5th Annual Hedge Fund Operations and Technology

5th Annual Hedge Fund Operations & Technology Conference

April 18, 2012

Bayard's, One Hanover Square, New York, NY

CPE Credits: 7.0

Complimentary passes available to senior level representatives of buy-side firms. Passes must be requested by February 24, 2012, in order to qualify (or until all passes have been allocated). Please send in your requests via our contact us page.

Last Year's Delegates Include:

Acorn Derivatives Management Corp.	AIG
AQR Capital Management	Arden Asset Management
Armor Capital	Auda
Barington Capital Group	Blackstone
BNP Paribas	Cadogan Management
Calypso Capital Management	Cohen & Steers
Corbin Capital Partners	Cross Shore Capital
Davidson Kempner Capital Management	Diamond Notch Asset Management
Elliott Management Corporation	Eton Park Capital Management
Guidance Capital	Kenmar
Morgan Stanley Asset Management	Northern Trust
NorthPoint	Northwater Capital Markets
PAAMCO	Saba Capital
Seacrest Investment Management	Silver Point Capital
SkyView Investment Advisors	Telesis Capital
TIAA-CREF	Twin Capital Management
Two Sigma Investments	Welton Investment Corporation

8:15 am	*Registration & Breakfast with Exhibitors*
9:00 am	Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
9:15 am	Keynote Address: Update from the SEC
9:45 am	2012: A Critical Year for Regulation How has Dodd-Frank changed the face of the hedge fund industry? What lies ahead regarding hedge fund regulation? How can compliance teams be prepared for the onslaught of regulation? Form PF, Treasury Filings, etc. Is your firm at risk for posing Systemic Risk? What are the signs? Will the SEC develop rules that could cause a substantial number of hedge fund firms to acquire a broker-dealer license? What are the status, deadlines and technology available to monitor FATCA requirements? Should administrators help in this process? If yes, how? Moderator: Kenneth Raisler, Sullivan & Cromwell Panelists: Jeffrey Cobb, Founder & Principal, Cobb & Associates PC Greg Sonis, CCO, Eidesis Captial
10:45am	*Morning Refreshment Break with Exhibitors*
11:15 am	SEC Registration – What Happens After Registration? Should you hire a consulting firm not only to prepare for the registration but also to monitor compliance procedures? In essence have these consultants become the company's compliance department? Technology is also an important component with registration. Should administrators provide some help in the compliance process and how?
12:00 pm	Operational Changes Needed in a Post-Crisis Marketplace What operational changes can be made within your fund to reduce risk and in turn attract investors? Is automation important? Should you increase the number of prime brokers you work with to reduce counterparty risk? How can reporting practices be improved? Panelists: Keith Walsh, Director, Omgeo
12:45 pm	*Lunch Break with Exhibitors*
1:45 pm	Taking It Back- When Insourcing is the Right Option? If your firm has $100 million in AUM or more, would it be more cost effective to manage IT infrastructures internally? How would the firm handle the outsourcers and transition to taking back the outsourced operations? Should firms develop a hybrid situation? What middle and back office operations should be moved in-house and which ones should be left with the outsourcer? Also, how could your firm handle hiring the IT management talent that would be needed to develop competitive IT infrastructures to support the fund’s strategies?
2:30 pm	Managing Your Firm's Outsourcers and Prime Brokerages Even when using an outsourcer, hedge funds still have responsibilities for IT and administration that fall on the level below major outsourcing efforts such as the links to prime brokers, low-latency access to high frequency trading venues, major app providers, clouds, etc. Is it worth focusing on basic security, PCs, networking, Web access, applications, etc.? Or should a provider be found for these items as well?
3:00 pm	*Afternoon Refreshment Break with Exhibitors*
3:15 pm	UCITS in the US Are UCITS funds growing in the United States? Now that European investors have embraced the UCITS model will the US have to follow suit? UCITS are also a big issue in Asia where there is some diversion on the definition of funds, derivatives, etc. As Asia is a magnet for investors, should the US and Europe know more about what is happening in Asia concerning UCITS funds? Would US fund operators using the UCITS model in the US bring a fresh stream of European investors? What are the regulatory and operational hurdles? What are the IT requirements to facilitate UCITS funds?
4:00 pm	Fraud within Your Firm What are red flags for seeing fraud within your firm? Is there a profile for the typical fraudster? What should be included in your firm’s compliance and ethics policy? What guidelines should firms follow when they're in the market for anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance technologies? How will the SEC's forensic fraud detection approach work? What is the impact of specific anti-fraud provisions in the Advisers Act?
4:45 pm	*Conference Adjourns*

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