Lipper HedgeWorld European Seminar Series - Paris - January 16, 2008
Program / Agenda
 Time Topic 
   8:30am    Registration & Refreshments
9:00am Chairman's Introduction
Jean-Charles Guyot, Chief Editor
Gestions Alternatives Magazine
9:05am Outperforming and Underperforming Hedge Fund Strategies: What and Why. Performance measurement: Understanding the Role of Non-Normality Risks
 Aureliano Gentilini, Global Head of Hedge Fund Research
Lipper
09:45am αlt-era - Morgan Stanley's Alternative Investment Replication Platform
 Yazid Sharaiha, Managing Director, Quantitative and Derivative Strategies
Morgan Stanley
10:15am The product evolution in the Fund of Hedge Fund universe: from Multi-strategy funds to Advisory services
 Ugo Pastori, Head of Marketing
Thalia SA
10:45am Coffee break
11:00am Direct Market Access / Direct Exchange Access, a Global Perspective
 Jean-Bernard Ferrand-Eynard, Head of Investor Services
NYSE-Euronext
11:15am The Proven Path to Listing for Permanent Capital Vehicles
 Duco Wildeboer, Manager of Listing
NYSE-Euronext
11:30am Roundtable Discussion on Regulatory Trends and Hedge Fund Scrutiny: Regulation Risk vs. Systemic Risk

 Featuring: Alain Leclair, Chairman, AFG; Arnaud Oseredczuk, Head of Collective Investments, AMF; Arnaud de Bresson, Délégué Général, Paris Europlace; Sophie van Straelen, Managing Director, Asterias; Chair: Jean-Charles Guyot, Chief Editor, GA Magazine
12:10pm Roundtable Discussion on key market topics:
 a)  The Large Convergence: Hedge Fund Strategies meet Traditional Long-only Fund Managers; b)  Hedge Fund Replication and Indexation. The attack of the clones; c)  Pension Funds Opening to Hedge Fund Investment; d)  Emerging Markets: Alpha- vs. Beta-driven returns

Featuring: Alain Dubois, Chairman, Lyxor Asset Management; Gilles du Fretay, Chairman and co-CIO, HDF Finance; Jean-François Boulier, Head of Euro Fixed Income and Credits, Crédit Agricole Asset Mgmt; Thaddée Tyl, CEO, Rivoli Fund Management; Chair: Jean-François Bay, Chairman, Seeds Finance
1:00pm Q&A
1:10pm Chairman's conclusion
1:15pm Buffet