| Welcome to GAIM USA Fund of Funds
The Most Networked Senior Gathering of Hedge Fund
Industry Professionals in 2008
At a time of so much uncertainty for the hedge fund industry,
GAIM Fund of Funds will provide you with a unique opportunity to
digest and reflect upon the seismic changes of the first half of the
year.
Most importantly, through the insights of some of the the most
influential allocators to alternatives, you will gain valuable
intelligence on:
- Where global investment opportunities lie
- How market dislocation and the restrictive financing
environment will impact the industry in the short to medium
term
- How investors currently define their appetite for risk, the
strategies in which they envisage placing capital and how they
have adapted their due diligence and monitoring processes
to take account of recent market turbulence
Only GAIM Fund of Funds offers you
- A five year track record delivering over five
hundred senior alternative investment
professionals from over 23 different countries to
the annual industry gathering in the heart of
New York City
- A speaker faculty representing some of the most
influential allocators to alternatives, representing
an estimated $188bn in assets under
management
- Timely, authoritative content addressing the most
critical investment, financing and operational
issues impacting the funds of hedge fund industry
and its investors today
Industy Leaders Already Confirmed to Speak at GAIM Fund of Funds 2008
- David Martin Darst, CFA, Chairman of the Asset Allocation Committee and Chief Investment Strategist of the Global Wealth Management Group, MORGAN STANLEY
- Jim Powers, Chairman, SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM INVESTMENT
COMMISSION
- Michael Keenan, Director of Policy and Research, BIMCOR INC.
- Theodore Economou, CFA, Assistant Treasurer, ITT COPORATION
- Richard Leibovitch, Senior Investment Partner, Executive Committee, GOTTEX FUND
MANAGEMENT
- Sean McGould, President & Chief Investment Officer, LIGHTHOUSE PARTNERS LLC
- Desmond P. Werthman, Managing Director, COAST ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
- Ted Seides, CFA, Director of Investments, PROTÉGÉ PARTNERS, LLC
- Laurent Seyer, Chief Executive Officer, LYXOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
- David Saunders, Co-Founder, K2 ADVISORS
- Martin Gagnon, Co-Chief Executive Officer, INNOCAP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
- Randall Dillard, Partner & CIO, LIONGATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLP
- Mustafa A. Jama, CIO, MORGAN STANLEY ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS
- Michael F. Klein, Managing Director, Co-President of Absolute Return Strategies, AETOS
CAPITAL
- John Beech, Chief Investment Officer, FRM
- Eric D. Seigel, CFA, Senior Managing Director, MESIROW ADVANCED STRATEGIES
- Daniel J. Hoinacki, CFA, President, Portfolio Manager, ALSTRA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
LLC
- Arne Hassel, Managing Director, Fund of Hedge Funds and GTAA, MILLENNIUM ASSET
MANAGEMENT
- James Nicholas, Executive Director, Senior Investment Officer, UBS ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
- Westley D. Chapman, Managing Director, GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES
LLC
See More of the Outstanding Speaker Faculty
What attendees had to Say About Last Year’s
GAIM Fund of Funds event in New York
"I want to congratulate you for the extraordinary
all day event at the GAIM Fund of Funds Conference
last week. It would have taken me at least a year to
learn what I learnt for one day. I enjoyed all the
presenters greatly.”
Salomon Konig, Managing Member, Portfolio Manager,
CIO, Artemis Capital Partners, LLC
“I enjoyed taking a fresh look- we all get bogged down
and an opportunity to go up to 20,000 feet is
important”
John O’Hara, COO, Franklin Street Partners
“Varied & relevant topics. Event was very well done
with enough opportunity for asking questions and for
networking, appreciated the intellectual capital that
was present!!”
Jacqueline Dentner, VP Product Management,
Morgan Stanley
“I thought the topics were good. Speakers were very
good. The length of the sessions was good. Great job
of keeping on schedule”
Heather Coleman, Product Manager – Hedge Fund
Database, Morningstar, Inc
“Great mix of content with senior level industry
speakers interesting topics on geopolitical issues and
activism. Current topics of credit markets and
subprime discussed- v. relevant”
Jean M Walshe, Alternatives Sales, JP Morgan Asset
Managment
Some of the Issues to be Addressed at the Event that “Sets the
Benchmark for Industry Gatherings”
- How leading end-investors are changing their allocation intentions in the face of market
volatility, leverage and credit market dislocation and how they currently define and
manage their appetite for risk
- The outlook for the global economy, real estate and credit markets and the
implications for the optimal timing and implementation of investment decisions
- How this year’s market turmoil has impacted the ways in which prime brokers evaluate
a hedge fund’s financial risk profile, establish valuation for collateral, calculate net
exposures and ultimately make decisions on lending or withdrawing credit
- How fund of hedge funds are managing their portfolios in the light of market dislocation,
how levered hedge funds are managing their exposure to counterparty risk and the
latest terms of credit that the prime brokers are extending
- Conducting effective due diligence of managers’ financing arrangements and
counterparty risk exposures; the key terms and triggers about which investors need to
ask questions to identify and manage risk in their own portfolios
- The best investment opportunities in the hottest areas of credit, distressed debt,
fundamental macro and emerging markets
- Current trends and the future directions of the structured product market
Don’t forget, only GAIM Fund of Funds has a
consistent five year track record of attracting
over 600 leading investors, from over 23 different
countries in the heart global heart of the hedge
fund industry, New York City.
|