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Hedge Fund Industry Awards/Honors

Crawford’s founder, Evan H. Katz, has twice been elected by his industry peers and for many years (2014-2019) served as a Director on the Hedge Fund Association (the “HFA”) Board of Directors. And he has received numerous additional hedge fund industry awards, honors and distinctions. Evan also has received more than 2,000 LinkedIn endorsements by his hedge fund industry peers as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, finance, and successful hedge fund marketing, sales and fundraising. You can click on the green-color hyperlinks for additional information regarding his below-listed awards and honors:

Hedge Fund Association (HFA) – Twice-Elected Director, HFA Board of Directors, 2014-2019

Hedge Fund Association (HFA) – Twice-Elected Director, HFA Board of Directors, 2014-2019

Hedge Funds Care / Help For Children (“HFC”), New York, NY, 2016-present

Member of “Committee of Hearts”. Help to plan and very widely promote the annual HFC Gala, which has raised tens of millions of dollars to fund highly effective top-quality organizations that work to prevent and treat child abuse.

Crawford Nominated as the Best Hedge Fund Fundraising Firm by the Hedge Fund Industry (2021 and 2022)

Based on Hedgeweek's "widespread survey of more than 100 hedge fund managers and other key industry participants," Crawford is nominated as the best hedge fund fundraising firm in the hedge fund industry, one of only three fundraising firms so voted to receive this very special recognition and honor.

New York University (“NYU”) Stern School of Business, New York, NY, 2024

Evan Katz, our founder and CEO, is an expert guest lecturer at NYU Stern, a globally renowned and Top 10 ranked business school, and now the fourth Top 10 business school at which (or to whose alumni) Evan has been an expert guest lecturer, in addition to Columbia, U.S.C. and Wharton as well.  At NYU Stern, Evan gave a one-hour presentation as an expert regarding hedge funds, private equity, institutional investors, and the capital markets, which included numerous actionable insights, tips and best practices, including regarding how best to do successful large-scale institutional investor fundraising.  You can download Evan’s 34-slide PowerPoint presentation (which is designed for those who are relative newcomers to the alternative investment industry) by clicking here.

Quinnipiac University “Global Asset Management Education” (“G.A.M.E.”) Forum, New York, NY, 2023

Crawford Ventures’ CEO, Evan Katz, interviews his hedge fund industry colleague, the legendary Anthony Scaramucci, at the big annual Quinnipiac University “Global Asset Management Education” (“G.A.M.E.”) Forum in Manhattan, the world’s largest annual asset management conference for M.B.A. and other university business majors, with more than 1,300 attendees, from dozens of countries globally. Evan interviews Anthony regarding a wide variety of topics, including (A) the state and future of the hedge fund industry, (B) alternative investment and hedge fund best practices, (C) hedge fund fundraising and investors, (D) critical lessons that Anthony learned in founding, building and growing SkyBridge and SALT, (E) Anthony’s history as communications director in the White House, and (F) his views regarding the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.

Alternative Investment Management Association (“AIMA”) Webinar, 2022

Our founder, Evan Katz, is interviewed by AIMA, as an expert regarding hedge funds, private equity funds, institutional investors, family offices, and how emerging alternative investment funds can best build and grow their funds, most successfully do largescale investor marketing and fundraising, and very substantially increase their AUM.

Informa Connect and Grant Thornton Annual Alternative Investment and Allocator Conference, New York, NY, 2022

Crawford’s CEO, Evan Katz, is a moderator, panelist and expert guest speaker at the big annual Informa Connect alternative investment and allocator conference hosted by Grant Thornton and held at its Manhattan headquarters. Evan spoke as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, family offices, and how alternative investment funds can best and most successfully do largescale investor fundraising. Evan also represented and presented a hedge fund at the conference’s “Shark Tank” style fund-investor pitch competition, and his fund and presentation were voted as the best hedge fund and investor pitch, both by the expert panel of judges, and also by the conference’s hundreds of attendees as well.

Private Investment Funds Video Webinar, 2022

Crawford Ventures’ founder and CEO, Evan Katz, is a panelist and expert guest speaker at the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York’s video webinar regarding private investment funds, and how to best form and grow them into very large and highly successful entities. Evan spoke as an expert regarding these topics in general, and also, in particular, as an expert regarding hedge funds, investors, and how best to do successful large-scale fundraising from institutional and family office allocators.

Guest Lecturer at MBA Hedge Fund Class, 2021

Our founder, Evan Katz, was asked by the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business (a globally ranked top-20 MBA program) to be a guest lecturer and to teach an MBA hedge fund class. Evan spoke as an expert regarding hedge funds, the state of the industry, hedge fund best practices, institutional and family office investors, and how established and emerging managers can best do successful large-scale fundraising and substantially increase their hedge funds’ AUM.

“Capital Raiser Hot Seat, 2021”

Our CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed on one of the hedge fund and alternative investment industry’s premier, largest and most popular family office investor networks, the Family Office Club (“FOC”), by its founder, Richard Wilson. Evan is interviewed, on FOC's “Capital Raiser Hot Seat,” as an expert regarding hedge funds, alternative investments, family offices, institutional investors, and how best to do successful large-scale fundraising from these big allocators.

Hedge Fund, Investor & Fundraising Webinar, New York, NY, 2021

On one of the hedge fund industry’s leading and most widely watched webinar series, our CEO, Evan Katz, is an expert guest panelist on the “Capital Allocators Roundtable”. Evan presents and speaks as an expert regarding hedge and other alternative investment funds, institutional and family office investors, and how to raise very substantial investor capital and fund AUM.

Hedge Fund, Investor & Fundraising Podcast, New York, NY, 2021

Our founder and CEO, Evan Katz, is the guest expert speaker on “Operational Leaders”, one of the hedge fund industry’s premier and most popular podcasts. Evan is interviewed as an expert regarding alternative investments, investors, and how to best and most successfully do very large-scale investor fundraising from institutional investors and family offices.

Lead Story re Hedge Funds, Their History, Operations and Institutional Investors, New York, NY 2021

By one of the most prominent and widely read global online finance, business and investment news publications, our founder and CEO, Evan Katz, was interviewed, for their lead hedge fund story, as an expert regarding the history of hedge funds, the state of the industry, hedge fund strategies, operations and best practices, and institutional and family office investors.

Institutional Investor, New York, NY, 2020

In one of Wall Street’s leading and most prominent institutional investor and alternative investment periodicals, Crawford’s founder and CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed and extensively quoted as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, family offices, fundraising, compliance and due diligence.

Private Funds Roundtable, New York, NY, 2020

Our CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed as an expert regarding how hedge, private equity and venture capital funds can best and most successfully raise very substantial investor capital.

Investment Management and Private Funds – What’s Happening Now?, New York, NY, 2020

At this popular monthly private funds seminar hosted by one of the country’s largest and leading law firms, our founder, Evan Katz, is an expert speaker regarding hedge funds, other alternative investment funds, institutional investors, family offices, and large-scale fundraising.

Emerging Managers Summit, New York, NY, 2020

At one of the hedge fund industry’s premier emerging manager conferences, our founder, Evan Katz, is an expert speaker regarding hedge funds, and how best to do successful large-scale fundraising from institutional and family office investors.

Finders Exemptions, Summer Enforcement Initiatives and Capital Raising, 2020

Our founder and CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, operational due diligence (“ODD”), and how funds can best and most effectively raise substantial investor capital.

“Women in Business” Finance Podcast, 2020

On this popular finance and investment podcast, our CEO, Evan Katz, is a rare male guest, and is interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional and family office investors, and fundraising. He also discusses women’s ever-increasing role and accomplishments in finance, what men “allies” can and should do to promote gender equality on Wall Street, and how that is a core value and priority of Crawford.

Family Office Club “CapitalCon”, New York, NY, 2017, 2018, 2019

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Expert speaker/fundraiser at leading 200-attendee family office conference

University of Pennsylvania Penn Club, New York, NY, 2018, 2019, 2020

Featured expert guest speaker at two sold-out keynote presentations, and one globally broadcast online video webinar, regarding how best to do successful large-scale hedge fund fundraising form institutional investors and family offices.

CFA Society New York (CFANY) Emerging Manager Summit, New York, NY, 2019

Our founder and CEO, Evan Katz, was chosen to help organize, produce, promote and participate in the annual CFANY Emerging Manager Summit, a large and prominent all-day alternative investment (hedge fund and private equity), family office, and institutional investor (endowment, foundation, fund of funds, pension) conference held in midtown Manhattan, at CFANY’s headquarters. And the 2019 Emerging Manager Summit completely sold out.

Hedgeweek, London, U.K., 2018, 2020

Interviewed and quoted as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, investment platforms, and hedge fund fundraising.

Hedge Fund Legal & Compliance Digest, New York, NY, 2017

Quoted as an expert re hedge funds and successful fundraising best practices.

Pepper Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, 2017

Expert speaker/fundraiser at sold-out symposium regarding hedge fund fundraising.

Asset TV, New York, NY , 2016

Interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, investors and successful fundraising.

Asset TV, New York, NY , 2015

Interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, investors and successful fundraising.

Asset TV, New York, NY , 2014

Interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, investors and successful fundraising.

FundFire (Financial Times), New York, NY, 2016

Quoted as an expert regarding hedge fund fundraising.

HFA and Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 2015

Expert speaker at symposium regarding hedge fund strategies, investing, fundraising, and best practices.

HFA and Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, 2014

Expert speaker at symposium regarding hedge fund fundraising, O.D.D. and best practices.

HFA and Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business, South Orange, NJ, 2013

Expert speaker at symposium regarding the hedge fund industry.

KPMG LLP (then Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C.), New York, NY, 2013

Expert speaker at symposium regarding hedge funds, fundraising and the JOBS Act.

Hedge Fund Summit, New York, NY – Young Leadership Award, 2011

Infovest21, LLC, New York, NY – Advisory Board, 2011-2015

(a leading hedge fund industry conference company, research service and news publisher)
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