Outlook 2018 | Managed Funds Association | 18 October 2018 | The Pierre, 2 E 61st St, New York, NY 10065, US

As the leading association of the global hedge fund industry, MFA convenes prominent alternative investment professionals, institutional investors, policy makers, investment counter parties, and service providers at the Outlook 2018 Conference, its hedge fund leadership conference, each fall in New York.

The Outlook 2018 Conference inspires a forward-looking dialogue on the critical issues impacting global investors and fiduciaries. The Outlook 2018 Conference program focuses on the global markets, public policy, the needs of institutional investors, and the key trends that foster change for alternative investments. The conference is comprised of over 400 top investors, fund managers and thought leaders from the global alternative investment community who convene to discuss and debate market trends and focus on where, why and how they are investing today.

2018 Speakers;

Jagdeep Singh Bachher
Chief Investment Officer, The Regents of the University of California

Dmitry Balyasny
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Balyasny Asset Management, L.P.

Josh Baumgarten
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Head of Credit, Angelo Gordon & Co.

Tony Berkman
Entrepreneur in Residence, Two Sigma Investments LP

Afsaneh M. Beschloss
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Rock Creek Group

Tony Blinken
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary Of State, WestExec Advisors

Nick Clapham
Managing Director and the Head of North American Alternatives Sector, State Street

Thijs Coenen
Managing Director Hedge Funds, Private Equity & Business Management, APG Asset Management

Jason Dillow
Chief Investment Officer, Halcyon Capital Management LP

Paul Galietto
Global Head of Prime Services and Head of Equities Americas, Credit Suisse

Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Tudor Investment Corporation

Philippe P. Laffont
Founder and Portfolio Manager, Coatue Management

Gideon Mann
Head of Data Science, Bloomberg

Michelle McCloskey
President of Americas, Man Group and President, Man FRM

Alberto G. Musalem
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Evince Asset Management LP

Marlin Naidoo
Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Introduction & Hedge Fund Consulting, Deutsche Bank

Sara E. Nainzadeh
Chief Investment Officer, Centenus Global Management, LP

Timothy O’Neill
Global Co-Head of the Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs

Andrew Palmer
Chief Investment Officer, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

James Pieri
Portfolio Manager; Head of Private Healthcare, Blue Mounatain Capital Management LLC.

Dr. Arvind Rajan, Ph.D.
Managing Director and Head of Global and Macro, PGIM Fixed Income

Peter Salvage
Global Head of Hedge Fund Services, Bank of New York Mellon Alternative Investment Services

Dr. Rachel Schutt
Co-head of Data Science and Managing Director, BlackRock

Mario A. Therrien
Senior Vice President–Strategic Partnerships–Developed Markets, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Carrie Thome
Chief Investment Officer, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Charles Van Vleet
Chief Investment Officer, Textron Inc.

Anthony Waskiewicz, Jr.
Chief Investment Officer, Mercy Health

Ash Williams
Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Florida State Board of Administration

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR
• Credit Suisse

PRIME PARTNERS
• Deutsche Bank
• J.P. Morgan

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• SOCIETE GENERALE

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• C boe
• citi
• pwc
• State Street

GOLD SPONSORS:
• BDO
• BNY Mellon
• First Republic Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• Lowenstein Sandler
• Wells Fargo Securities
• Proskauer

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BNP Paribas
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• SS&C Advent
• Grassi & Co.

INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Preqin
• EurekaHedge
• CAIA Association
• Hedge Fund Alert