• Real Asset Investing Forum -- Carlsbad, Calif.
• Inaugural Golf Tournament -- Atlanta
• Starting or Growing a Hedge Fund? -- New York
• Private Banking Latin America 2009 -- Miami
• Hedge Funds Care Benefit -- Cayman Islands

• Available Hedge Fund Seed Capital Drops In Q3/Q4
• Ex-Deephaven Manager Exceeds Fundraising Expectations With $800M
• New York Plans Big Increase In Hedge Fund Investments
• Galleon Informant Traded Illegally While At SAC
• Tiger Founder Backs Ex-Lehman Exec.’s Private Equity Fund

Leveling the playing field? House Committee Approves SEC Registration For Some Private Fund Advisers, Exempts Others

Genna GarverBy Genna Garver, John Brunjes, and Cheri Hoff of Bracewell & Giuliani -- On Oct. 27 the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 (H.R. 3818) moved one step closer to becoming law with the 67-1 approval of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services (the "Bill"). More...

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New Private Equity Firm To Focus On Cleantech Sector

Investors this week announced the formation of NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm that will invest in middle-market companies and related infrastructure projects in the cleantech sphere. More...

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