AIMA Canada Investor Forum 2019 | Alternative Investment Management Association | 17 October 2019 | Delta Hotel, 75 Lower Simcoe St, Toronto, ON M5J 3A6, Canada

The 2018 Forum brought together over 300 attendees from Canada, USA and abroad, with one third representing the investor and allocator category. Keynotes included OTPP CEO Ron Mock, OMERS CEO Michael Latimer, and Galaxy Digital CEO & Founder Mike Novogratz, while 11 panels of leading experts covered current themes impacting hedge funds, private credit, private equity, real assets, managed futures and more, including due diligence, ESG, fintech and diversity trends. This year’s agenda will continue to bring fresh perspectives to address the key challenges confronting the industry and the latest trends in innovation.

By popular demand, we will again feature one-on-one networking opportunities run concurrently with the conference. Participants will be provided with access to the match-making platform one month before the event to begin scheduling 20-minute sessions to discuss their companies and services.

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Eileen Murray
Co-CEO, Bridgewater Associates, LP

Jonathan Hausman
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Michele Romanow
“Dragon”, CBC Dragons’ Den & Co-Founder & President, Clearbanc

Bertrand Millot
Vice-President and Chief Stewardship Investing Officer, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

SPEAKERS:

David Arnaud
CEO, AlphaBet Asset Management

François Audet
Senior Director and Co-head of the Credit & Private Investment Risk, PSP Investments

Rajiv Bakshi
Managing Director, Manulife Capital

Tim Baron
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Arif Bhalwani
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director , Third Eye Capital

Elena Boeva
Director, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Aflac Global Investments

Lee Brashear
Managing Director, Private Equity Investments, ​GCM Grosvenor

Adam Buzanis
Portfolio Manager, CAAT Pension Plan

Jimmy Castro
Director of investment Transaction & Operations, The Regents of the University of California

Julie Cays
Chief Investment Officer, Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) Pension Plan

Pierre Chamberland
Senior Director, Portfolio Construction team, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Alex Da Costa
Head of Investments, Prime Quadrant

James Garvey
Credit Opportunities, Portfolio Manager, Emso Asset Management Limited

Michael Haynes
Portfolio Manager, Beach Point Capital Management

Glenn Hubert
Managing Director, Private Credit, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

Thomas Kehoe
Director, Global Head of Research and Communication, AIMA

Jiri Krol
Global Head, Alternative Credit Council

Alexandra Krystal
Managing Director, Prime Services, CIBC Capital Markets

Jason Landau
Portfolio Manager, Waratah Capital Advisors

Devon Leckie
Sr. Principal, Private Equity, BCI

Greg Lemaich
Chief Operating Officer, Polar Asset Management Partners

Bruce Lourie
President, Ivey Foundation

Francoise Lyon
President & Managing Director, DGC Capital

Andrew McCreath
CEO & CIO, Forge First Asset Management

Eduardo Montes
CEO, MaCX Asset AG

Kate Murtagh
Chief Compliance Officer, Harvard Management Company, Inc.

Michelle Noyes
Head of Americas, AIMA

Jim Orlando
Managing Partners, Wittington Investments

Marc Potters
Chief Investment Officer, ​Capital Fund Management

Gregory Racz
President, MGG Investment Group LP

Hossein Rahnama
CEO, Fly Bits

Francois Rivard
President & CEO, Innocap Investment Management Inc

Xavier Rolet
CEO, CQS

Luigi Rossi
OTPP

Tarik Serri
Director, Hedge Fund & Alternative Investments, Air Canada Pension Investment

Kunjal Shah
Global Head of Hedge Fund Research, Lyxor Asset Management Inc.

Tehresa Shutt
Managing Director and CIO, Fiera Private Debt

Martha Tredgett
Canadian Representative, Belco/LGT Capital Partners

Andrew Torres
Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence Park Asset Management

Claire Van Wyk-Allan
Head of Canada, AIMA

Caitlin Walsh
Portfolio Manager, Thematic Investing | Active Equities, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Michael Weinberg
Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Alternative Alpha, APG Asset Management

John Wilson
Co-CEO, Managing Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager, Ninepoint Partners

Jamie Wise
President and Chief Executive Officer, Periscope Capital

Esther Zurba
Director, Castle Hall Diligence

2019 Sponsors

PANEL SPONSORS:
• CIBS
• Davies
• Emso
• GCM Grosvenor

CO-SPONSOR:
• Ogier
• MGG Investment Group
• Noah Canada Wealth Management Ltd

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• KPMG

BAG SPONSOR:
• Vistra

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Polar

GENERAL SPONSOR:
• SGGG Fund Services Inc.

BREAKFAST SPONSORS:
• Diligence Vault
• Global Asset Management

COFFEE BREAK SPONSORS:
• CIBC Mellon
• SS&C

PRE-FORUM EVENT SPONSOR:
• Scotiabank

DRINKS RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Societe Generale