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GAIM Ops West
October 25 - 27, 2026
Waldorf Astoria Monarch BeachDana Point, CA

The numbers that matter

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senior level attendees

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institutional investors

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from investment mgt firms

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investors and investment managers

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large or mid-size investment managers

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private capital attendees

Top firms attending include:

A snapshot of investment managers attending

  • Alfred I. DuPont Charitable Trust

  • Bayshore Global Management

  • Bessemer Trust

  • Brasil Warrant

  • CalPERS

  • CalSTRS

  • Cascade Asset Management Co.

  • CDPQ

  • Cedars-Sinai Intelectual Property Company

  • CFF

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

  • Colby College

  • Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

  • Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

  • Cornerstone Group Family Office

  • Dart

  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation

  • Dominion Energy

  • Emory University

  • FINRA

  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

  • Harvard Management Company

  • HRM Pension Plan

  • Inatai Foundation

  • Koch Investment Management

  • La Caisse

  • Liberty Mutual Investments

  • McKnight Foundation

  • NJ Division of Investment

  • Orange County Community Foundation

  • Prudential Financial, Inc.

  • Stanford Management Company

  • State Board of Administration Florida

  • State of Wisconsin Investment Board

  • The David and Lucile Packard Founation

  • The J. Paul Getty Trust

  • The James Irvine Foundation

  • The World Bank Group

  • UCLA IC

  • University of Minnesota Endowment

  • University Pension Plan (UPP)

  • Yale University

A snapshot of institutional investors attending

  • CapRock Partners

  • Heartwood Partners

  • New Holland Capital

  • One River Asset Management

  • Paradigm

  • PIMCO

  • S2G Investments, LLC

  • WI Harper Group

  • 50 South Capital Advisors, LLC

  • Context Capital Management LLC

The most senior gathering on the west coast

Meet senior executives from across operations, compliance and ODD including COOs, CCOs, General Counsels, CFOs and departmental heads.

Company breakdown

GAIM Ops West represents a true reflection of the alternatives industry, from the biggest funds to emerging managers.

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What types of investors attend?

GAIM Ops West is the most senior gathering of ODD and operations heads from endowments, pensions, foundations and single family offices in the US.

What types of investment management firms attend?

GAIM Ops West attracts 90+ firms from private equity, digital assets and venture capital, hedge funds, fund of funds and multi strategy asset management.

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