MFA Network 2024 - Boston | Managed Funds Association | 9 June 2024 | Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, USA

This event is a two-day focused networking and business development conference for the alternative investment industry.

The event will welcome financial industry leaders from around the globe, including leading institutional investors, allocators, fund managers, and service providers.

Join us for educational programming, peer-to-peer discussions, and invaluable 1:1 allocator connectivity.

This event's agenda offered panel discussions and roundtables on the key issues facing investment managers, including hedge funds, and their allocators. Speakers provided insight into the trends they’re watching in the broader financial markets and guidance on how investors can stay on top of shifting dynamics.

2024 Speakers

Sudhir Anantharaman
Chief Information Security Officer, AQR Capital Management

Orly Avidan
Head of Global Equities Distribution, Bank of America

Jan-Paul Bruynes
Partner, Akin

Brett Burns
Managing Director, Head of Global Market Sales – Boston, Bank of America

Pablo E. Calderini
President & Chief Investment Officer, Graham Capital Management

Nicholas C. Cassin
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Kevin Cole
CEO & CIO, Campbell

Bryan Corbett
President & Chief Executive Officer, MFA

Ronan Cosgrave
Partner, Albourne Partners

Molly Daniels
Director, Capital Introduction, UBS

Jonathan Danziger
Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

James A. David
Partner, The Baupost Group

Michael Dickenson
Director, Citi Capital Introductions

Peter Donovan
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, MFA

Daniel Ehrmann
Partner, Head of Restructuring, King Street

Charlie Flanagan
Head of Applied AI, Balyasny

Marc Friedberg
Managing Director, Wilshire Private Markets

Suzanne Gibbons
Managing Member, Davidson Kempner

Scott Gonsoulin
Director, Public Markets, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Cedric Henley
Partner and Chief Risk Officer of Specialty Finance, SLR Capital Partners

Paul Kamenski
Co-Head of Credit, Man Numeric

Michelle Kelner
Co-Founder / Senior Partner, Sandglass Capital Advisors LLC

Matt Kiraly
Global Head of Prime Finance Origination and Equity Finance Sales; Head of Securities Financing Sales, Americas, HSBC

Steve Klar
President, Wellington

Seth A. Klarman
CEO & Portfolio Manager, The Baupost Group

Kelly Koscuiszka
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Andy Kreuz
Deputy CIO WorldQuant & CEO, WorldQuant Millennium Advisors (WMA)

Geoffrey W. Levin
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Mitch Livstone
Chief Investment Officer, Arbitrage and Hedging Solutions, Fidelity Investments

Andrew W. Lo
QLS Advisors and MIT

Eli Manning
Two-Time Super Bowl Champion + MVP, Investor, Philanthropist, and Founder of Ten Till

Michael Medeiros
Macro Strategist, Wellington

Duncan Mégroz
Managing Director, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations, Real Estate Secondaries, Ares Management Corporation

Alex Michael
Managing Director, LionTree

Mike Monforth
Global Head, J.P. Morgan Capital Advisory Group

Joseph M. Morrissey
Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP

Sal Naro
CIO - Coherence Credit Strategies, Tiptree Advisors, LLC

Hon. Thomas R. Nides
Vice Chairman, Strategy & Client Relations, Blackstone

Tom Parker
Chief Investment Officer of Systematic Fixed Income, BlackRock

Darrel Pfeifauf
Vice President Asset Allocation and Risk, Advocate Health

Dr. Kiran Reddy
Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Life Sciences, Cambridge

Graham Rennison
Executive Vice President, Quantitative Portfolio Manager, PIMCO

Nora Richardson
Vice President, Membership & Investor Services, MFA

Andrea Romano
Head of Structure Credit Portfolio Management, Barclays

Jackie Rosner
Managing Director, Paamco Prisma

Rajesh Senapati
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners

Jeff Shen
Managing Director, Co-CIO and Co-Head of Systematic Active Equity, BlackRock

Woody Sherman
Chief Innovation Officer, Psivant Therapeutics

Karen Simeone
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, LLC

Alex Smith
Portfolio Strategist, Bridgewater Associates

James Smith
Director, BofA Securities

George Stathis
Head of Boston Markets Sales and Senior Relationship Manager, Citi

Aaron Stern
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Converium Capital

Anne-Sophie van Royen
Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Strategies, Asset Management One USA Inc.

Laura Tadvalkar
Managing Director, RA Capital Management

John Wright
Global Head of Credit, Bain Capital

Sina Yeganeh
Portfolio Manager, Hudson Bay Capital

David Zervos
Chief Market Strategist, Jefferies LLC

2024 Sponsors

PRIME PARTNERS:
• Akin
• BofA Securities
• Barclays
• Citi
• HSBC
• JP Morgan
• Schulte Roth + Zabel
• Sidley

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• UBS
• Fidelity Investments

GOLD SPONSORS:
• CME Group
• Lowenstein Sandler
• PIMCO
• Seward & Kissel LLP
• Societe Generale

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Arcesium

INDUSTRY SPONSORS:
• Delta
• Hedge Fund Alert
• HFR
• Preqin