Risk Management Association

RMA-NY Chapter Presents:

Hedge Funds:

Have we learned our lesson from the recent downturn? What does the future hold?

Date: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Location: JP Morgan Chase - 383 Madison Avenue (46th Street), 2nd Floor

Time: Registration & Cocktails 5:30 PM – Program Start 6:15 PM

Please join our distinguished panel for a discussion on current challenges and trends in the hedge fund sector from a risk and credit perspective. Topics include:

Lessons learned from working through the downturn
How the consolidation among leverage providers and the woes within the banking sector have impacted the competitive landscape

Potential impact on the hedge fund industry of President Obama's plan to restrict the activities of commercial banks
Outlook for the financing of illiquid assets
The current appetite for taking risk to hedge funds and whether risk tolerance remains restricted despite the improvements in fund performance this year
Impact of the shakeout of marginal hedge fund managers within the sector

Changes to transparency, leverage, valuations and liquidity terms post-downturn

Trends relating to documentation terms
Key metrics that a CRO of a hedge fund manager relies on control risk
Impact of the Madoff scandal on the secotr
Prospects of a stricter regulatory regime
Lessons learned in managing funding and balance sheet liquidity in the current environment

The importance of having a genuine risk "culture" at a firm

Panelists:

Patrick McKenna, Managing Director and Global Head of CRM Institutional (includes Hedge Funds) and Emerging Markets & Private Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank

Jamie Raboy, Senior Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of Marathon Asset Management

Craig Goldsmith, Vice President - Investments and Team Leader of Credit & Arbitrage Strategies at Grosvenor Capital Management, Chicago

Moderator: Brian Strauss, RMA Board Member and Managing Director & Head of Credit Risk at Knight Libertas

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