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Bloomberg Markets magazine complements the day-to-day information in the Bloomberg Professional Service by providing insight on the companies, trends, issues and people that move the world’s markets. Over the past year, feature articles have included: The 50 Most Influential, The World’s Strongest Banks, and Hidden Billionaires. Bloomberg Markets has undergone a redesign and increased its circulation by 16% in 2011 with a projected circulation of 375,000 for 2012. A new luxury edition, Bloomberg Pursuits, is being launched in February, and an increasing number of LiveINSIGHTS web conference series will be added.

Bright Network (www.brightnetwork.co.uk) is a headhunting platform where the brightest get noticed. Our membership-only network works exclusively with the brightest undergraduates, graduates and young professionals from the UK’s best universities. All our members have attended either a Times Top 20 or Russell Group University or have at least 320 UCAS points (ABB).

Through this community of bright minds, we directly connect our members with opportunities at remarkable organisations from Goldman Sachs to Barclays Wealth, HSBC Investment Banking to boutique PE & Hedge Funds. Our distinct blend of a boutique online social network, where you can build your professional profile, membership-only events, from sector-insight evenings to pre-screened headhunting and early access networking events and in-house consultative headhunting, ensures that we match the brightest people to the best opportunities. Bright Network is the clever thinking social careers network. Join us.

Serving the finance sector since 2003, ACQ provides its monthly Global audience of over 32,000 subscribers with the information behind the headlines. ACQ reaches those who work at the most senior levels in the industry including Private Equity and Hedge Fund Partners, Investment Managers, Bankers, Lawyers, Accountants and Due Diligence specialists. With three annual awards, a monthly print and digital magazine – as well as a strong online presence which includes daily activity on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and www.acqmagazine.com plus a weekly e-mail news bullletin – ACQ is the brand that sets the standard for the M&A marketplace.

Founded in 2002 by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM), the CAIA Association provides the AI industry with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation, the global mark of distinction in alternative investments.

eFinancialCareers is the web’s leading career network for Banking and Finance. The sector’s leading employers and headhunters use eFinancialCareers to efficiently source the best talent worldwide. Students can benefit from up to date information on graduate schemes, internships and other opportunities, as well as advice and tools to help them get prepared for the recruitment process. More than 1.1 million finance professionals use eFinancialCareers every month to take the next step in their financial careers.

Hedge Connection has been helping managers and investors through web-based research, events and advisory work since 2005. Hedge Connection is the first and only internet-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to a membership of "opt-in" qualified active hedge fund allocators. Investor members join for free and gain access to detailed information on hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member's only events and partner discounts. Learn more and Join the Club at http://www.hedgeconnection.com.

HedgeCo.Net is the most trafficked online hedge fund community and database as ranked by Alexa.com. We have over 30,000 active members that consist of qualified investors, hedge funds, and service providers. It is our goal to facilitate intelligent investment decisions among our investors and fund managers by providing as much transparency and unbiased hedge fund information as possible. Our members also enjoy access to daily news, manager columns, and a comprehensive directory of service providers. There is no cost to join HedgeCo.Net.

Hedgeweek is the hedge fund industry’s leading portal on news and topical features, including updates on new fund launches, investment trends, regulatory news and distribution strategies, and a regular series of market surveys and fund manager interviews. Hedgeweek produces a free weekly and a daily newsletter covering essential news and features within the Hedge Fund industry. Click here to access www.hedgeweek.com

MondoAlternative, formerly MondoHedge, was created in 2000 to meet the vast information needs on the world of alternative investments.

MondoAlternative offers the following services with its website www.mondoalternative.com: the access to a Database with report of quantitative and qualitative analysis for all the Italian hedge funds, more than 2.200 offshore hedge funds, the investible indeces, the alternative UCITS funds and calculates the indeces of the Italian FOHFs and of the alternative UCITS funds in collaboration with Eurizon AI. It offers also daily editorial contents about the other alternative asset classes like hedge funds, alternative UCITS, real estate, private equity, and commodity funds. It publishes also two monthly magazines: MondoAlternative in Italian language and “MondoAlternative, the monthly publication entirely dedicated to alternative investments”, in English version that give contribution and comments about the European alternative investment funds industry. In January 2010 it started an additional research and editorial hub through the acquisition of ETF Consulting and the launch, by ETF Consulting, of MondoETF, the first Italian monthly magazine focused on ETF and ETC markets.

MoneyScience is the Social Network for Quantitative Finance, Risk Management and Technology Practitioners, Vendors and Academics.

Preqin is the leading source of information for the alternative assets industry, providing data and analysis via online databases, publications and bespoke data requests. Preqin is an independent business with over 80 staff based in London, New York and Singapore serving over 4,700 customers in 72 countries.

Preqin has built a reputation in the alternative assets industry for providing the most comprehensive and extensive information possible (Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Hedge Funds). Leading alternative assets professionals from around the world rely on Preqin’s services daily, and its data and statistics are regularly quoted by the financial press.

More information available at: www.preqin.com

Positioned at the heart of the alternative asset classes of private equity, infrastructure, real estate and real assets, Private Equity International is trusted to provide authoritative coverage of these markets the world over. We equip you with the numbers, the knowledge and the network to think and to act. To us, it's much more than providing content: it's about delivering information that makes a difference.

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Private Equity Wire is the private equity industry's leading portal on news and topical features, including updates on new fund launches, investment trends, regulatory news and distribution strategies, and a regular series of market surveys and product profiles. Private Equity Wire produces a free daily newsletter covering essential news and features within the private equity industry and a series of special reports. Click here to access: www.privateequitywire.co.uk

PWM publishes the only magazines focused on, and written, for wealth managers and distributors of investment products across Europe. It reports and analyses the latest developments and trends in the investment and cross border fund distribution markets.

Reports on the changing nature of in-house products and those sourced from third-party managers have been central to PWM’s market coverage for the past decade.

The use of third party managers includes white-labelling, co-branding, multi-management and the increased focus on sub-advisory solutions. PWM has been publishing annual, groundbreaking research in this field, the benchmark of the industry over the last for 5 years.

Visit: www.pwmnet.com

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Shares magazine is a weekly publication aimed at the serious private investor, and can help you make the most out of your investment during these volatile times. Each week I and my team of expert journalists research and asses the market to deliver the best possible results. Every article in Shares features actionable content and suggestions for trades to make you a profit with our famous BUY, SELL recommendations.

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StudentEvents.com is a leading online hub for professional student competitions, seminars and conferences hosted worldwide. Our platform enables students to effectively seek out the events that interest them and stimulate their academic, professional, and personal growth. Not only do students get the chance to participate in inspiring and challenging events (mostly for free), but they also can win amazing prizes such as scholarships, internships, cash, or other “goodies”.

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The Banker has unique access to the most influential decision makers in the financial world. With informed opinion, a platform for thought-leaders, big name interviews and a unique banking industry database, it provides one of the most comprehensive and respected voices in the financial media. The Banker delivers unique insights and analysis to the world’s leading CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Corporate Treasurers and Central Bank Governors.

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Fast approaching its 20th birthday, unquote" is firmly established as the leading provider of fully-validated private equity information and news to the European markets. Our readers trust the information that unquote" provides, and can rely on our commentary and analysis to help them make the right decisions for their businesses.