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Kim Waldman Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers:

Executives from fund of funds firms, family offices, a placement agent, a private equity firm, and an accounting firm gathered in Connecticut last month for the Opalesque 2015 Investor Roundtable, to discuss opportunities in alternative investing, new managers, new investing trends, co-investment and direct investing, due diligence, successful marketing and more.

Here is what they had to say about seed investments, and investors in emerging managers.

More seeding platforms When it comes to new managers, many platforms are being created "for the purpose of facilitating more creative early stage investments," said Kim Waldman from Arthur Bell CPAs, a specialist accounting, tax, and advisory firm focusing exclusively on the alternative investment industry.

Law firm Seward & Kissel estimated in their latest New Hedge Fund Study (end 2014) that 65% of funds within the Study (as compared to 43% in 2013) obtained some form of founder’s capital and, for calendar year 2014, at least 40% of all launches greater than $75m million (and an estimated 15% of all fund launches) had ......................

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