Alternative Investment Seminars & Conferences

Alternative
Connections

Signal, not ceremony.

Alternative Connections organises thematic investment seminars and conferences where every presenting manager is selected on their strategy and expertise alone, not the value of their assets under management.

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5
Presenting managers per event, selected on merit
1
Investment theme per event, focused and specific

No frills investment insight and education for the serious investor.

The Alternative Connections Model

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Merit-based access.

Every manager is selected on strategy and expertise alone. No commission arrangements. No sponsorship tiers. A compelling strategy deserves a platform on its own merits, including those who may not typically feature on the established conference circuit.

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No frills. All focus.

No cocktail parties. No gala dinners. No social programme. The no-frills format keeps participation costs accessible and the focus where it belongs: informing serious investors about compelling opportunities. We simply believe there is space for an alternative that lets the investment thinking speak for itself.

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One theme. All strategies.

Each event is built around a single investment theme, with every manager selected for the direct relevance of their strategy to it whether equities, credit, macro, systematic or discretionary. All styles and approaches are considered. The objective is to give investors access to a curated group of subject matter experts across a defined investment universe.

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Substance, not spectacle.

Each manager delivers a substantive presentation covering their investment universe, the opportunities they are pursuing, and their current positioning. Sessions are designed to give managers the space to be heard properly, and allocators the depth of coverage they are increasingly seeking.

June 2026 Seminar

European Investment Strategies

Date

17th June 2026, 8am to 12pm

Venue

The Royal Automobile Club
Pall Mall, London

Format

8.00am: Registration and Refreshments

8.45am to 12pm: Presentations from five independent alternative investment managers. Each a specialist in a very different investment strategy. All focused on European investment opportunities.

Access by manager invitation only. Qualified professional investors.

Presenting Managers

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Lancaster Investment Management

James Hanbury

Fundamental Equity Long/Short

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Haven Cove Capital

Nick Greenwood & Ashley Hudd

CDS & Liquid Credit Index-Based Investments

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Northcore Capital

Colin Wright

Private Credit in Sustainable Investments

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Episode 1 Ventures

Dr Adam Shuaib

Algorithmic Venture Capital

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Aptior Capital

Rudi Singh

Distressed Debt & Special Situations Credit

Who Attends

For Investors

"We suspect you've sat through enough gala dinners."

Efficient use of time. High signal-to-noise ratio. Direct access to differentiated manager thinking, including strategies you will not encounter on the standard conference circuit. Attendance is by invitation and limited to qualified professional investors.

For Managers

"The success of your strategy shouldn't be a function of your marketing budget."

Selection is based on strategy quality, regulatory standing, and relevance to the event theme. No size threshold. No commission requirements. Equal standing in the room. The floor is yours to demonstrate intellectual edge, not marketing spend.

Who We Are

Rosalind Beck

Rosalind Beck

Director, Alternative Connections

Rosalind Beck has spent nearly thirty years at the centre of the alternative investment industry. Her career spans senior roles at HSBC in derivative sales and hedge fund relationship management, followed by ABN AMRO and CQS, where she served on the Operating Committee of the latter and led institutional counterparty strategy. She then joined Ravenscourt Capital Partners as a founding Partner responsible for Investor Relations, building its global investor base from launch.

Since then, Rosalind has worked independently, advising hedge fund managers across many different strategies and Alternative Connections is the natural conclusion of that work. A platform designed to connect serious investors with specialist managers selected on the basis of their expertise and strategy alone.

Advisory Board

The Alternative Connections Advisory Board brings together respected professionals drawn from across the institutional investment landscape to provide independent guidance on investment themes and strategies of most interest and importance to professional investors. Board Members contribute their expertise by advising in a non-executive, consultative capacity, and are selected for their perspective as experienced leaders in the alternative investment industry.

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Anastasia Critides

Anastasia Critides began her finance career at Morgan Stanley and spent over 28 years in a range of roles helping to build and expand its hedge fund franchise. She played a key role across Capital Introductions, European Prime Brokerage Sales, and European Fund Services in London, before relocating to New York to focus on strategic client management and hedge fund financing within the Corporate & Institutional Solutions group.

Upon returning to London, Anastasia led Marketing and Investor Relations at Pelham Capital, strengthening investor engagement and supporting institutional relationships. Most recently, as Chief Marketing and Client Officer at Nutshell Asset Management, she oversaw the launch of a hedge fund within a traditional asset management platform, leading regulatory and operational readiness and securing a cornerstone allocation.

Anastasia is also an active mentor and diversity advocate, committed to supporting the development and advancement of underrepresented talent across the industry.

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Tom Lileng

Tom Lileng has spent his career on the allocator side of the alternative investment industry, with particular focus on hedge fund portfolio management and manager due diligence. He spent a significant period at General Oriental Investments (Cavamont Holdings), heading the previously Geneva-based investment office of the family of Sir James Goldsmith, where his responsibilties including overseeing both the direct and alternative investments with portfolio management, manager selection, and direct and co-investments. Prior to that, he served as Portfolio Manager and Head of Research at Optimal Investment Services, Santander's business for fund of hedge funds and bespoke alternative investments solutions.

Tom is based in Geneva, and is currently an independent advisor and Board member focused on investment matters, capital markets and governance, advising corporations and family offices.

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Jacobo Silva

Jacobo Silva is Portfolio Manager at Omega Capital, a Madrid-based single-family office, where he has been responsible for external manager research and hedge fund allocation since 2007. In this role he oversees manager and strategy selection and monitoring, across the family office's globally diversified investment programme.

Before joining Omega Capital, Jacobo served as Senior Hedge Fund Analyst and Associate Director at M&B Capital Advisers, where he was responsible for hedge fund research and selection. He began his career as an analyst at CECA in London.

In addition to his work at Omega, Jacobo also teaches the Hedge Funds module within the MSc in Banking & Finance programme at Centro de Estudios Garrigues Business & Law School in Madrid.

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Igor Puljic

Igor Puljic has over twenty years of multi-asset investment experience across a broad range of alternative strategies, primarily hedge funds and private credit, gained at leading institutional fund-of-funds and family office firms. He served as Fund Investment Advisor at Seatankers, the London-based family office, where he was responsible for selection and oversight of public market as well as private credit strategies. Prior to that, he spent eight years as Senior Portfolio Manager at Kempen Capital Management in Amsterdam and London, building and managing primarily hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients.

Earlier in his career, Igor was Investment Director and Deputy CIO at Key Asset Management, where he managed the flagship Key Hedge fund of funds and a range of multi-strategy mandates. Before joining Key Asset Management, he managed a fund of hedge funds at io Investors for the Punter Southall Group.

Igor currently advises a private client investment office on a freelance basis.

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Get in touch

Substance,
not spectacle.

For enquiries or manager applications, contact us directly.

Contact

Email

rosalind.beck@alternativeconnections.co.uk