Virtual Roundtable - 25 Years in Hedge Funds - Market Outlook and Investor Perspectives

Sep 4, 2026

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Virtual roundtable featuring leading hedge fund participants reflecting on how the industry has evolved over 25 years since AIMA’s foundation. Compiled by Neil Wilson, the discussion gathers viewpoints on the outlook ahead for markets, investors, and the hedge fund industry, grounded in participants’ extensive careers across major alternative credit and multi-strategy firms. Profiles highlight leadership experience, investment focus, and industry contributions shaping current perspectives.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

Participants

James G. Dinan

Jamie (York Capital Management)

Luke Ellis (Man Group plc)

Loïc Fery (Chenavari Investment Managers)

Sir Michael Hintze (CQS)

Virtual roundtable: Five years yonder… After 25 years of rapid growth and change in hedge funds since the foundation of AIMA, a group of leading players from around the world give their views on the outlook ahead for markets, investors and the industry Compiled by Neil Wilson 25 Years in Hedge Funds Participants James G. Dinan, York Capital Management Jamie founded York Capital Management in September 1991 and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Partner of the Firm. Jamie is a Co-Portfolio Manager of the York Multi-Strategy, York Credit Opportunities, York Event-Driven UCITS funds, York SubAdvised ’40 Act Strategy, and Portfolio Manager of the York Total Return funds and is the Chair of the Firm’s Executive Committee. From 1985 to 1991, he worked at Kellner, DiLeo & Co. , where he became a General Partner and was responsible for investing in risk arbitrage and special situation investments. From 1981 to 1983, Jamie was a member of the investment banking group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Jamie is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the City of New York, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hospital for Special Surgery, the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors, the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton Board of Overseers atthe University of Pennsylvania. Jamie [received a B.S. in](received a B.S. in) Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Luke Ellis, Man Group plc Luke Ellis is President of Man Group plc (‘Man’), based in London, and a member of the Man Group Executive Committee — as President of Man, Luke is responsible for managing Man’s four investment units, Man AHL (‘AHL’), Man GLG (‘GLG’), Man Numeric (‘Numeric’) and Man FRM (‘FRM’) . Prior to assuming his current role, Luke was Head and CIO of Man’s Multi-Manager Business. Before joining Man in 2010, he was Non-Executive Chairman of GLG’s Multi-Manager activities and manager of the GLG MultiStrategy Fund from April 2009. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of FRM from 1998 to 2008 and one of two partners running the business. Before joining FRM, he was a Managing Director at JPMorgan in London, and as Global Head was responsible for building the firm’s Global Equity Derivatives and Equity Proprietary trading business. Luke holds a BSc Hons. in Mathematics and Economics from Bristol University. Loïc Fery, Chenavari Investment Managers Loïc Fery is Chief Executive and co-Chief Investment Officer of Chenavari Investment Managers ([www.chenavari.com](www.chenavari.com)), a group of regulated asset management companies (London, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Sydney) focused on credit, debt and structured finance public and private markets. Loïc created Chenavari Investment Managers at the end of 2007. Since then, Chenavari Investment Managers established as one of the leading alternative credit managers globally; with approx. $5.5 billion assets under management (as of July 31st 2015) and over 100 investment professionals, it is one of the largest independent nonUS credit hedge fund managers. Chenavari Investment Managers’ clients include institutional investors, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices globally. Chenavari credit funds steady performance was recently acknowledged with several industry awards, such as Institutional Investors, Eurohedge and Hedge Fund Magazine. Prior to setting up Chenavari, Loïc was Managing Director, Global Head of Credit Markets of the investment bank of Credit Agricole. He was responsible globally for Credit, Structured Credit & High Yield activities of the bank, including Trading, Structuring and Sales activities. In 2005, he became the youngest Managing Director appointed to the “Cercle des Dirigeants” of Credit Agricole Group. Loïc Fery graduated fr

FAQs

What is the focus of the virtual roundtable?

It gathers leading participants’ views on the outlook ahead for markets, investors, and the hedge fund industry after 25 years of growth and change.

Who compiled the roundtable material?

The roundtable is compiled by Neil Wilson.

Which firms are represented by participants?

Participants include executives from York Capital Management, Man Group plc, Chenavari Investment Managers, and CQS.

Sep 4, 2026

Uploaded by Gloria