External Sites

Professional Networking Sites

CAIA members have created groups on the following professional networking sites. Access to the CAIA network groups is restricted to CAIA members only.

If you know of a forum or professional networking site that you think we should include, which is not listed above, please email member@caia.org with your suggestion.

Useful Links

Listed below are a number of resources to learn more about the alternative investment space.

Hedge Funds


Hedge Fund Matrix - A user-friendly website that offers the first step toward harmonization of existing Sound Practice Guidelines

Opalesque - A hedge fund news service on which CAIA members receive a 24% discount off the standard subscription rate

The Hedge Fund Standards Board - A company that monitors conformity to the Hedge Funds Best Practice Standards

Alternative Investment Management Association - CAIA founding organization and publisher of AIMA's Roadmap to Hedge Funds

Connecticut Hedge Fund Association

Hedge Funds Review

HedgeWeek

Managed Funds Association

Texas Hedge Fund Association (THFA)

The Hedge Fund Association

HedgeWorld

Hedge Fund Research

HedgeFund.Net

Managed Account Reports

InvestmentSeek.Com

South Florida Hedge Fund Managers’ Association

 

Commodities & Managed Futures


Futures Industry Association

Japan Commodities Fund Association

Managed Funds Association

National Futures Association

Swiss Futures and Options Association

International Swaps and Derivatives Association

The Futures and Options Association

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Institute for Financial Markets

 

Real Estate


National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts

National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries

 

Other Associations


100 Women in Hedge Funds

Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI)

Bundesverband Alternative Investments e. V. (BAI)

Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V (BVI)

Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association

The Finnish Pension Alliance TELA

Fixed Income Analysts Society

International Association of Financial Engineers

The New Zealand Absolute Return Association Incorporated (NZARA)

Society of Quantitative Analysts

Swiss Funds Association (SFA)

Private Equity


AltAssets

Association Francaise des Investisseurs en Capital

Australian Venture Capital Association Ltd

Belgian Venturing Association (BVA)

Brazilian Venture Capital Association (ABVCAP)

British Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

China Venture Capital Association (CVCA)

Czech Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA)

Emerging Markets Private Equity Association

European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA)

Florida Venture Forum

Hong Kong Venture Capital Association (HKVCA)

Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA)

Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA)

Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA)

Israel Venture Association (IVC)

Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA)

Malaysian Venture Capital Association

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association

Minnesota Venture Capital Association (MVCA)

National Association of Small Business Investment Companies

National Venture Capital Association

Netherlands Venture Capital Association (NVP)

Poland Equity Investors Association

PrivateEquityCentral.net

Private Equity and Venture Capital Directory

Russian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (RVCA)

Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association

Spanish Venture Capital Association

Swedish Venture Capital Association

Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association

Taiwan Venture Capital Association

The Atlanta Venture Forum

The Venture Club of Louisville

Venture Investors Association of New York

Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC)

Young Venture Capital Society (YVCS)