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Henley Business School Rolls Out Executive Hedge Fund Programme In Hong Kong
The business school is tapping what it sees as demand for top-level training in this part of the investment management arena.
The
Henley Business School has launched an executive hedge fund
programme in Hong Kong, which is designed to improve expertise in
the industry, ranging from understanding creation of new firms to
management.
The programme has been developed with Steve Bernstein, chief
executive of SinoPac Solutions and Services, and a veteran of the
$2.8 trillion hedge fund industry.
The course has been established by the International Capital
Markets Association Centre at Henley Business School. The
programme will run for six months from 12 September 2015 to
21 February 2016 and is limited to 25 qualified
participants. Registration is open to those that have at
least three years' relevant experience, and places will be
assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.
With the Asian hedge fund sector relatively young compared with
that of the US, for example, there remains arguably a need to
fill the talent gap and improve supply of skilled professionals
in this area.
“The programme will involve the participants having a significant
amount of time with key industry professionals based in Asia, who
will deliver the latest industry thinking, and share cutting-edge
information and practices,” the business school said.
The programme’s advisors and industry speakers include Bernstein
as well as Anna Stephenson, chief operating officer of
SinoPac Solutions and Services; Phil Tye, director, HFL Advisors;
George Saffayeh, partner, financial services, Ernst & Young; Rex
Chan, ex-Fidelity Investments and a Hong Kong-based portfolio
manager; Stuart Somer, director of Complyport
(HK), and Alan Leigh, managing director, Asia Pacific
business controls executives, global banking and markets,
Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific).
The course will be assessed by a final group project in which
participants will simulate setting up hedge fund and fund
management companies. The projects will be presented to a panel
of industry figures in Asia, including Paul Smith, president and
CEO of the CFA Institute.