The EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre will be staging the fourth edition of the EDHEC Alternative Investment Days at the ExCeL Centre in London on December 9 and 10 next. The conference aims to present the applied research conducted by the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre with leading pension fund managers and to discuss its results with the institutional investor and fund manager communities. Read next page

This month's interview with Noël Amenc, PhD, Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and Director of the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, is featured in a special supplement that was drawn up by the French financial daily AGEFI on the occasion of the EDHEC Institutional Days in Paris. Read next page

In the series of live web conferences, EDHEC hosted a presentation of the MSc in Capital Markets with a testimonial of an EDHEC graduate who is currently heading the european sales team of BNP Paribas. Read next page

Personal development is one of the key themes in the Theseus-EDHEC MBA and it starts from Day 1 with a fast-moving training course given by the world-famous New York training specialists, Dale Carnegie. Read next page

Participating in one of the major events organised by Europe's N°1 Research Centre is regarded by many professionals as a perfect opportunity to get cutting-edge information from the experts. For EDHEC's Finance students, some of these events are actually integrated programme modules and events such as the EDHEC Institutional Days provide not only the chance to get further information, they provide the unique opportunity to get a preview of their future professional life and start networking with potential employers. Read next page

The quality of professors is what many students consider an important deciding factor in their choice of business school. With this in mind, EDHEC Business School selects the very best speakers from three different sources - permanent professors from EDHEC, visiting professors from some of the most prestigious institutions from around the world and industry experts who are brought in to share their expertise in their specialised field. Read next page

Applications have been flooding in from around the world for all of EDHEC's Masters programmes with high profile candidates from renowned institutions setting themselves up for the next academic year. Read next page

Fuelled by massive investments on the part of funds of funds and institutions, hedge funds have grown from a cottage industry catering to the needs of private wealth to a trillion dollar business in which over 9,000 managers vie for the attention of global institutional investors. Read next page

EDHEC and Ceram hosted the 17th International Strategic Management Conference, held on the Nice campus between May 28 and 31, 2008. Read next page