Lital Dagan, CEO of the Israeli Hedge Funds Association (IHFA) together with members of the IHFA board of directors opened TASE trading this morning (29 May) to mark the opening of the association’s seventh international conference.
The Israeli hedge fund industry has attracting high attention among international institutions, which came to the conference from over 10 countries around the world, including Hong Kong, China, India, Chicago, New York, London, Moscow and Cyprus.
Att. Lital Dagan, CEO IFHA remarked that: “the local hedge fund industry attracts vast interest among leading financial institutions around the globe and contributes considerably to Israel’s economy, starting with enhancing liquidity on TASE and including the creation of new jobs.”
Ittai Ben Zeev, CEO TASE, stated that "We are delighted to host you here both local and international guests. It's a vote of confidence of the hedge fund community in the Stock Exchange. It's a relatively new community in Israel and currently, there are over 150 hedge funds in Israel that are active in trading in the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and in other exchanges. The scope of experience and talent we witness in the Israeli hedge funds is enormous, and I am confident that the industry will continue growing in the extent of assets it manages. The funds bring liquidity, sophisticated trading and interesting strategies. We place our emphasis to help the hedge funds moving forward".
In the picture: Adv. Lital Dagan, IHFA CEO and members of the Association's Board of Directors; TASE CEO, Ittai Ben-Zeev and Chairman of TASE Board of Directors, Amnon Neubach.
