Fairfield Hedge Fund

ENEVA, October 6, 2008 - Opalesque ( Hedge Fund News ), the world's largest publisher based subscription on the alternative investment industry, has launched the eighth edition of its groundbreaking Roundtable Series, Round Table Opalesque Geneva (download here: http:/ / www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableGE).

The Opalesque Roundtable Series provide a catalog of information on the most important centers of global hedge funds and the portrait of the most important local players of each jurisdiction. New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and Auckland are already covered. With the new Geneva Roundtable, Opalesque among other major global wealth and asset management center.

It is estimated that approximately 30% of all investments in hedge funds worldwide are located throughout Switzerland. In addition, a number of single manager hedge funds and other related service providers have moved here or set up subsidiaries .

The roundtable was sponsored by Taussig Capital and was held September 8th 2008 in the offices of Bedrock Group. Opalesque fielded a section handpicked Cross of local stakeholders, including representatives from UBP, which with over 55 billion the second allocator to hedge funds worldwide, and a partner + $ 4bln hedge fund Jabre Capital, and Dr Stedphane Graber, Deputy Director, Department of Economy and Health of Geneva - which helps hedge funds to move there - and many others:

1. Anne Simond, Director, UBP

2. Mark Cecil, Partner, Jabre Capital

3. Casa Della Thomas, Head of Research, Man Group MWA /

4. Jean Keller, CEO, 3A

5. Tony Morongiello, Partner, Caliburn Capital

6. Dr Stedphane Graber, Deputy Director, Department of Economy and Health, in the canton of Geneva

7. Maduz Nicolas, Managing Partner, Tiberius Group

8. Daniel Penseyres, Partner, Bedrock

9. Dr. Gregory Haenni, Partner, Bedrock Group

10. Gabriel Kurland, Founder, evaluation of hedge funds

11. Olivier d'Auriol, Founder, D'Auriol Asset Management

12. Eric Halff, Director, SA Arkion

13. Sartogo Peter, Managing Partner, Global Wealth Management SA

14. Joe Taussig, Founder, Taussig Capital

In this script, the round table, you will learn:

l What opportunities some of the world's largest hedge fund research and dispatchers see - despite the ongoing crisis

l With leverage, the growth engine for world major until recently, after, what can we expect from emerging markets?

l How effective risk management has saved a lot of managers but dispatchers still think that when it comes to hedge funds, "they tell you the truth, but sometimes not the whole truth ...

The fundamental discussion on operational risk and due diligence: The promise of funds of funds actually worthless when you take a second look?

In what direction the current environment is forcing hedge funds, funds to survive

How the funds of funds community deal with side pockets?

What is the real issue of the discussion of liquidity?

Background on The Jabre Capital "incredibly successful" move to set up in Geneva

How are the offices of the family to cope with the markets and a changing world of hedge funds?

The participants of this Roundtable also elaborate on the historic merger of the US / UK based hedge fund Fairfield Greenwich Group with the Swiss private bank Banque Benedict Hentsch, and why we will see "a lot of hedge fund managers s to involve in the Swiss private bank. "What.