4th Annual Hedge Fund Operations & Technology

Event Name:	4th Annual Hedge Fund Operations & Technology
Description:	8:15 Registration & Breakfast with Exhibitors 9:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 9:15 Opening Roundtable: Current Challenges for the Hedge Fund COO Viewpoints from Chief Operating Officers and Heads of Operations Moderator: Kenneth Raisler, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Panelists: Greg Sonis, COO, Eidesis Capital, LLC Barry Brick, COO, Guidance Capital, LLC 10:15 Hedge Fund Op Due Diligence - Are You Prepared? What Operational Due Diligence measures need to be taken to protect your firm? What questions should you expect from investors? How is the Frank-Dodd Bill affecting Op Due Diligence? Panelists: Eric Cressman, COO, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Telesis Capital LLC Michael Stohler, CRO, JP Morgan Samir Shah, SVP, Operational Risk, Cadogan Management, LLC 11:00 Morning Refreshment Break with Exhibitors 11:15 Industry Response to New Regulation - Less is More? Post-Crisis there was an immediate reaction to regulate, but was this the best solution? Will too much regulation harm the hedge fund industry? With regulation and governance being a major concern for most hedge funds, what can you do to move forward? What are current compliance challenges? Will the SEC decide to let FINRA regulate hedge funds and other investment advisors? If yes, what does this mean for the industry? Panelists: Mark Schein, CCO, York Capital LLC Stephen Mellas, Principal Operations, AQR Capital Management LLC 12:00 Technology Update -Automating Manual Processes How can automation help reduce costs, mitigate operational risk and streamline your overall processes? Is automation needed to standardize the hedge fund industry? Can automation help to comply with existing and pending regulation? Also, will it help with the planned regulatory reporting? Panelists: Lisa Lagatta, Solutions Strategist, Fiserv Michael Alexander, Sales Director, Smarsh 12:45 Lunch Break with Exhibitors 1:45 Post-Crisis: Staffing your Hedge Fund Operations Team With cuts made to operations personnel, infrastructure and technology over the past few years, how can your firm re-build post-crisis, with increased investor and regulatory demands? How can you consolidate roles without compromising your operations? Panelists: Ronald Lenihan, Managing Partner, Seacrest Investment Management, LLC Christopher Kundro, Co-Chief Executive Officer, LaCrosse Global Fund Services Guillaume Detrait, Managing Director, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer, Welton Investment Corporation 2:30 Caution Ahead: Focus on Outsourcing Is your firm taking a cautious approach to outsourcing by trying out one or two functions before outsourcing all your operations? Or are you moving full steam ahead with outsourcing to cut back on costs? Panelists: Joe Trentacosta, Vice President, AQR Capital Darren Woolford, Executive Director, Global Derivatives Fund Services, J.P. Morgan Kevin Williams, Managing Director, PAAMCO 3:15 Afternoon refreshment Break with Exhibitors 3:30 Operational Risk - Why it Should be a Priority for Your Firm this Year What should be on your checklist? What can it cost your firm if you sweep OpRisk under the rug? 4:15 Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning for Hedge Funds Under SEC Rule 206(4)-7 managers with $100M of AUM or $150M of AUM will need to generally institute compliance policies and procedures and appoint a chief compliance officer. Part of this process will be to create a business continuity or disaster recovery plan. How can compliance teams protect their firm from events such as natural, man-made or technological disasters? How does cloud computing play into DRP’s? 5:00 Conference Adjourns
Type of Event:	Industry Events - Banking - Finance
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Event Location:	Bayards
Event City:	New York
Type of Venue:	Private
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Event Start Date	14-Apr-11

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4th Annual Hedge Fund Operations & Technology