ALTSTX 2017 | Markets Group | 17 October 2017 | Tower Club - Dallas, 1601 Elm Street, 48th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75201, USA

Following in the footsteps of the highly successful ALTSLA conference, the West’s premier alternative investment conference moves South to the nations traditional energy powerhouse, Texas! ALTSTX will provide your company with an opportunity to market your brand and services to a highly engaged group of institutional investors, allocators, family offices and financial advisors who are evaluating and investing in alternative investments.

ALTSTX is developed and led by the CFA Society of Dallas, CAIA Texas and the Texas Hedge Fund Association. With their guidance and oversight, this one-day event will provide participants with an educationally focused agenda and will feature leading practitioners from the fields of private equity, venture capital, real estate, hedge funds, energy and other sectors of the alternative investment market. ALTSTX has been developed for:

• Institutional investors
• Financial advisors
• Family offices
• Asset managers
• Investment consultants
• Plan trustees
• Portfolio managers
• Research analysts

Keynote Speakers:

Michelle McCloskey
President of Americas at Man Group and President of Man FRM.

Bruce Zimmerman
former CEO and Chief Investment Officer of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO)

Eddie Fishman
Managing Director, the Chief Operating Officer, and a member of the Executive Committee

Ken Hersh
Co-Founder and Advisory Partner of NGP Energy Capital Management

Jim Chanos
Founder and Managing Partner of Kynikos Associates LP

Kyle Bass
Principal of Hayman Capital Management L.P. (Hayman)

Mark Yusko
Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management

Michael Silverman,
Co-Head & CIO, Crow Holdings Capital – Investment Partners

Speakers:

Jim Kee, Ph.D.
Chief Economist, South Texas Money Management

Joy Seth,
Investment Analyst, Employees Retirement System of Texas

Debra Brennan Tagg,
CFP® serves as Managing Partner at Brennan Financial Services in Dallas

David B. Miller,
Managing Partner & Founder, Encap Investments

Brian Weisenberger,
Executive Director, Ascendant Capital

Jason R. Safra
Senior Asset Manager for Texas Christian University’s Endowment

Brian Anderson
COO, CCO & Chief Risk Officer for Galapagos Partners, L.P

Dhruv Maniktala,
Chartered Financial Analyst®, is Vice President, Director of Global Investment Strategy at True North Advisors

Mike Nichols,
Senior Investment Officer, Texas Tech University System

Matt DenBleyker
Senior Vice President of Research for Fund Evaluation Group

William (Bill) J. Kelly,
CEO of the CAIA Association

Ken Shoji
Managing Director and the Chief Investment Officer of View Capital Advisors, LLC

Howell Hollis
CAIA, Director, Portfolio Manager, and member of Edge Capital’s Research Team

Joshua Wilson
Partner as well as Chief Investment Officer at WorthPointe

Carlos Chuioy, CFA,
Head of Risk Management and Applied Research at the Employees Retirement System of Texas

Panayiotis Lambropoulos
Portfolio Manager of Hedge Funds at the Employees Retirement System of Texas

Sarah Riley
President of the Texas Hedge Fund Association

• Gold Sponsors:
GPB Capital

• Silver Sponsors:
Lateral Investment Management
Antares Capital
The Options Industry Council
SUNRISE
First Trust
Probabilities Fund Management, LLC
OppenheimerFunds
Vernier Capital Partners
imagineer Technology Group