing your deals.
• Affordable data tracking — our new Data Room offers an extensive repository of funds, deals and loan history; a great reference tool to have at your fingertips.

See it all here: https://www.pehub.com/

Preqin is the leading source of information for the alternative assets industry, providing data and analysis via online databases, publications and complimentary research reports. Preqin is an independent business with over 250 staff based in New York, London, Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Manila serving over 40,000 customers in over 90 countries.

Preqin has the most comprehensive and extensive information available on the private equity and venture capital, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure, private debt and natural resources industries, encompassing funds and fundraising, performance, fund managers, institutional investors, deals and fund terms. Leading alternative assets professionals from around the world rely on Preqins services daily, and its data and statistics are regularly quoted by the financial press.
 

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Real Assets Adviser is the first and only publication dedicated to providing actionable information on the real assets class. The magazine provides thoughtful, cutting-edge analysis, helping advisers make informed decisions to diversify clients’ portfolios, provide long-term income and hedge against inflation. Real Assets Adviser covers the entire spectrum of real assets, including real estate, infrastructure, energy and commodities/precious metals. If you are a registered investment adviser, wealth manager, family office, independent broker-dealer, you are eligible to receive Real Assets Adviser free.