Media and Interviews

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.

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.

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, U.S.C. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, the state of the industry, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our founder, Evan Katz, is an honors (summa cum laude) graduate of The Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. The school’s Penn Club in Manhattan invited Evan to be a guest expert speaker regarding his areas of expertise: hedge funds, investors, and how best to do successful large-scale fundraising. His 2018 and 2019 keynote presentations were sold out and standing-room-only, and two of the most highly attended hedge fund events ever at the Penn Club.

To watch Evan’s 12/8/20 fundraising presentation, click here.

To download his 12/8/20 fundraising PowerPoint presentation, click here.

On a large globally broadcast hedge fund and alternative investment video webinar, our founder and CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, investors, operational due diligence (“ODD"), and how best to do successful large-scale fundraising. You can watch Evan’s expert guest appearance on the Financial Executives Alliance webinar by clicking here.

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 from institutional investors and family offices.

At the large monthly Troutman Pepper law firm hedge fund seminar, 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.

At one of the hedge fund industry’s premier emerging manager conferences, our CEO, Evan Katz, is an expert speaker regarding hedge funds, investors, and how to successfully do large-scale fundraising from institutional and family office allocators. You can watch Evan’s exert guest appearance at Opal Group by clicking here.

Our CEO, Evan Katz, is a rare male guest on this popular finance and investment podcast, where he is interviewed as an expert regarding hedge funds, investors, and successful large-scale 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.

Evan Katz, our founder and CEO, is interviewed and quoted extensively by Institutional Investor (one of Wall Street’s leading and most prominent publications regarding institutional investors and alternative investments) 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.

Our founder, Evan Katz, is an expert speaker and fundraiser at a leading 200-attendee family office and hedge fund conference. His presentation – “Best Practices from A to Z for Successful Hedge Fund Fundraising from Family Offices and Institutional Investors – 26 Top Fundraiser Secrets and Tips of the Trade” – has been downloaded hundreds of times, and has become an industry “gold standard” for how to successfully do large-scale hedge fund fundraising. A copy of his PowerPoint presentation may be downloaded by clicking here, and you can watch a video of his 2019 presentation by clicking here.

Our CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed and quoted by one of the hedge fund industry’s leading and most widely circulated publications, for his expert views regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, investment platforms, and hedge fund fundraising.

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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.

A leading hedge fund trade journal interviews and quotes our CEO, Evan Katz, as an expert regarding hedge funds, institutional investors, and successful fundraising best practices. You can read the Hedge Fund Legal & Compliance Digest article in which Evan is quoted as a hedge fund expert by clicking here.

Benoni Managing Director, Evan Katz, is an expert speaker and panelist regarding fundraising at a leading hedge fund law firm’s globally broadcast webinar, followed by its sold-out Manhattan symposium, both regarding best practices for successful large-scale hedge fund fundraising. You can see the agenda and program for Evan’s appearance as an expert regarding hedge funds and fundraising by clicking here.

At a leading hedge fund law firm symposium, Evan Katz, Benoni’s founder, is an expert speaker and panelist regarding hedge funds and intellectual property. You can see the agenda and program for Evan’s appearance as an expert regarding hedge funds and intellectual property by clicking here.

Our CEO, Evan Katz, is interviewed and quoted as an expert regarding hedge funds, successful fund sales/fundraising, and on what types of hedge funds investors are focusing and allocating. You can read the FundFire (Financial Times) article in which Evan is quoted as a hedge fund expert by clicking here.

See Evan Katz interviewed by Asset TV as an expert regarding hedge funds, investor trends and preferences, emerging managers, how to build and grow a large and successful fund and firm, and tips and best practices for large-scale hedge fund marketing, sales and fundraising. You can watch Evan being interviewed as a hedge fund expert at Hedgeopolis by clicking here.

Watch Evan Katz’s interview as an expert regarding hedge fund performance, trends, successful fundraising, and the best use and most appropriate role for hedge funds in the portfolios of sophisticated endowments, foundations, pensions and other institutional investors. You can watch Evan being interviewed as a hedge fund expert at Hedgeopolis by clicking here.

See Evan Katz interviewed by Asset TV as an expert regarding successful hedge fund sales/fundraising, emerging managers, best fundraising practices, and the state of the hedge fund industry. You can watch Evan being interviewed as a hedge fund expert at Hedgeopolis by clicking here.

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.

Expert speaker at symposium regarding hedge fund strategies, investing, fundraising, and best practices. You can see the agenda and program for Evan’s expert guest appearance at Montclair State by clicking here.

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

Expert speaker at symposium regarding the hedge fund industry. You can see the agenda and program for Evan’s expert guest appearance at Seton Hall by clicking here.