Hedge Fund Conference 2019 - New York | Agecroft Partners | 4 November 2019 | The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, USA

The first four Gaining the Edge events sold out well in advance. We expect this event to sell out with 650 registrations, including over 300 of the world's most influential investors in hedge funds. 11 panels and 6 hours of informal networking time will incite robust commentary and debate amongst hedge fund employees, investors, and others in the industry about the various ways to enhance the risk adjusted returns of a diversified hedge fund portfolio.

Unlike most hedge fund conferences featuring hedge fund managers who are heavily biased relative to their strategy, this conference will only feature leading hedge fund investors as panelists, who will provide insights about what hedge fund strategies look the most attractive given current capital market valuations and economic forecasts. Speakers include decision makers at pensions, endowments, foundations, institutional consultants, and funds of funds.

2019 Speakers

Greg Jones
CFA, Vice President Hedge Funds, 50 South Capital

Kevin Lyons
Senior Investment Manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Robert E. Kiernan III
Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Portfolio Management

Marcus Frampton, CFA, CAIA, FRM
Chief Investment Officer, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Allen Cheng
Associate Partner, Hedge Fund Research - New York Practice Lead, Aon

Michael Weinberg
CFA, Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Alternative Alpha, APG Asset Management US Inc.

Robert Kowalski, CFA
Managing Director, Beaumont Health

Jim McKee
Senior Vice President, Director of Head Fund Research, Callan

Jon Hansen
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Patrick Roy, CFA, FSA, FCIA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Public Assets, Canadian Medical Protective Association

Brian Jandrucko, CAIA
Managing Director, Global Public Equity and Hedge Funds, Church Pension Group

Adam J. Smith, CFA, CAIA
Director of Absolute Return & Real Assets, Cleveland Clinic

Chris Solarz, CFA, CPA, CAIA
Managing Director, Head of Global Macro Strategies, Cliffwater

David Scarozza
Managing Director - Head of Equities, Commonfund

Jonathan Glidden
Managing Director, Pensions, Delta Air Lines

Anthony M. Novara, CFA
Research Director - Global Hedge Fund Strategies & Capital Markets, DiMeo Schneider & Associates

Eric Golberg
Trustee, Investment Committee, ELCA Foundation

Salvatore Russo
Senior Vice President, Head of Research, EMM Wealth

Panayiotis Lambropoulos, CFA, CAIA, FRM
Portfolio Manager - Hedge Funds, Employees Retirement System of Texas

William S. Steele III
Managing Director & Director of Research, Evanston Capital

Katherine Molnar, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers' Retirement System

Derek Lublin
Portfolio Manager, Absolute Return Strategies, General Motors Asset Management

Meena Lakshman, CFA
Director of Investments, Helmsley Charitable Trust

Joe Tolen, CAIA
Director of Multi-Asset Strategies, Indiana Public Retirement System

Paul Zummo, CFA
Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder, JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management

Art Vinokur, CAIA
Managing Director, Head of Credit, Relative Value, and Event Driven Strategies, K2 Advisors

Bill Li, CFA, CAIA
Director of Portfolio Completion Strategies, MassPRIM

John Jackson, CFA
Principal, Hedge Fund Research, Mercer

Scott Warner
CFA, FRM, Managing Director and Partner, Paamco Prisma

Alifia Doriwala
Managing Director and Partner, RockCreek

Cedric Fan, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Russell Investments

Alexander Leiken
Senior Alternatives Manager Research Analyst, RVK, Inc

Kate Ottino
Director, Seven Bridges Advisors

Alan Snyder
Founder and Managing Partner, Shinnecock Partners

Shoaib Khan, CFA, CPA
Senior Portfolio Manager - Strategic Investments, State Board of Administration of Florida

Derek Drummond, CAIA
Portfolio Manager Alpha Funds, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Matthew Smagacz, CFA, FRM
Senior Investment Officer, State of Wyoming

Kirk Sims, CFA
Senior Investment Manager, Head of Emerging Manager Program, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Brian Payne, CAIA
Senior Hedge Fund Analyst, Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois

Dan Parker
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Texas Tech University

Karen Inal
Senior Portfolio Manager, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

John Sinclair
Managing Director, Diversifying Strategies, TIFF

Brian Walsh
Principal & Chief Strategist, Titan Advisors

Thierry Adant
Director, Head of Illiquid Credit, Investments, Willis Towers Watson

Jessica Nicosia
Vice President, Wilshire Associates

MODERTORS:

Jack Inglis
CEO, AIMA

Don Steinbrugge, CFA
Founder & CEO, Agecroft Partners

Doug Rothschild
President, Agecroft Partners

Cara Fleckenstein
Managing Director, Agecroft Partners

Sol Waksman
CEO, Backstop BarclayHedge Division

Dale Thompson
Partner, BDO

Patrice R Muller
Founding Partner, Crowe

Anatole Kaletsky
Founding Partner, Gavekal

Brian Farmer
Investment Management Practice Chair, Hirschler

Joseph Cassano
Partner, Withum

Julia La Roche
Senior Writer and Reporter, Yahoo! Finance

2019 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Gavekal
• Withum
• Backstop Solution
• Hirschler
• Crowe
• BDO

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Anchin
• Opus Fund Services
• Cipperman Compliance Services
• AlternativeSoft
• US Bank
• SS&C
• Exchange Data International
• Millennium Trust Company
• Grassi & Co

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Vidrio
• Cohen & Company
• BNY Mellon
• Cohen & Company
• Murano