Agecroft Partners is a global, award-winning hedge fund consulting and marketing firm that has been selected 12 years in a row as the Hedge Fund Marketing Firm of the Year by Hedgeweek and/or HFM and have helped their clients raise on average over $1 billion per year.Agecroft strives to be a thought leader in the hedge fund industry and frequently writes white papers relative to trends they see by leveraging the knowledge they gain through the thousands of investors they are in contact with on a regular basis. These investors include pension funds, endowment funds, foundations, insurance companies, private banks, fund of funds, family offices, investments consultants and sovereign funds located globally.Additionally, Agecroft has emerged as one the most sought after firms by industry conferences and the media for the company’s views on the capital markets, hedge fund industry and institutional investors. Their Hedge Fund Industry Insight Newsletter has over 34,000 subscribers. Members of the Agecroft Partners team have spoken at over 120 alternative investment conferences, have appeared in over 1,000 articles in industry publications and participated in over 100 business television interviews including Bloomberg, CNBC and Fox Business News.

Gaining the Edge was created as a conference to help educate institutional investors about alternative investments and raise money for charities that benefit at risk youth. Gaining the Edge and Agecroft Partners have donated over $3 million to these organizations. We have since expanded to 3 lines of businesses:Gaining the Edge - Alternative Investment Cap Intro: We have hosted 5 events, with 1,000 to 2,000 registrations per event. These events bring together alternative investment managers (hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and long only funds) to network with Gaining the Edge’s global network of leading, high quality investors including, endowments, foundations, pensions, institutional consulting firms, insurance companies, OCIOs, fund of funds, family offices, private banks among others. Alternative industry Service providers are also well represented.Gaining the Edge - Alternative Investment Conferences: Considered one of the top industry conferences, we have sold out all 6 events with over 2,000 unique alternative investment industry professionals. These conferences showcases some of the world’s most influential investors in alternative investments where the objective is to have candid, robust comments and debates about which investment strategies look the most attractive given current capital market valuations and economic forecasts. Gaining the Edge - Alternative Investment Educational Webinar Series: We have hosted 35 webinars, which had over 7,500 unique alternative investment industry participants. Prominent alternative investment industry professionals discuss trends and opportunities they see in specific sectors or strategies within the capital markets. Webinars are live and interactive and participants are encouraged to submit questions.