Firstly, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Smith, CFA, to the IPI Board of Advisors, and the expansion of our IPI education offerings with the introduction early next year of a “Managing and Servicing a Family Office” program.
The journey to creating the Henley Executive Hedge Fund Program began when the two founders were running a hedge fund administration company that specialized in start-up hedge funds. We found that most of the people who came to us saying they wanted to start their own fund knew an awful lot about how to manage money. But they knew very little about how to manage a company.
At IPI, we believe that academic study is a great foundation, but that learning from experienced practitioners brings a whole new perspective on a subject.
Hedge funds are one of the fastest-growing professions, with assets under management increasing almost six-fold since the late 1990s. Despite this popularity, there are still many finance professionals who are uncertain about the mechanics of this industry. The Henley Executive Hedge Fund Program presents all the management knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company. Filled with in ...
The hedge fund industry is often viewed as a mysterious and elite world where the only careers are for the best traders and money managers. But in reality there is an entire ecosystem of job functions which are necessary to make the fund run. These functions include operations, legal, accounting, technology, sales and other roles, and so professionals in all these areas can find careers within the ...
