MFA Forum 03
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DMAXX
Morgan Stanley Managed Futures
Sidley Austin LLP
Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC



Speakers and Sessions

Dr. Jerome Abernathy, Stonebrook Structured Products LLC
Cutting Edge Strategies for Funds of Funds: An Evolving Landscape

Mo Ahmadzadeh, Mitsui Bussan Commodities (USA) Inc.
Alternatives for Fine Living

Bernadette Budde, Senior Vice President, Business Industry Political Action Committee
Politics & Economics: How Main Street Affects Wall Street

John Burbank, Passport Capital
Opportunities and Challenges in Doing Business in India

Dermot Butler, Custom House Administration & Corporate Services Ltd.
The Changing Nature of Fund Administration

Peter Casey, The Altman Group, Inc.
Hedge Fund Activism

Drew Chapman, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP
The Changing Nature of Fund Administration

Brad Cole, Cole Asset Management, LLC.
Hedge Funds Today: Where Entrepreneurs Meet Institutions

Dana Comolli, DMAXX
Academic to Pragmatic: How to Make Research Pay Off in Your Portfolio

Ann Marie Davis, Citadel Solutions
The Changing Nature of Fund Administration

John DeSantis, Civic Capital Group
Unearth the Rewards of Socially Responsible Investing

A. Nicholas De Monico, Commonfund
Cutting Edge Strategies for Funds of Funds: An Evolving Landscape

Susan Ervin, Dechert LLP
Hedge Funds Today: Where Entrepreneurs Meet Institutions

Peter Fell, Kenmar Group Inc.
Unearth the Rewards of Socially Responsible Investing

David Franasiak, Partner, Williams & Jensen
Legal/Regulatory Update

Peter Fusaro, Global Change Associates Inc.
The New Green Financial Markets

John G. Gaine, MFA President
Legal/Regulatory Update

Damian Handzy, Investor Analytics
Academic to Pragmatic: How to Make Research Pay Off in Your Portfolio

Greg Hinz, Crain's Chicago Business
Politics and Economics: How Main Street Affects Wall Street

Brian Xavier Hurley, Horizon Cash Management LLC
Politics and Economies: How Main Street Affects Wall Street

Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal
Politics & Economics: How Main Street Affects Wall Street

Jim Kharouf, Editor, Environmental Markets Newsletter
Unearth the Rewards of Socially Responsible Investing

Jim Kirk, Chicago Tribune
Politics & Economics: How Main Street Affects Wall Street

Andrew Merrill, Finsbury Group
Hedge Fund Activism

John Mulvey, Princeton University
Academic to Progmatic: How to Make Research Pay Off in Your Portfolio

Cai Palmer, Wine at Five
Funds for Fine Living

Damien Park, Hedge Fund Solutions, LLC
Hedge Fund Activism

Natasha Pearl, Aston Pearl
Alternatives for Fine Living

Afroz Qadeer, Tapestry Asset Management
Opportunities and Challenges in Doing Business in India

Eliot Raffkind, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP
Legal/ Regulatory Update

Dev Raman, Tricolor
Opportunities and Challenges in Doing Business in India

Rich Rosenfeld, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Hedge Fund Activism

Anthony Ryan, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Department of the Treasury

Rich Sandor, Chicago Climate Exchange
How to Trade Weather, Energy and Emissions

Rick Sauer, Copper River Management
Hedge Fund Activism

David Sawyier, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Legal/Regulatory Update

Sanford Selman, Asia West LLC
Unearth the Rewards of Socially Responsible Investing

Michael Singer, Ivy Asset Management Corporation
Cutting Edge Strategies for Funds of Funds: An Evolving Landscape

Ron Suber, Spectrum Global Fund Administration
The Changing Nature of Fund Administration

Manish Thakur
, Hudson Fairfax Group
Opportunities and Challenges in Doing Business in India

Steve Vogt, Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc.
Hedge Funds Today: Where Entrepreneurs Meet Institutions

Andrew Weisman, Merrill Lynch
Academic to Pragmatic: How to Make Research Pay Off in Your Portfolio

John Wolfe, Mannahatta Partners, LLC
Cutting Edge Strategies for Funds of Funds: An Evolving Landscape

Sponsors List

Abraham Trading Company Aviva Capital Management Blue Star Jets Bode & Associates, Inc. Calyon Financial Campbell & Company, Inc. Chesapeake Capital Corporation Chicago Mercantile Exchange DMAXX DPM Mellon Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. FIMAT Group Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies Group IntercontinentalExchange Investor Analytics John W. Henry & Company, Inc. LaSalle Global Fund Services Man Financial Morgan Stanley Managed Futures New York Mercantile Exchange R.J. O'Brien Sidney Austin LLP Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP SSARIS Advisors, LLC Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC Welton Investment Corporation Winston & Strawn LLP

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