"Over the Hedge" — Understanding Hedge Funds
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Presenters: Michael J. Foote; Joyce Newton
Session Description
The hedge fund industry has exploded, as have the paychecks of its millionaire and billionaire managers, creating a new pool of wealthy donors. How philanthropic are these prospects? This Virtual Seminar will provide an overview of this complicated financial sector and how it differs from PE and VC. Seminar topics include basic facts and terminology, SEC regulations and documents and differences between traditional (mutual funds et al) and alternative investments (hedge funds, et al). The presenters share examples to illustrate how a researcher might evaluate/rate a hedge fund prospect.
Speaker Biographies
Michael J. Foote joined Dartmouth in 2001 and currently serves as the Director of Research where he oversees a department responsible for prospect identification in support of the college’s current $1.3 billion campaign. Before entering the nonprofit world, Foote spent five years with the National Basketball Association, where he directed the league’s research needs. Based in New York, he operated in conjunction with marketing and media sales groups to target prospective clients and provided strategic direction for research studes measuring the value of the NBA domestically and globally. He previously spent several years at Nielsen Media Research, the television ratings company. Foote is an undergraduate alumni of St. John’s University and received his MBA from Pace University.
Joyce Newton is a Senior Strategic Analyst at Dartmouth College. Before entering the development field in 2002, she spent more than 13 years in the biotechnology industry as an Information Specialist at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Chiron Corp. In addition, Newton spent six years as a Market Research Analyst in the direct marketing field. Her current research responsibilities include monitoring trends in the financial services industry as well as evaluating new technologies/resources in the field of prospect research. She holds a bachelor's degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, is a contributor to www.supportingadvancement.com, and a founding member of Chase Solutions' Freelance Prospect Research Network. Newton has been a panelist and a co-presenter at APRA’s conferences and Virtual Seminars.