Sir Richard Branson keynote speaker at Cayman Alternative Investment Summit

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Sir Richard Branson keynote speaker at

Cayman Alternative Investment Summit

PR Newswire

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, June 27, 2012

- Visionaries from around the world gather in Grand Cayman, November 1-2, to

discuss the future of alternative investments

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands

,

June 27, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- The world's

leading institutional investors, CEOs, economists and academics will gather at

the world-renowned Ritz-Carlton in

Grand Cayman

,

November 1-2, 2012

to

discuss and debate the crucial ingredients for sustaining a vibrant global

alternative investment industry. The key theme of the Summit is

'Innovation

in Alternative Investments: Seeing What's Next'

. One of the keynote

speakers is Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group. Industry speakers

at the event will include; Peter Clarke, CEO, MAN GROUP; Matt Botein, Global

Head of Alternative Investments, Blackrock; Mel Lagomasino, CEO, Genspring

Family Offices; Anne Richards, CIO, Aberdeen Asset Management; Mark Yusko,

CEO, Morgan Creek; Steve Shenfeld, President, Midocean Credit Partners; Jane

Buchan, CEO/MD, PAAMCO and Mark Okada, Co-Founder and CIO of Highland

Capital Management.

This exclusive, global thought leadership event will bring together best-in-class

industry professionals, and will feature a panel of esteemed and innovative

speakers who will address the economic challenges that affect the alternative

investment industry. Organised by Alternative Investment Research Ltd., the

Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (Cayman A.I. Summit) will unite some

of the greatest minds in the alternative investment industry.

With over 9,000 open-ended investment funds registered in the

Cayman

Islands

, the Cayman A.I. Summit will connect the leading domicile of choice for

offshore investment funds with the alternative investment industry's most

influential leaders and will lead the development of a new narrative for the

industry; on what it stands for and what it can deliver in the post-crisis world.

"I am excited to be in the

Cayman Islands

for the Cayman Alternative

Investment Summit," said Sir Richard Branson, one of the keynote speakers for

the Summit. "The event has a very impressive range of speakers from the

alternative investment industry that will make for some very interesting

discussions on the future of the industry."

The Cayman A.I. Summit has the support of some of the largest companies in

the world and the

Cayman Islands

including; KPMG, Deutsche Bank, Mourant

Ozannes, Paladyne, and Virgin Unite.

"The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit is an opportunity for the

industry's elite to take an introspective look at itself, seeing where the industry

has been and predicting where it will go in the future," said Anthony Cowell,

Partner in Alternative Investments at KPMG in the

Cayman Islands

and Editorial

Chair. "KPMG is proud to be at the centre of the event and looks forward to the

stimulating and thought provoking debate, set against the backdrop of the

domicile of choice for alternative investments."

Cayman Managing Partner for Mourant Ozannes, Neal Lomax said, "The launch

of the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit is a significant milestone for the

Cayman Islands

. We are delighted to be a major sponsor of the Summit in its

inaugural year and we are confident it will prove to be unparalleled in terms of

the quality of its participants, content and organisation. Our commitment to the

Summit is reflective of Mourant Ozannes' continued confidence in the future of

the

Cayman Islands

as one of the world's leading international financial

centers."

Media and Association Partners for the Cayman A.I. Summit include: Absolute

Return, Cayman Financial Review, AIMA, Investments & Pensions Europe (IPE),

FinAlternatives, Hedge Fund Alert, HFM Week, Albourne Village, IFI Global, CAIA,

HSP News, Hedge Funds Review and The Hedge Fund Journal.

Consistent with the commitment of the event's major sponsors to corporate

citizenship and following Sir Richard Branson's philanthropic lead, the Cayman

A.I. Summit charity is Virgin Unite – the non-profit foundation of the Virgin

Group. Virgin Unite's mission is to "connect people and entrepreneurial ideas to

make change happen; to help revolutionize the way government, business and

social sectors work together – business as a force for good."

Working with Sir Richard Branson, it is expected that the Cayman A.I. Summit

will contribute over

US$150,000

to Virgin Unite.

For more information on the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit and to

register online visit www.caymanai.com. Or contact [e-mail]

Contact: Dan Kneipp, [phone], [e-mail]