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Launch 2025
Presented by Jefferies Prime Services. Six episodes that explore the critical questions that need to be top of mind for every alternative fund founder in the mid 2020s—and some answers that can help build a more successful launch.
Better Best Practices
ODD: Optimized, Dedicated, and Deliberate
Nearly every aspect of conducting business has been called into question this year, and the Better Best Practices series aimed to uncover and detail the actionable protocols and procedures that have evolved. We are providing data and anecdotes observed across the industry to better inform our clients how Operational Due Diligence has changed.
Are Financials the New ‘Must Have’ Specialists
For many investors, two sectors have dominated headlines (and in many cases, portfolios) over the last decade: Technology and Healthcare. But increasingly, the Financials sector is emerging as an area of keen focus – with trends that are driving innovation in the space, steady growth in new launches and product offerings, and a strong opportunity set in the sector.
Resilience and Resurgence of Active Management
Funds, Flows, and the Future
Hedge fund industry health indicators include strong performance, asset inflows, and new launches – which have all been observed in 2020. A volatile year signaled the end to an otherwise quiet decade, and Jefferies Capital Intelligence Team is asking the question: is active management roaring back to life?
ESG: ‘E’-Harmony
The Quest to Standardize Environmental and Sustainable Reporting
Sustainable investing has long lacked the true standardization that that traditional financial reporting represents. But a growing number of ‘sustainable factors’ have been determined to be financially material. ‘E’-Harmony examines the what, how, how often, and why of sustainability reporting, and what may lie ahead for companies and asset managers alike. What are the challenges and opportunities moving forward for a harmonized set of clear, robust and accurate ESG reporting standards?
An All-Encompassing Economy
Nadia Batchelor, the Co-Founder & Co-Head of J-NOBLE – Jefferies Network of Black and Latinx employees, Kristina Liburd (Founder & CEO of Viageur) and Boyuan Gao (Founder & Principle of Project Inkblot), Stephanie Wemusa (VP Diversity & Inclusion at TalVista) and Evie Cheung (Designer at Doblin), explore how the powerful social justice movement in 2020 created lasting changes for businesses and consumers around the world.S2:EP6
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A New Peace of Mind
Jefferies experts Dominic Lester and Ramin Safai, are joined by Christian Cerda, the CEO of Simplisafe and Thomas Smyth, founder and CEO of Trim. In this episode, we explore how this need for fortification has been accelerated by work-from-home orders and lockdowns, and how this year has changed our idea of security for good.S2:EP5
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Lean, Mean and Green: The Future of Sustainable Businesses
Simon Powell, Jon Matuszewski, and Dominic Lester are joined by Tom Quinn, the President of Halio North America, Erin Wallace, the VP of Integrated Marketing at Thred Up and Thrive Market CEO Nick Green, to dig into how tech is powering green innovations in a wide range of industries. We hear from business leaders how this force is not only good for the Earth, but good for your company's bottom line.S2:EP4
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The Changing Face of Urban Space
Jon Matuszewski, Storm Duncan and Nadia Batchelor join from Jefferies to discuss whether the city-dwellers considering swapping skylines for suburbs will really move, and what implications this may have on the future of city space? Taco Carlier, the co-founder of the Dutch e-bike company Van Moof explores what the pandemic might do for the future of urban transportation.S2:EP3
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When Tech is Your Tailor
Jefferies experts Cameron Lester and Jared Holz explore how the shift towards hyper-personalized goods and services is revolutionizing the retail and healthcare landscapes. They are joined by Nick Green, the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Market, Chris Merkle, the co-founder of MIME, and Dr. William Li, a physician and bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease.S2:EP2
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Crying Over Spilled Milk: The Disruption Solution
In the season two premiere of Invisible Forces, Jefferies’ Aneta Markowska and Storm Duncan are joined by business leaders and historians to look at how the pandemic is rapidly transforming everything along the $10 trillion global supply chain - from vital medical equipment to fresh produce to jigsaw puzzles and beyond.S2:EP1
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When the Market Moves the Market
Drawdown Edition
When the Market Moves the Market: Drawdown Edition is the third installment of this series, reflecting on multiple dimensions of market structure and the capital markets landscape, including 1) the change in size and shape of different market structures amid whipsaw moves, 2) how this has impacted transparency, liquidity, and market breadth and depth, 3) the implications on capital formation and capital markets’ activity, and 4) what may shape the days and months ahead.
Building Agile Organizations
Outsourcing for Institutions
The Covid-19 pandemic is prompting every organization to reassess assumptions about work, productivity and efficiency.
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