11.45am    Private equity in new technologies – beyond Silicon Valley: Bruno Raschle, founder and managing director, Adveq (Zurich).

12.15pm   Credit Where Credit’s Due – opportunities in today’s fixed income markets for absolute return investors: Ed Dove, president Augustus Asset Managers (UK).

12.45pm    Lunch

Concurrent Stream A
Chair: John Schaffer

1.45pm      The credit and distressed debt cycle – Opportunities from the impact of regulatory and accounting changes: Frank Jordan, partner, Golden Tree Asset Management (US).

2.15pm      The rise of hedge fund beta: Gregor Andrade, principal, AQR Capital Management (US).

2.45pm     Risk-free Alpha – master manager and tax efficiency: Jonathan Green, NSW T-Corp, Tony O’Grady, Corporate Value Associates and Vicki Martyn from NAB Custody.

Concurrent Stream B
Chair: TBC

1.45pm      Private equity and the secondaries market – when the time is right for investing: Marleen Groen, principal founder and CEO, Greenpark Capital (UK).

2.15pm     Currency from an investor’s viewpoint – risks to be hedged and a new alpha source: : Brad Holzberger, CEO, Asset Management, QIC.

Introduction by Donald Hellyer, managing director,

2.45pm     Activist funds – when will they come to Australia? Stephen Mayne, founder of Crikey.com and shareholder activist.

3.15pm      Afternoon Tea

Plenary Sessions continued

3.40pm      The Perfect Storm – hedge funds in a down-sizing financial system: Tom Strauss, managing member and head of hedge funds of funds, Ramius LLC (US).

4.10pm     Sustainable growth: investing for the long term. Sean Lucy, head of carbon solutions group, National Australia Bank.

4.40pm      What investors think about alternatives in the current environment. Survey results presented by Jon Glass, principal, FineAnswers.

4.50pm      Liquidity – do super funds need to worry? Panelists: Ray King principal, Sovereign Investment Research, Tony Tuohey, trustee and investment committee chair, Vision Super, and John Gethin-Jones, CEO, Intech Investments. Chaired by Kevin Gundle, chief executive, Aurum Funds (UK).

5.20pm      Plenary sessions end.

5.20pm      Conference Close

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