Europe's First Hedge Fund Research Centre Opens In London

by Carla Johnson, Investors Offshore.com

04 October 2001

The London Business School is home to a new hedge fund research and education centre. It is the first such facility to open in Europe and aims to become the leading academic authority and focal point for new ideas on hedge funds internationally by gaining a better understanding of the strategies employed by the investment vehicles.

A statement from the graduate school of business at London University reveals that the centre will work on a wide variety of initiatives from the introduction of new electives on the School's MBA and Masters in Finance programmes to the development of the Investment Management Evening Programme and specific executive education short courses.

The centre is supported by a group of funding partners headed by Fauchier Partners, a specialist in constructing and managing customised hedge fund portfolios, which includes the Bank of Bermuda, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, and the Prudential Insurance Company of America.

Chairman of the new centre is Professor Richard Brealey, former adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England on financial stability and co-author of 'Principles of Corporate Finance'; and the Director of the centre is Dr Narayan Naik, a leading academic expert in the field of hedge funds.

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