PROGRAMME
Tuesday 15 April 2008
Wednesday 16 April 2008
Tuesday 15 April 2008
17.30 - 19.30 Registration and wine tasting
Delegates arriving in Paris the evening before the Summit are invited to a special wine
and cheese tasting on the lower ground floor of the Palais de la Bourse. Passes to the
event are available for collection, allowing delegates to avoid the queues on the first
morning of the Summit.
Wednesday 16 April 2008
08.00 – 09.00 Doors open, introduction and welcome
09.00 – 09.45 Macro – Where are the opportunities post-credit crunch?
The onset of the credit crunch in 2007 looks to have created a wonderful new opportunity set for
hedge funds, but where are the best opportunities going to be in the major asset classes?
What are the big risks and uncertainties out there?
Chairman: Gavyn Davies, Fulcrum Asset Management
e Capital Partners
Speakers: Ian Plenderleith, Brevan Howard; Mark Tinker, AXA Framlington; David Fishwick,
M&G Episode; Alan Eisner, Millennium Global Investments
Philippe Jabre
Jabr
09.45 – 10.30 Equities – How best to play financials
Major losses on sub-prime mortgages and the related contagion has made the financial sector
arguably the most fertile territory for long/short equity funds. A panel of leading managers talk
Philippe Jabre is the founder and CIO of Jabre
about the opportunities – and avoiding the pitfalls
Capital Partners SA, an asset management and
Speakers: William de Winton, Lansdowne Partners; Eric Halet, Algebris Investments;
advisory business which he created in
Huw van Steenis, Morgan Stanley; Luqman Arnold, Olivant
September 2006 in Geneva and which manages
over $4 billion in alternative investment/hedge
10.30 – 11.00 Break, sponsored by BNY Mellon Asset Management
fund and long only strategies. Philippe has been
managing money since 1983, first at BAII and
11.00 – 11.45 What the big allocators want then at GLG Partners, where he was responsible
A panel of major hedge fund investors talk about what they want from hedge funds, where (and for over $7.5 billion of assets.
where not) they are finding it, their views on the way the industry is changing and their outlook for
2008 across the major strategy areas
Speakers: Manuel Echeverria, Optimal Investment Services; Kevin Gundle, Aurum Funds
11.45 – 12.30 Keynote speaker: Philippe Jabre, Jabre Capital Partners
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch, sponsored by CME Group
Stream A: Best Practices
13.45 – 14.30 Quant – What is the outlook now? • Fund structuring, domicile
The huge volatility in equity market-neutral funds last August appeared to scare investors, while in and governance
the following months CTAs delivered massive gains. Where should this leave investors’ appetite for
• Valuation and disclosure
quant-based and systematic investing?
• Operations and risk management
Speakers: Jonathan Hiscock, GSA Capital; Anthony Todd, Aspect Capital; Tom Loeb, Mellon Capital • Global standards
14.30 – 18.00 Stream sessions
Stream B: Topics include
This period is devoted to a choice of parallel ‘stream’ sessions that provide an opportunity to drill
• Volatility trading
down in greater depth into more specific and technical issues. The sessions will be announced
• Strategies in Canada
over the next few weeks. Check our website for details.
• Credit
• Managed accounts
18.00 Cocktails, sponsored by Newedge
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