The AIMA Australia Annual Forum is Australia’s flagship alternative investment conference organised by the industry for the industry. This year, we return on 17 September to showcase the skills of international and local managers, their approach to business and their market views to local and international delegates. The forum also brings investors, domestic and offshore, to openly discuss the alternative investment industry, interact with peers and gain best-practice perspectives. We will continue to build on our previous offerings with more diversity in topics and speakers. 

The forum is also part of the Sydney Alternative Investment Week. For more details, click here

For any inquiries on AIMA Australia Annual Forum 2026, please contact Michael Gallagher & Kathy Kwan

Past Keynote Speakers  
  • 2013   Sir Michael Hintze – Founder, CQS
  • 2014   Keith Haydon – CIO, MAN group
  • 2015   Steve Kuhn – CIO, Pine River Capital Management
  • 2015   Sandy Rattray – CEO, Man AHL
  • 2015    Antony Todd – CIO & Founder, Aspect Capital.
  • 2016   Cliff Asness – Founder, AQR
  • 2016   Jane Buchan – CEO & Co-founder, PAAMCO
  • 2017   Stuart Roden – Chairman, Lansdowne Partners
  • 2017   Dr Sushil Wadhwani – Chairmen & CEO, Wadhwani Asset Management
  • 2017   Dr John Claisse – CEO, Albourne Partners
  • 2018   Shane Finemore – CIO, Manikay Partners
  • 2018   Nobel Gulati – CEO, Two Sigma
  • 2019   Simon Lorne – Vice Chairman, Millennium
  • 2019   Bill Bohnsack – President, Oak Hill Advisors
  • 2019   Igor Tulchinsky – Founder, Chairman, WorldQuant
  • 2019   David Harding – Founder, Winton.
  • 2020   Luke Ellis – CEO, MAN Group
  • 2020  Jean M. Hynes – Managing Partner, Senior Managing Director, and Global Industry Analyst, Wellington Management
  • 2021  Jimmy Levin – CEO, Sculptor Capital
  • 2021  Fiona Reynolds – CEO, UNPRI
  • 2022  Joe Dowling – CEO, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
  • 2023  Mark Van Der Zwan – CIO, Hedge Fund Solutions, Morgan Stanley
  • 2023  Mark Sullivan – Partner, Head of Hedge Funds and Global Macro and fixed interest, Wellington Management
  • 2024  Leda Braga - CEO, Systematica Investments
  • 2024  Alisa Amarosa Wood - Partner, KKR
  • 2024  Kelly Power – CEO, Superannuation, Colonial First State
  • 2025  Ian Macoun – Founder and Managing Director, Pinnacle Investment Management Group
  • 2025  Fred Pollock, CIO, GCM Grosvenor