• DAY 1: Wednesday April 3
• DAY 2: Thursday April 4
• DAY 3: Friday April 5

Katie Hall, CEO & CIO, Hall Capital Partners 
Eric Upin, Managing Partner, Makena Capital Management
Anne-Marie Fink,, Chief Investment Officer, Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island
Marina Mavrakis, Managing Director, Head of Private Equity, High Yield & Distressed Investments, TIAA-CREF

Moderator
Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School

Top hedge fund managers discuss their market and economic views and their best ideas for making money in the coming year.

Moderator:
Bruce Frumerman, President, Frumerman & Nemeth Inc.

Panelists:
Joseph B Childrey, Founder & CIO, Probabilities Fund Management, LLC
Kenneth Goodreau, CIO, TIG ADvisors
Thomas McGlade , Portfolio Manager & Director, U.S. Office, Prologue Capital INC

How have recent events and legislation influenced the practice of compliance by hedge funds? How can investors evaluate a hedge fund’s compliance practices, particularly in light of recent insider trading cases? Seasoned practitioners in the compliance field will offer their insights and guidance.

Moderator:
Lynn Marcrum, Senior Analyst, Aite Partners

Panelists:
Jordan Thomas, Partner, Labaton Sucharow
Kevin Kelcourse, Assistant Director, Enforcement Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Division
Gary Kaminsky, Principal, Rothstein Kass

Do smaller hedge funds really offer stronger performance numbers than their bigger brethren, as numerous studies have suggested? Do larger hedge funds provide opportunities that smaller funds can’t match, particularly for large institutional investors that have more capital to deploy? Hear hedge fund managers and investors debate this issue.

Moderator:
Chris Clair, Managing Editor, HedgeWorld

Panelists:
Rachel Minard, Founder & CEO, Minard Capital
Tony Acquadro, Vice President Institutional Markets, BTS Asset Management
Mark Whitsitt, Vice President, Portfolio Manager/Hedge Fund Investments, Hartford Investment Management Co.

Funds that invest in distressed debt and equity have been strong performers recently. But with the core premise of their strategies based around distressed cycles, can they continue to perform well in the near future? Where is the distressed cycle heading, and how will distressed managers play it?

Moderator:
Daniel Zwirn, Managing Member, Zwirn Family Interests

Panelists:
David Tawil, Co-Founder & Portfolio Manager, Maglan Capital
George Schultze, Managing Member & Founder, Schultze Asset Management
Brett Jefferson, President & CIO, Hildene Capital Management

Finding Real Diversifiers in Hedge Allocations

Keynotes:
James Meisner, Managing Director, Commonfund

Hedge fund managers, who also run alternative mutual funds, provide case studies on how their investment ideas are translated into liquid vehicles and the resulting risk/return characteristics.

You'll hear from leading managers from across the spectrum of liquid alternatives: US and global long/short, credit/fixed income, emerging markets, managed futures, global macro.

Investors of all types, wealth managers and financial planners will find this event invaluable.

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