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100WHF holds 500th industry education session

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100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) is marking the organisation’s 500th Industry Education session with an event tonight in London on 7 October followed by other events at 100WHF locations around the world culminating with a celebration in New York on 10 November.

The London and New York sessions feature past and present 100WHF Industry Leadership Award recipients, honoured by 100WHF for their achievements and contributions to the industry.
 
At the London event, 100WHF European Industry Leadership Honorees Look Back and Look Ahead to Five Essential Industry Trends, panelists are expected to comment on trends in the investment market of 2015 and forecast what lies ahead in 2016. Speakers include:
 
• Dame Amelia Fawcett, Chairman, Hedge Fund Standards Board in London
• Anne Richards, CIO, Aberdeen Asset Management
• Geraldine Sundstrom, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, PIMCO
• Galia Velimukhametova, Portfolio Manager, GLG Partners
 
In New York, the 500th Education milestone event speakers will share their perspectives on Shareholder and Corporate Governance Practices. The five institutional investors, who will be honored for their significant efforts in corporate governance at the 2015 New York Gala, are:
 
• Michelle Edkins, Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, BlackRock
• Bess Joffe, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
• Rakhi Kumar, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Governance, State Street Global Advisors
• Anne Sheehan, Director, Corporate Governance, CalSTRS
• Anne Simpson, Investment Director, CalPERS 
 
"Over the course of its nearly 15-year history, 100WHF has produced consistently high-level education events that provide unique access for many thousands of our members to industry luminaries and their insights into market activity, regulatory challenges and investment opportunities. These in-demand educational programs speak to the interests of our membership, comprised predominantly of investors, traders, analysts, portfolio managers, operations and marketing professionals, attorneys, accountants and compliance professionals, who rely on 100WHF to deliver timely information and unique opportunities to connect with other industry professionals," says Mimi Drake, Global Chair of the Board of Directors.

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