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Absolute Return Symposium 2012 | November 1 & 2, 2012 | 10 on the Park | New York
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Thursday, November 1 from 17.40
All registered delegates are invited to the Absolute Return Symposium cocktail reception, which will take place after the first day of the conference.
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Program
Day one: Thursday, November 1
8.00 Doors open, registration and breakfast 8.45 Welcoming remarks and introductory briefing: Josh Friedlander, editor, Absolute Return 9.00 Macro
Ongoing economic uncertainty continues to create massive risks and potentially large rewards. Our speakers will explore global pitfalls and opportunities related to governmental intervention in markets; sovereign debt and currencies; trends in commodities, corporate debt and equities; and the best risk/reward trades and markets. Speakers: Jason Bonanca, partner, head of strategy and research, MKP Capital Management; Adam Fisher, co-founder, chief investment officer, Commonwealth Opportunity Capital; Richard Howard, managing director, global strategist, Hayman Capital Management; Paul Podolsky, senior portfolio strategist, Bridgewater Associates. Moderator: Josh Friedlander, editor, Absolute Return.
9.45 Keynote speaker: Dinakar Singh, founding partner, TPG-Axon Capital Management
Introduced by Paul Germain, Credit Suisse
11.35 Credit
A group of industry experts will discuss profiting from the risks in sovereign debt, the resurgence of mortgage securities, and global deleveraging. Speakers include: Steve Kuhn, partner and head of fixed income trading, Pine River Capital Management; Steven Tananbaum, managing partner and chief investment officer, GoldenTree Asset Management; David Warren, chief executive officer, DW Investment Management and manager, Brevan Howard Credit Catalysts Master Fund; Josh Weintraub, senior managing director, head of U.S. mortgage securities and trading, Cerberus Capital Management. Moderator: Christopher Garnett, director, HedgeFund Intelligence Conferences.
12.20 Lunch and networking 13.35 Keynote speaker: To be announced 14.05 Regulatory change in Europe: Whats the impact on global managers?
While hedge funds in the U.S. have been grappling with implementation of domestic rule changes following DoddFrank, there have also been a slew of regulatory change in the works in Europe, including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive and UCITS IV. As Europe still remains a hugely important market for distribution to investors for many global alternative investment managers, a panel from a group of leading firms will discuss what they need to do to keep up with the new rules. Speakers: Bruce Karpati, chief of the asset management unit, enforcement division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission **; Michael Neus, chair of the Investment Adviser Committee, Managed Funds Association (MFA) and general counsel, Perry Capital; Greg Robbins, chief operating officer, general counsel and senior managing director, advanced strategies, Mesirow Financial; Paul Roth, founding partner and chair of the investment management group, Schulte Roth & Zabel. Moderator: Marina Lewin, head of global business development, BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services.
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Absolute Return Symposium 2012 | November 1 & 2, 2012 | 10 on the Park | New York
15.10
The panel will discuss how to demand the right levels of transparency, avoid style drift and track expenses and stop exorbitant expenses from being charged to the fund. Learn how to determine which managers are talented and which have simply been lucky. Speakers include: Kenneth Phillips, founder and chief executive officer, HedgeMark. Moderator: Josh Friedlander, editor, Absolute Return.
15.10 16.00
Workshop: Topic to be announced Managing a hedge fund: View from the top
What are the challenges of running a business, maintaining strong performance and preserving capital in todays uncertain markets? The COOs of several high-profile hedge fund firms will discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead. Speakers: Putnam Coes, chief operating officer, Paulson & Co; Gregory Heyman, chief operating officer, Kensai Asset Management; Jeffrey Kaplan, chief operating officer, Appaloosa Management; Andrew Rabinowitz, partner and chief operating officer, Marathon Asset Management.
16.00 16.50
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Cocktail reception
Leading investors will discuss the proper balance of direct versus intermediary-based investments to hedge funds, how the emergence of more liquid alternative structures will affect allocations, and which hedge fund strategies look attractive for the coming years. They will discuss how recent short-term reversals in hedge fund performance could affect the long-term trend of institutions increasing their allocations to the industry. Speakers include: Nick De Monico, chief executive officer, hedge fund strategies group, Commonfund; Seema Hingorani, head of public equities and hedge funds, Bureau of Asset Management, NYC Office of the Comptroller. Moderator: Lawrence Delevingne, staff writer, Absolute Return.
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Speakers
On the second day of the Symposium, a selection of talented fund managers each make a case for one of the top investments in their portfolios. They will share their invaluable investment insights with Symposium attendees in this must-attend session.
Speakers include:
Absolute Return Symposium 2012 | November 1 & 2, 2012 | 10 on the Park | New York
Attendees
More than 350 delegates from industryleading firms attend the Absolute Return Symposium. The breakdown of attendees last year was as follows:
Other 1% Hedge funds 33% Service providers 20% Funds of funds and investors 46%
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