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Hedge Fund Roundtable
May 14-15, 2003:
Agenda

Day 1 - May 14, 2003
Opening Remarks 9:00-9:15 a.m.
  William H. Donaldson
Chairman
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
Panel 1- Hedge Funds - Overview, Role and Structure 9:15-10:45 a.m.
  Moderator:
    Paul F. Roye
Director, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Charles Gradante
Managing Principal
Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group

William Keunen
Director
Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc.

Richard Lindsey
President
Bear Stearns Securities Corporation

Michael Neus
Principal and Chief General Counsel
Andor Capital Management LLC

Greg Newton
President
MAR/Hedge

Joel Press
Senior Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Robert Schulman
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Tremont Advisers

David Vaughan
Partner
Dechert LLP
 
Break 10:45-11:00 a.m.
Panel 2 - Marketing Issues - How are Hedge Funds Marketed/Distributed? 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Moderator:
    Elizabeth G. Osterman
Assistant Chief Counsel, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Alan Beller
Director, Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Michael Butowsky
Partner
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw

Leroy Cody
Managing Director
American Express Alternative Investments

James R. Hedges
Founder, President and Chief Investment Officer
LJH Global Investments, LLC

Clark Hooper
Executive Vice President of Disclosure Policy and Review, Regulatory Policy and Oversight
NASD

Judson P. Reis
Partner
The Sire Group of Partnerships, Sire Management Corporation

Craig Russell
Managing Director and Global Head of Sales and Marketing

DB Absolute Return Strategies

Michael Tiedemann
Chief Operating Officer
Tiedemann Investment Group
 
Lunch Break 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Panel 3 - Issues Associated with Hedge Fund Disclosure, Transparency and Performance Fees 2:00-3:30 p.m.
  Moderator:
    Robert E. Plaze
Associate Director, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Peter Bernard
Chief of Administration and Finance
RiskMetrics Group

George Hall
Founder and President
Clinton Group

David A. Hsieh
Professor of Finance
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Jean Karoubi
President
The LongChamp Group, Inc.

Larry Simon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ivy Asset Management Corp.

David Swensen
Chief Investment Officer
Yale University

Michael G. Tannenbaum
Director, Hedge Fund Association
Partner, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP
 
Break 3:30-3:45 p.m.
Panel 4 - Issues Associated with Valuation, Allocation, Use of Commissions and Personal Trading 3:45-5:15 p.m.
  Moderator:
    Douglas Scheidt
Associate Director and Chief Counsel
Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Anthony Artabane
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Michael Dieschbourg
Principal
Silver Creek, LLC

Bing Liang
Assistant Professor of Finance
Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Andrew W. Lo
Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard Phillips
Partner
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP

Stephen Vine
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Robert Zack
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
 
Day 1 Closing Comments 5:15-5:30 p.m..
  Paul F. Roye
Director, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 

 

Day 2 - May 15, 2003
Preview of Day 2 of Roundtable 9:00-9:15 a.m..
  Paul F. Roye
Director, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
Panel 5 - Hedge Fund Strategies and Market Participation 9:15-10:45 a.m.
  Moderator:
    Annette L. Nazareth
Director, Division of Market Regulation
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Afsaneh Beschloss
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Carlyle Asset Management Group

Peter Borish
Senior Managing Director of Business Development
OneChicago LLC

Peter Brown
Executive Vice President
Renaissance Technologies Corporation

James Chanos
President
Kynikos Associates, Ltd.

William N. Goetzmann
Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies
Director, International Center for Finance
Yale School of Management

Lawrence E. Harris
Chief Economist and Director, Office of Economic Analysis
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

William Heyman
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
The St. Paul Companies

Andrew W. Lo
Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert Steel
Vice Chairman
Goldman Sachs Group

Mark Yusko
President & CEO
UNC Management Company, Inc.
 
Break 10:45-11:00 a.m.
Panel 6 - Enforcement/Fraud Concerns 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Moderator:
    Cynthia M. Fornelli
Deputy Director, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Scott Berman
Partner
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

Stephen M. Cutler
Director, Division of Enforcement
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Thomas Fedorek
Senior Managing Director
Citigate Global Intelligence & Security

Kristina L. Kneip
Senior Staff Attorney/Examinations, Supervisor
State of Washington, Department of Financial Institutions, Securities Division

Patrick J. McCarty
General Counsel
Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Pamela J. Parizek
Associate Managing Director
Kroll Inc.

Lois Peltz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Infovest21
 
Lunch Break 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Panel 7 - Assessment of the Current Regulatory Framework 2:00-5:00 p.m.
(includes a break from 3:30-3:45 p.m.)
  Moderator:
    Paul F. Roye
Director, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 
  Panelists:
    Mark Anson
Chief Investment Officer
CalPERS

Alan Beller
Director, Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Armando Belly
General Counsel
Soros Fund Management LLC

Iain Cullen
General Counsel, Alternative Investment Management Association
Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Jean-Claude Delespaul
Secretary General
Commission des Operations de Bourse (COB), France

John G. Gaine
President
Managed Funds Association

Frederick C. "Rick" Lake
Co-Chairman
Lake Partners, Inc.

Sandra Manzke
Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer
Tremont Advisers

John Markese
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Individual Investors

Annette L. Nazareth
Director, Division of Market Regulation
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Robert Pozen
John Olin Visiting Professor
Harvard Law School

Paul N. Roth
Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Douglas Scheidt
Associate Director and Chief Counsel
Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Christina Sinclair
Head of Department, Business Standards
Financial Services Authority, United Kingdom

Jane Kang Thorpe
Director, Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
 
Closing Remarks 5:00 p.m..
  William H. Donaldson
Chairman
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 

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Modified: 05/09/2003