Plenary Sessions
9.00am Official Welcome: Damien Hatfield, principal Hatfield Liptak Advisors.
9.10am The 10 things I hate about hedge funds: Timothy R. Barron, chief executive, RogersCasey (US).
9.45am Risk 1: Multi-dimensional risk management – Managing risk in a portfolio of hedge funds and funds of funds: Mark Everitt, director of risk management, BlackRock Alternative Advisors (US).
10.20am Risk 2: Risk control in single strategies, issues with shorting: Michael Hintze, founder of CQS (UK).
10.50am Morning Tea
Concurrent Stream A
Chair: Michael Ohlsson
11.15am 130/30: Equity strategies in a volatile environment: Jonathan Shead, senior product engineer, State Street Global Advisors, Australia Services Limited
11.45am What super funds need to know about private equity and what general partners would like to tell them: Steven Hall, managing director, Brookvine.
12.15pm "How To See in the Dark: the secrets of surviving black swans, bubbles and 15 years running a fund of funds business.": Kevin Gundle, director, Aurum Funds Ltd (UK).
Concurrent Stream B
Chair: Colin Tate
11.15am A greener shade of alpha – in search of climate change related investment opportunities: Paul Newland, vice president, synthetic and alternative asset management, Merrill Lynch.