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Articles
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AIMA
Journal
What
Hedge Fund Managers Need To Know About Social Media
By Thomas Walek
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IR Update
The Tangled
Web These Spiders Leave
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the article
Institutional
Investor
Institutional
Investors Presents... The 2011 All-America Executive Team-Leadership
and Investor
Relations Awards
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Walek
Principal Mary Beth Kissane moderating a panel she developed for the
2011 Institutional Investor Corporate All Stars IR Summit.
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the video
Mary
Beth Kissane discusses why new U.S. financial regulations will require
more disclosure from hedge funds with Reuters TV.
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the video
Mary
Beth Kissane discussed proxy advisory firms with
Georgeson
Senior Managing Director Rajeev Kumar on a Computershare
Webinar
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AIMA Journal
"Deal or No Deal: Activist Hedge Funds Embrace Media Strategies"
Deal by deal, activist
shareholders are remaking the corporate landscape, the M&A space and
proxy battles.
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FOCUS
-- Horizon Cash Management
"Hedge
Funds Prosper Under Intense Media Scrutiny"
by Thomas Walek
Love them or loathe them, the media today shape the world's knowledge
and opinions about the global hedge fund business.
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the article
Strategies:
The Journal of Legal Marketing
"Know Thyself -- A Buyer's Guide to Getting the Most from Your
PR Agency"
Law firms can
benefit from these 10 ingredients for successfully outsourcing the PR
function.
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the article
Fund
Fire
"Hedge Funds in the Media Spotlight "
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AIMA
Journal
"Battle of the Brands: Brand Strategy Drives hedge Fund Growth
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by Thomas Walek
With an average of three new hedge funds hitting the streets every day,
managers are beginning to understand that it takes more than performance
to attract assets.
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the article
Absolute
Return
"Why the Mainstream Press Hates us "
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the article
AIMA
Journal
"Hedge
Funds: A Media Perspective on Major Issues and Trends"
Hedge
funds will continue to attract new assets and this growth will bring
increased regulation to these largely unregulated asset pools, according
to a new survey of the most influential journalists covering the hedge
fund industry.
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the article
Investment
News
"Who
Knew?"
Most investors
don't really understand hedge funds, and the industry isn't adequately
regulated, according to a survey of financial journalists who focus
on alternative investments.
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the article
Investor
Relations Update
"Measuring
IR Effectiveness"
by
Thomas Walek
Last
year's 10% drop in the S&P 500 and nearly 40% Nasdaq market decline
didn't just hurt the performance of investment portfolios, it triggered
renewed interest in measuring the effectiveness of investor relations
programs.
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the article

Speeches
Hedge
Fund Public Relations and Investor Relations: The New Normal
(Boston)
IVY Plus
Mary Beth Kissane discusses public relations and investor relations
for alternative asset management firms.
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Presentation
Member
of NIRI Speakers Bureau
(Washington)
National Investors Relations Institute (NIRI)
Mary Beth Kissane
Managing
Your Message in the Global Marketplace
(Hong Kong)
Credit Suisse
Mary Beth Kissane addresses the importance of how a firm’s messages
are positioned and delivered in today’s global marketplace.
Regulation
Fair Disclosure
Securities Regulation Committee of the New York State Bar Association
Mary Beth Kissane
Hedge
Fund Media and Investor Relations
(Philadelphia)
IVY Plus
Thomas Walek addresses finding the edge in attracting and keeping
investors.
Additional
Solutions to Complement Your Marketing Efforts: Financial and Investor
Relations
(New York)
Jeffries Marketing Boot Camp
Sponsored by Jeffries & Company
Thomas Walek and Mary Beth Kissane discuss strategies that enhance
marketing efforts in developing and maintaining strong financial and
investor relations.
Why
you pay attention to proxy advisory firms
Computershare-Free Smarts-Priceless Education
Mary Beth Kissane addresses the role and importance of proxy advisory
firms to institutional investors and mutual funds.
Fund
Investor Relations
(New York)
IVY Plus
Thomas Walek
How
companies should be monitoring shareholder activist activity
DealLawyers.com
Mary Beth Kissane analyzes how companies should be monitoring shareholder
activist activity.
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Podcast
Crisis
Communications
(Palm Springs)
Institutional Investor
Mary Beth Kissane leads a discussion at the Institutional Investor
Hedge Fund Institutional Forum’s Senior Delegate Roundtable
on how hedge funds should handle a crisis, and best communications
practices in turbulent times.
Hedge
Fund Investor Relations: New Demands, New Strategies
(Hong Kong)
The Alternative Investment Management Association
Thomas Walek discusses trends and issues in the changing landscape
of hedge fund investor relations.
Beyond
Valuation: Communicating Value
(Hong Kong)
Compliance Asia
Thomas Walek explores the opportunity to communicate value when communicating
fund valuation.
What
if the Media Calls? What Fund Managers Need to Know
Hedge World
Thomas Walek
2nd
Annual IRO Symposium
(New York)
Bank of New York Mellon
Mary Beth Kissane discusses best practices in IR for non-US issuers.
Merrill
Lynch Inaugural Hong Kong Leadership Seminar
Mary Beth Kissane discusses crisis communications for hedge fund managers.
How
Hedge Fund Managers Use the Media
(New York)
Institute for International Research
Thomas Walek
Culture
--> Brand --> PR
(New York)
Infovest
Thomas Walek
Crisis
Communications
Shareholder Services Association (SSA)
Mary Beth Kissane
Communicating
in Crisis
(New York)
Hedge Fund Leaders Forum
Bear Sterns
Thomas Walek
Successful
Fundraising Strategies
(New York)
Financial Research Associates
Thomas Walek
Investor
Relations
(New York)
IR Magazine – 2005 Think Tank
Mary Beth Kissane
Regulation
Fair Disclosure
Singapore Management University
Mary Beth Kissane
Crisis
Communications
Singapore Strategic Investor Relations Conference
Mary Beth Kissane
Sarbanes
Oxley and Going Dark
(New York)
Stafford Legal Briefings
Mary Beth Kissane
Investor
Relations
American Stock Exchange – IR Alliance Conferences
Mary Beth Kissane discusses investor relations for small-cap issuers.
Investor
Relations
(New York)
Stern Summit on Global Business
NYU Stern School
Mary Beth Kissane
Regulation
Fair Disclosure
Corporatecounsel.net
Mary Beth Kissane
NACD
Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Board/Shareholder Access
(New York)
NY State Bar Securities Law subcommittee
Mary Beth Kissane discusses corporate access at the management and
board levels.
Investor
Relations
Mexican Investor Relations Associations (AMERI)
Mary Beth Kissane discusses what US investors expect on Guidance.
Board
Shareholder Communication
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
Mary Beth Kissane
Hedge
Fund Start-up & Business Development Forum
(London)
Euromoney
Thomas Walek
Worst
Case Scenario – Survival Guide for a Crisis
(Baltimore)
Law & Compliance Division
Law & Compliance Division 25th Annual Workshop
Thomas Walek addresses crisis communications.
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Ten
Key Steps to Marketing Success
(New York)
Euromoney
Thomas Walek
The
Role of Alternative Investment Funds in European Investment Management
- Lessons from the United States
(London)
The
American Embassy
Sponsored by The Alternative Investment Funds Forum
Thomas Walek addresses using alternative products to reach financial
professionals and the mass affluent
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Euromoney
Hedge Fund Start-Up & Business Development Forum
(New York)
Thomas
Walek presents 10 Key Steps to Marketing Success
Millennium Broadway Hotel
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the presentation
Perception
v. Reality
(London)
Java Events Limited
Thomas Walek
You Can’t
Say That”
(Bermuda)
9th International Conference on Hedge Fund Investment
MAR Hedge
Thomas Walek
Media
Relation Boot Camp for Mutual Funds, Pension Funds and Money Management
Firms
(Boston)
Financial Research Associates
Thomas Walek
Enhanced
Fund Raising Strategies for Hedge Funds
(New York)
Financial Research Associates
Thomas Walek
Case
Studies: Crisis Communications
(New York)
Infovest21
Thomas Walek
Regulation
Fair Disclosure
Business Wire Regulation Fair Disclosure Conference
Mary Beth Kissane
Regulation
Fair Disclosure
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
Mary Beth Kissane
Hedge
Fund Media
(New York)
Institute for International Research
Thomas Walek
Regulation
Fair Disclosure
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
Mary Beth Kissane
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