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AGENDA:
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Location: JW Marriott
500 Post Street, corner of Post & Mason, San Francisco, California
Agenda:  
1:30 p.m. Registration
2:00 p.m. Welcome & Introduction
2:15 p.m. Panel One - What are the return opportunities for long/short equity hedge funds in the current market environment? Is it still possible to generate alpha from long/short equity hedge fund strategies in the Canadian marketplace?

  Moderator:  
Patrick Blessing, Managing Director, Scotia Capital Inc
     
  Panelists:  
Sean Wynn, Director of Marketing, JCClark
Paul Mayer, Director of Sales and Marketing, Polar Securities
Keith Tomlinson, Director of Research, Arrow Hedge Partners Inc.

3:15 p.m. Panel Two - The current environment of Convertible Bond Arbitrage: What happened last year and where are we right now? What are the prospects for this asset class given the increased market volatility and how will this shape return profiles for convertible managers?

  Moderator:  
Ronan Cosgrave, Head of Convertible Arb Research, PAAMCO
     
  Panelists:  
Martin Kalish, Founding Partner and CFO, Waterstone Capital Management
Dan Kochav, Partner and COO, Tenor Capital Management
Eli Pars, Portfolio Manager, Chicago Fundamental Partners LLC

4:30 p.m. Panel Three - How will hedge funds and fund of hedge funds as an asset class evolve and change as a result of the recent credit crunch?

  Moderator:  

Kimberly Mounts, CIO, MAP Alternative Asset Management Company

     
  Panelists:  
Barry Allan, Founder, President and CIO, Marret Asset Management
Mark Rosiefsky, Chairman and CEO, Rose & Sky AG
Chris Wolf, Managing Partner and Co-CIO, Cogo Wolf Asset Management

5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception
 
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