{"id":31393,"date":"2020-05-05T11:52:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?post_type=news&p=31393"},"modified":"2023-11-05T05:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T10:50:17","slug":"blue-vault-bowman-alts-week-2020-has-successful-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/blue-vault-bowman-alts-week-2020-has-successful-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Vault Bowman Alts Week 2020 Has Successful Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
May 5, 2020 | James Sprow | Blue Vault<\/p>\n
The first-ever \u201cVirtual Alts Summit\u201d sponsored by Blue Vault and Bowman Law kicked off on Monday and proved that perseverance and ingenuity, along with the technology available to do online meetings, could overcome the seemingly overwhelming challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0 Indeed, over 415 industry professionals registered to participate in Alts Week 2020, and the first day\u2019s sessions provided many valuable perspectives on how the alternative investments industry is dealing with the crisis.<\/p>\n
The first session presented a panel discussion entitled \u00a0\u201cWhat Do We Do Now \u2013 An Industry Perspective\u201d moderated by Brian Rivera of CIM Group<\/a> and included the views of Dale Brown (FSI), Sherri Cooke (AI Insight), Thayer Gallison \u00a0(Advisor Group), and Ryan Strauser (Black Creek Group<\/a>).<\/p>\n Josh Hoffman of Bluerock Real Estate<\/a> moderated the next panel entitled \u201cWhat Do We Do Now \u2013 An Asset Manager Perspective\u201d which brought together John Carter (Carter Multifamily<\/a>), Adam Larson, (Cottonwood<\/a>), Brad Mitts (NexPoint<\/a>) and George Razook (CIM Group).<\/p>\n Following the two panel discussions, Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX) presented a live demonstration of how their technology platform can provide an automated end-to-end process connecting all players in the alternative investment transactions environment. The presentation was titled \u201cThe Alts Investing Platform These Times Demand.\u201d<\/p>\n Next came a presentation by WealthForge, \u201cEmpowering Remote Alts Business \u2013 An Introduction to Altigo.\u201d WealthForge\u2019s vision is to make alternative investments as easy to own as a mutual fund, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of financial professionals who engage with alts and increasing the inclusion of alts within client portfolios, where suitable.<\/p>\n The first four sessions of the day were open to the general public, while program sponsor presentations that followed were made exclusively to an audience of broker dealers and RIAs.<\/p>\n