Awards/Honors - Benoni Capital

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.

Benoni Nominated as the Best Hedge Fund Fundraising Firm by the Hedge Fund Industry (2021, 2022, 2023)

Based on Hedgeweek's "widespread survey of more than 100 hedge fund managers and other key industry participants," Benoni 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.

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2025

Our founder, Evan Katz, is an expert guest lecturer and keynote speaker at his alma mater, The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). Evan has been an expert hedge fund lecturer at a dozen prominent universities, business schools and MBA programs, including at six of the world's globally ranked top 20 business schools (or to their alumni), including Columbia, Harvard, NYU, USC and Wharton). At Wharton, Evan gave a 1.5-hour presentation as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, family offices, fundraising, and industry best practices. You can watch Evan’s expert guest lecture, on our YouTube channel, by clicking here, and you can easily download and read Evan’s 51-slide PowerPoint presentation (which is designed for those who are relatively new to the alternative investment industry), and follow along with it during his presentation in the video, by clicking here.

University of Denver Daniels College of Business, 2025

Benoni’s founder, Evan Katz, is an invited expert guest lecturer at University of Denver. Evan gave a 1.5 hour presentation regarding the state and future of the hedge fund industry, hedge fund best practices, alternative investment fundraising and institutional investors, and numerous critical life lessons (both business and personal) that he has learned over his two decades on Wall Street. You can watch Evan’s expert guest lecture by clicking here, and you can download his some 50 slide PowerPoint presentation (which is designed for those who are relatively new to the alternative investment industry) by clicking here.

Harvard Law School Association of NYC, Hedge Fund Symposium, New York, NY, 2024

Evan Katz, Benoni’s founder and CEO, is a graduate of both the Wharton school and also Harvard Law School. And before his award-winning career in hedge funds and on Wall Street, Evan was a precedent-setting top attorney in the fields of intellectual property and computer/Internet law. Evan combined his two areas of expertise when he served as the Chairperson and Moderator of the Harvard Law School Association of New York City symposium and panel discussion in Manhattan regarding “Hot Topics for Private Funds Advisors”. Evan had a stellar panel of five top industry leading expert hedge fund attorneys (from both large prominent hedge funds and also from top national law firms), and Evan led a very productive and robust discussion and Q&A regarding dozens of very important and timely hedge fund issues, topics and best practices.

Quinnipiac University “Global Asset Management Education” (“G.A.M.E.”) Forum, New York, NY, 2024

Benoni’s founder, Evan Katz, is an expert guest keynote speaker 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 delivered a one-hour presentation regarding numerous finance and alternative investment topics, including (A) the state and future of the hedge fund industry, (B) hedge fund and private equity best practices, (C) alternative investment fundraising and institutional investors, and (D) several critical life lessons, both business and personal, that he has learned over his 20 years on Wall Street. You can download Evan’s 36-slide PowerPoint presentation (which is designed for those who are relative newcomers to the alternative investment industry) by clicking here.

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.

Boston College (“B.C.”) Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, 2024

Our founder and CEO, Evan Katz, is an expert guest lecturer and keynote speaker at Boston College, a globally top-ranked business school, and now the sixth top-ranked university and/or business school at which (or to whose alumni) Evan has been an expert guest hedge fund lecturer (in addition to Columbia, Harvard, NYU, USC and Wharton as well). At Boston College, Evan gave an almost 1.5-hour presentation as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, family offices, fundraising, and industry best practices. You can download Evan’s detailed 41-slide PowerPoint presentation (which is designed for those who are relatively new to the alternative investment industry), and you can watch the video recording of Evan’s hedge fund keynote lecture, on Benoni’s YouTube channel, by clicking on the above green hyperlinks.

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

Our CEO, Evan Katz, interviews his friend and colleague (and fellow Harvard Law School graduate), Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, 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’s interview of Anthony, and their hour-long discussion and Q&A, cover a wide variety of important and timely finance, hedge fund and investment topics, including the state of the hedge fund industry, best practices for funds, managers and fundraising, and what likely will be hedge funds’ biggest opportunities and challenges over the next five to ten years. You can watch Evan’s interview of Anthony by clicking here.

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. You can read the outline and Q&A for Evan’s expert guest interview by AIMA by clicking here.

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

Benoni’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

Benoni Capital’s 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. You can watch Evan’s Columbia Business School “Private Investment Funds” video by clicking here.

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. You can watch Evan’s expert guest hedge fund and fundraising lecture at USC by clicking here.

“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. You can watch Evan’s expert guest hedge fund and fundraising Family Office Club interview by clicking here.

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. You can watch Evan’s expert guest appearance on Capital Allocators Roundtable by clicking here.

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. You can listen to Evan’s expert guest hedge fund and fundraising interview on the Operational Leaders podcast by clicking here.

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. You can read the Business Insider article in which Evan is quoted as a hedge fund expert by clicking here.

Institutional Investor, New York, NY, 2020

In one of Wall Street’s leading and most prominent institutional investor and alternative investment periodicals, Benoni’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. You can read the Institutional Investor article in which Evan is quoted as a hedge fund expert by clicking here.

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. You can watch Evan’s expert guest hedge fund and fundraising appearance by clicking here.

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. You can watch Evan’s exert guest appearance at Opal Group by clicking here.

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. You can watch Evan’s expert guest appearance on the Financial Executives Alliance webinar by clicking here.

“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 Benoni. You can listen to Evan’s expert guest hedge funda and fundraising interview by clicking here.

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.