A 60 year old marketing rule which determines how investment advisors can market and advertise is changing, and firms that qualify (RIAs) have just four months to comply with a regulation on 4 November, that runs to hundreds of pages, containing opportunities and challenges for the industry. In a not to be missed podcast for all RIAs, joining us on the Long-Short this week are Mike McGrath, Partner at K&L Gates and Suzan Rose, Senior Advisor to AIMA’s government and regulatory affairs, to discuss this very important topic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amidst a tumultuous series of events impacting crypto markets, The Long-Short caught up with fintech and digital assets thought leader Henri Arslanian, to guide us through the ABCs of cryptocurrencies and get to the bottom of what’s been really going on in crypto markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Financial Times was at the forefront of uncovering the $2 billion fraud at the centre of Wirecard’s accounts, leading to the German payment processing giant’s collapse in 2020. Two years on, the lead investigative journalist Dan McCrum sits down with The Long-Short to discuss his new book, Money Men, which details how his team, assisted by a cast of committed short sellers, exposed the truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, The Long-Short is joined by AIMA's representative in Washington DC, Daniel Austin, who provides a timely update to the flurry of regulatory activity in the US with the SEC fielding multiple proposals affecting the alternative investment industry. With so much to keep a track of, this episode is essential listening for all parties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to two of the key speakers at AIMA’s Next Generation of Mangers Forum that was held in London last month, as well as hearing from Fiona Treble who co-ordinates AIMA’s efforts with our emerging and next generation of fund managers.In part one, we speak to Lawrence Obertelli, Director of Prime Brokerage Sales at Cowen, while in part two we premiere our first on-location interview, taking place in the wings of the next gen conference where we sat down with Priya Mehta, Partner of Buzzacott, an international accounting and HR consultancy to discuss how emerging manager clients are faring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we speak to Jaclyn Bouchard, Head of ESG at Preqin, to compare the challenges of applying ESG principles to private and public markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, marking the launch of AIMA’s careers guide, The Long-Short speaks to Katherine Abrat, COO of Arkkan Capital, and Eleanor Davidson, Quantitative Researcher at Aspect Capital – two of the guide’s contributors - and to AIMA’s Aniqah Rao, Associate – Markets, Governance and Innovation, who authored the paper, to learn more about career opportunities within the global hedge fund industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following AIMA’s sold-out inaugural digital asset event in New York last week, The Long-Short caught up with the keynote speaker Eric Peters, CEO of One River Asset Management, who offered an update on the latest trends in the market that dominated discussion on the day.The Long-Short also spoke to conference attendee Alex Botte, head of client, and portfolio solutions at Runa Digital Assets, who gave offered her analysis after a tumultuous week in the crypto space, driven by the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, and discussed what it means for the digital asset space going forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we welcome Nilesh Sudrania, CEO and founder of Sudrania Fund Services to discuss how the fund administration industry is moving onto a more digitised footing, with new services being offered to alternative investment funds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we recorded from AIMA’s Singapore Annual Forum. In part one we speak to the event’s co-chairs Natalie Curtis, partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, and Thomas Scott-Barton, COO at Trovio Group, who offer their insights on the key trends of the alternative investment industry in APAC right now.In part two, The Long-Short sits down with Kher Sheng Lee, AIMA’s co-head of APAC based in Singapore and deputy global head of government affairs, to hear more about the efforts of AIMA’s APAC team to support our members in the region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.