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Club Spotlights
Wharton Hedge Fund Network, One of Wharton’s Newest Affinity Groups
The Wharton Hedge Fund Network
(WHFN) was founded in 2005 as an
Affinity Group of the Wharton Club of
New York (WCNY). The group aims to
bring together Wharton alumni active in
the greater hedge fund community, which
includes professionals working at hedge
funds, hedge fund allocators, prime brokers,
lawyers, accountants and other service
providers active in the hedge fund
space.
Events are by invitation only and
limited to Wharton alumni who are employed
in the hedge fund space.
WHFN has hosted a wide range of
events—featuring speakers from firms
such as AQR, D.B. Zwirn, Fermat,
Goldman Sachs, JANA, Perry Capital,
Soros, Stark, and Vega Plus; cuttingedge
topics such as energy, emerging
markets, quantitative strategies, and reinsurance;
and leadership items such as
SEC registration, seed capital, and how
to deal with the press. A typical event is attended by 75-plus WHFN members,
ranging in graduating years from
1969 to 2006. In the first two years,
almost 350 individual members attended,
on average, an impressive 2.5
events per member.
Why Be a Part of WHFN
WHFN members represent the leading
hedge funds, institutions/foundations,
funds of funds, family offices,
prime brokers, and other service providers
in the industry. Wharton’s highquality
presence in the industry is
exemplified in the professionals who
attend our events, and we believe this
is a real added value for membership
in WHFN. For more information,
please visit (www.whartonhedgefundnetwork.com).
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