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Why India Hedge Funds:

India's funds industry has opened its doors. Asian markets have had excellent years and investors are now looking for the best opportunities to invest in India. Emerging markets offer new opportunities and untapped potential for astute managers and investors. India has gone forward with strong fundamentals, a huge population in excess of 1 billion, powerful market support and a future that industry experts and saying is so exciting it will rival opportunities in China. While fund growth has reached a maturity level in the developed markets of Asia such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, India still has a lot to offer. With the right strategy and partners, India offers financial institutions an enticing mix of strong economic fundamentals, a stable political system, an educated population with high savings rates and a market that is largely untapped.

India today:

• The demographics: more than 1bn residents.
• The economy: sustained high-single digit GDP growth for what is now the world’s fourth-largest economy in the world behind the US, Japan and China. An economy marked by the virtuous combination of high growth and stability. Increasing foreign exchange reserves (sixth largest in the world with $140 billion). Current account in surplus for the last 3 years. Stable currency. Stable Inflation.
• The market: earnings are growing at 20%, P/E at 13. 300 million middle class people. Over half of the population in under 25. They wok harder, earn more, spend more and demand more, much like their compatriots in the West than their parents. Over the last 3 years the number of shopping malls has increased from 25 to nearly 200.
• The infrastructure build: government has pledged nearly half a trillion for infrastructure development over 10 years
• The labour arbitrage: India’s highly educated, low wage workforce.

Hedge Funds in India today:

• Robust Asset Management community: well educated, relevant experience, unique skill sets, putting in place all the ingredients and structures to succeed.
• Renewed acceleration in the number of dedicated India Hedge Funds. (approx. 160)
• Better market environment: single stock futures for hedging, with increasing liquidity. Dematerialized Bombay stock market is one of the world’s most efficient.

Why attend India Hedge Funds 2008 conference?

Unique event

“India Hedge Funds 2008” is the only event where institutional and private investors meet to learn and debate all issues surrounding hedge fund and investment strategies, applied to India.

Networking opportunity