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Registration for the CHA Designation Program is currently closed, we have filled all 200 spots within our program. Registration opens again on July 15th, 2009 at 2PM EST here.

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The Financial Times wrote an article on the CHA Designation here and Alpha Magazine wrote about us here.

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The Hedge fund Group (HFG) and our Advisory Board

Hedge-Fund-Executives The CHA Designation is sponsored and offered by the Hedge Fund Group(HFG), an international industry networking association with with over 15,000 members. Our team of five professionals have been working with CHA Program participants on a daily basis while also fielding advice and input from our Board of Advisors shown below.

The Board of Advisors for the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) consists of over 50 hedge funds, fund of hedge funds and industry consultants making this hedge fund certification program not only designed for hedge fund professionals but also designed by hedge fund professionals. Ongoing conversations with additional funds and industry consultants indicate the Advisory Board will grow to over 100 by Q3 2009. Below is a sampling of the current Advisory Board members:

Mark McClanahan

Headline Investments, LLC

James P. Dougherty

Confidential Hedge Fund

Alicia Herrera

Integra Investments LP

Mark Hurrell, CFA

Meridian Capital Partners

Alessandro Pasin

Confidential Hedge Fund

Chris Marquardt

Coronation International Ltd

Stefan Nieborak

Old Lane LP

Ben McMillan

Confidential - $2B FoF

Nakul Nayyar

Simpson Capital Mgmt.

Julia Grice

Confidential

Sheri Kanesaka

Latham & Watkins LLP

Arun Kelshiker

TARA Global Investors, ICC

Alan Andreini

Cogo Wolf (FoF)

Simon Coxeter, CFA

AsiaSource Capital

Joseph Julian, PhD

Absolute Return Strategies

Saverio Massi Benedetti

PG Alternatives, LP

Jeffrey Evanello, ChFC

Source Capital Group

Gary Mair

Fund Advisor, LLC

Peter Brady

Prism Capital Partners, LP

Johann Schwimann

Seven Capital Mgmt

Susan Murphy

Magnetar Capital

Adam Harrison

3A Ltd.

Paul Taglia

Pinstripe Capital, LLC

Richard Wilson

Hedge Fund Group (HFG)

Thomas Thiel

McAdams Wright Ragen

Lance Baraker

Saratoga Prime Services

Adam Connors

Spire Search Partners

Marcus Goormastic

Goormastic Search

Pajani Singah

Inflection Point Investments

Doug Fincher

Rock Maple Funds

Adam Miller

Viresco Capital Management

Confidential Name

$1.2B Hedge Fund

Jeslie Chui

Bank of China Ltd.

Mark Tower

Muirfield Capital Mgmt.LLC

Read a full description of the CHA Designation Program by clicking here. You may also read testimonials from past and current CHA Designation Program participants by clicking here.

The Chartered Hedge Fund Associate Designation Program are in no way affiliated with, sponsored by, or related to the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation, and it is not administered by the CFA Institute.