Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ensure Your Fund is in Compliance with the Latest Regulations



The SEC has greatly expanded their review of hedge funds and have hired senior specialized examiners with experience in derivatives, trading, risk management and operations. If your job responsibilities include compliance, due diligence or risk management, you need to be fluent in the new regulations and latest requirements affecting hedge funds. That is why you should register for the 7thAnnual GAIM Ops Cayman. Take advantage of our best rates which expire Friday, January 27th.

GAIM Ops Cayman allows you to leverage relationships and learn from your peers at this preeminent gathering of hedge fund operational professionals. Most importantly for 2012, we’ve included over 5 hours of regulatory updates including: 

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Live SEC Video Conferences on Enforcement and Examinations 
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Implications of Hedge Fund Regulation on the Industry 
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Expanding scope of Insider Trading Liability 
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Understanding the new OTC Derivatives Rules 
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How to Prepare Form PF 
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Watch a Mock SEC Audit and learn where you are vulnerable 

Below is a sample of some of the top speakers we have presenting at GAIM Ops Cayman 2012:  

Investors 

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Mark Hannoush, Director, Operational Due Diligence, Investment Finance, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan 
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Elizabeth M. Hammack, Chief Counsel, CCO & Managing Director, C.M. Capital Corporation and Subsidiaries  
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Melanie Z. Pickett, Chief Operating Officer, Emory Investment Management  

Regulators/Associations 

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Carlo Di Florio, Director Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Securities and Exchange Commission 
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Valerie Szczepanik, Assistant Director, Asset Management Unit, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Enforcement Division 
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James McGovern, Deputy Chief - Securities Fraud Unit, US Attorney's Office  
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Stuart J Kaswell, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, General Counsel, Managed Funds Association  
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Daniel A. Driscoll, Chief Operating Officer, National Futures Association  
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Todd Groome, President, AIMA 
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Premier McKeeva Bush, Premier, Cayman Islands  

Hedge Funds/FOF 

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Leslie MacDonald, Legal & Regulatory Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, PAAMCO 
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Suzanne McDermott, CCO, Halcyon Asset Management  
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Kip Allardt, Chief Operating Officer, Discovery Capital Management, LLC 
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Tim Barefield, COO, Pershing Square Capital Managment, L.P.  
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Steve Farmer, Chief Compliance Officer, Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc.  
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Marc Baum, General Counsel and CCO, Serengeti Asset Management  
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Bruce Berger, COO/CFO, Atlantic Investment Management, Inc 
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Daniel M. Levinson, Partner, Chief Operating & Chief Financial Officer, Atalaya Capital Management LP  
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Andrew Kandel, Chief Compliance Officer & Co-General Counsel, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P 

Click here to view the complete list of speakers.

If you’re interested in speaking, please contact Kim Griffiths at kgriffiths@iirusa.com 

Be sure to register by January 27th to save up to $600! 

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