June 26, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Do Hedge Funds Work Outside of Hedge Funds?
It's been more than 15 years since the global financial crisis spurred a movement to bring hedge fund strategies to the masses through liquid alternative funds. Liquid alternatives span a wide range of investment types--including global macro, merger arbitrage, and managed futures--that provide a diversifying exposure to traditional market risk factors. Hear from asset managers versed in liquid alternatives on the opportunities, challenges, and limits of translating the complexities of alternatives into a liquid structure and what the future could hold for liquid alternatives.
- Asset Allocation
- Investing Trends
- Breakout
- CE Credit
Speakers

Andrew Beer
DBi
Managing Member

David Ben-Ur
Blackstone
Chief Investment Officer of the Absolute Return Platform

Peter Hecht
AQR Capital Management
Managing Director, Co-Head Portfolio Solutions Group North America

Janet Yang Rohr
Morningstar Research Services LLC
Director, Multi-Asset Alternatives, Manager Research