Since 2008 the MidSouth Alternative Investment Association ("MSAIA") has been an educational and networking nonprofit organization. 

The MSAIA offers a professional environment for constructive dialogue and sharing among members through quarterly educational programs, networking events and other services designed to facilitate communication and to promote ethical standards within our community of institutional investors, high net worth investors, family offices, alternative investment money managers, professional service providers and academics.

Quarterly event charge $50 which is paid directly to select charitable organizations.

Membership has grown to approximately 700 members. The target members are alternative investment professionals in Nashville, Memphis, Birmingham, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Louisville and points in-between. Approximately 15% of the members located in the Midwest and Northeast generally have a family or professional connection to Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Virginia.

Our corporate sponsors have shown their multi-year commitment to supporting the alternative investment industry in the region with their participation at events and generous financial contributions since 2008.

The organization began during the initial rumblings of the Global Financial Crisis as the MidSouth Hedge Fund Association (MSHFA). At our first event in March 2008, Nashville mixer attendees included professionals with experience in private equity, real estate, hedge funds and managed futures. The name of our association changed very quickly to the MidSouth Alternative Investment Association (MSAIA) to reflect the breadth of the alternative investment industry practitioners who had expressed interest in meeting others in the region.

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