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Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
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● The Vintage Wine Fund Ltd
● Guggenheim Advsiors
● Genspring Family Offices
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● PT HB Capital Indonesia
● Thien Viet Securities
● Treesdale Partners
● Monsoon Capital LLC
● Orchid Asia
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● Mekong Capital
● RAB Capital
● Vision Investment
● Wyser-Pratte & Co
● Morgan Stanley
● Polar Capital
● Qinhan Fund
● Aisling Analytics
● Algebra Capital
● Dragonback HK
● Liberty Ermitage
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● Jade Invest
● Opalesque
● Gottex
● BIBA
● DTMC
Guy Wyser-Pratte
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● CalPERS
● National University of Singapore
Investment Management
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● Pioneer Partners
● Purbeck Advisors
● MJE Advisors
● XL Capital
● BVIM
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Christophe Lee
Chairman
AIMA
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Peter Ferry
Co-Founder
WARD FERRY
MANAGEMENT
Key
Industry
Insight From
Louis-Vincent
Gave
Chief Executive
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GAVEKAL
Charles Dumas
Director and Head of
The World Service
LOMBARD STREET
RESEARCH
George Long
Partner
LIM ADVISORS
John Li
CIO & Founder
QINHAN FUND
Max Burger Calderon
Senior Partner, Chairman Asia
APAX PARTNERS
WORLDWIDE LLP
John Woods
Senior Fund
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RAB CAPITAL
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8.20
8.30
8.45
9.15
10.00
11.10
11.50
Day
1
7:30 Registration & Coffee
Monday, March 31st, 2008
MAIN CONFERENCE
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Keynote Opening Address:
Professor K.C. Chan
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, GovHK
Keynote Address
Where Does Asia Stand In 2008. How Is The Global & Regional Economy Impacting
HF Strategies And Their Success?
(speaker to be announced)
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
Keynote End-Investor Roundtable : What’s Our Outlook For 2008 and Beyond?
Moderator: Louis-Vincent Gave, Chief Executive Officer, GAVEKAL
Panellists: James Loh, Chairman
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Jeroen Schreur, President, ABP INVESTMENTS ASIA LTD
Michael F. Sullivan, Ph.D. Chief Investment Officer - Treasury Office Associate Professor:
Finance, College of Business, UNIVERSITY OF ST.THOMAS
Craig Dandurand, Investment Officer, CalPERS (tbc)
Investment
Veiw
Chris Li, Chief Investment Officer, LOCKHEED MARTIN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (tbc)
Tom Burke, Chief Operating Officer, XL CAPITAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS
Is Asia, Especially China, Finally De-Coupling From The US Market?
Charles Dumas
Director and Head of The World Service
LOMBARD STREET RESEARCH
10:40 Morning Coffee
MEET THE EXPERTS
Identifying Where Key Asia-Focussed Hedge Fund Strategies Are Going Over The Following Year:
Where Does The Added Value Lie?
ROADMAP TO THE REGIONS &
COUNTRY ROUNDTABLES
2:10
CHINA FOCUS
HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES
ASIA PACIFIC
QINHAN FUND
MARCO POLO FUND
GINGER CAPITAL
GREENWOODS ASSET
MANAGEMENT
UG INVESTMENT ADVISERS (tbc)
3:00
INDIA FOCUS
MARSHAL FUNDS
MONSOON CAPITAL LLC
KARMA CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC
LOTUS INDIA ASSET
MANAGEMENT
INDIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
4:20
VIETNAM FOCUS
INDOCHINA LAND
THIEN VIET SECURITIES
PRUDENTIAL VIETNAM FUND
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
MEKONG CAPITAL
BVIM
Moderator: Christophe Lee, Chairman, AIMA (HK Chapter)
Panellists:
George Long, Partner, LIM ADVISORS
John Woods, Senior Fund Manager, RAB CAPITAL
Peter Ferry, Co-Founder, WARD FERRY MANAGEMENT (tbc)
LI Gang, Founding Partner, CEPHEI ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND
Keynote Guest Speaker:
“Overcoming Disaster:
Drivers of Individual Determination On The Roof Of The World”
Paul Deegan
Everest Mountaineer and Award Winning Author
12.40 - Lunch
2:10 - Streams Commence
REGULATION,
RISK & OPERATIONS TASKFORCE
2:10
Regulator Roundtable
What Can The Asian Markets And
The Overseas Markets Learn From
Each Other? A Focus On Regulatory
Initiatives - Product Development,
Risk & Investor Safeguarding
Measures
CLIFFORD CHANCE
SEBI
SECURITIES & FUTURES
COMMISSION
BANK OF JAPAN
3:00
START UP FOCUS
The Trials & Tribulations Of Starting
A New Business In The Region:
Seeding, Capital Raising & Risk
Management
ASIA ALTERNATIVE ASSET
PARTNERS
PURBECK ADVISORS
DRAGONBACK HK
3:50 - Afternoon Tea
4:20
Credit Crunch Circle
Sub-Prime And The Issues For
Hedge Funds, Prime Brokers,
Regulators And Investors
COMPLIGLOBE LTD
4:45
Bankruptcy Focus
DMTC GROUP
5:20 - Day One Cocktail Reception - Sponsored by
8:00 - End-Investor Only Dinner
Economic
Outlook
Strategy
Focus
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
AND ASSET CLASSES
2:10
Private Equity In Asia – What’s The
Outlook? Will It Perform Better
Than In US & Europe?
ASIANINVESTOR
APAX PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LLP
ORCHID ASIA GROUP
MANAGEMENT
AXIOM ASIA PRIVATE
CAPITAL PTE LTD
CEL PARTNERS/CHINA EQUITY
LINKS
CLIFFORD CHANCE
3:00
Industry Brainstorm:
What Are The Opportunities And
Potential Pitfalls To Shareholder
Activism In Asia?
WYSER-PRATTE & CO
ADM CAPITAL
ICHIGO ASSET
MANAGEMENT LTD
4:20
Investigating Opportunities For
130/30 Funds In Asia -
And Potential Impacts On HFs
(speaker to be announced)
4:45
Investigating Managed Accounts
& Risk Mitigation
(speaker to be announced)
8.30 Welcome Coffee
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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9.00
9.30
11.40
Day
2
MAIN CONFERENCE
7:30am – 8:30am: BREAKFAST BRIEFING
Human Capital: Thought Leadership and Best Practices in The Search For Talent
John Breault
Co-Founder and Managing Director
MJE ADVISORS
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Colin Lunn, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Alternative Fund Services
HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES
China, QDII And Sovereign Funds –
An Essential Update And Implications For The Investment Community
Jennifer Johnson-Calari, Director, SOVEREIGN INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIPS (tbc)
Asset Allocation Drivers: What Are We Allocators Looking For In The Asia Space That’s Different To Ex-Asia?
Moderator: Kirby Daley, Head of Sales & Capital Introductions
FIMAT ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS – ASIA
Panellists:
10.00
Barry Timmins, Investment Analyst, LIGHTHOUSE PARTNERS
Jean Keller, CEO, 3A
Luis Rodriguez, Chief Risk Officer, THE MANHATTAN FAMILY OFFICE
Eliza Lau, CEO, SAIL ADVISORS LIMITED
Paul Heffner, Partner, AJIA PARTNERS
11.10
10:40 Morning Coffee
Out Of The Box Speaker:
“Taking Risk – From Peking to Paris –
Driving A 100 Year Old Bentley Half Way Round The World.”
Adam Hartley, STANDFAST CAPITAL
INTERACTIVE POLLING
AND DISCUSSION:
Where the real-time views of the audience are polled and commented on by our high-profile
panel members. This fantastic interactice session ensures the latest trends and
developments are under the spotlight
ROADMAP TO THE REGIONS &
COUNTRY ROUNDTABLES
2:00
JAPAN FOCUS
DRAKE MANAGEMENT LLC,
NEW YORK
ARCUS INVESTMENT LIMITED
POLAR CAPITAL
2:50
MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA
AND EMERGING ASIA
ALGEBRA CAPITAL
3:15
INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES &
MALAYSIA
PT HB CAPITAL INDONESIA
4:00
AUSTRALIA
HATFIELD LIPTAK ADVISORS
4:30
KOREA
ATLANTIS INVESTMENT
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
ADVISORS tbc
12.40 - Lunch
2:00 - Streams Commence
ESOTERIC FUNDS FOCUS
2:00
A) Wine
THE VINTAGE WINE FUND LTD
2:30
B) Media & Entertainment
RELIANCE ADA GROUP (tbc)
3:00
C) Art
THE ART TRADING FUND
3:40 - Afternoon Tea
4:00
Delegate Quickfire Showcase
Fun, informal and effective.
Cheer on 10 top esoteric/new funds
and see what the friendly
end-investor adjudicators give for
style and content.
5:00 - Day Two Cocktail Reception - Sponsored by
One-Day Summit:
The China
Alternatives Forum
Wednesday 2nd April, 2008
FUND OF FUNDS,
MULTIMANAGER & NEW
DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY LABS
2:00
Interactive Debate:
Multistrategies vs.
Fund Of Funds. Who’s The
Better Bet For The Investor?
TREESDALE PARTNERS LLC
ARTRADIS FUND
MANAGEMENT PTE LTD
GENSPRING FAMILY OFFICES
2:50
Where Are The New High
Performing Asian Focussed
Managers Coming From? New
Thinking In Manager Selection
In The Asian Sector
GUGGENHEIM ADVISORS
ERMITAGE
KGR CAPITAL
VISION INVESTMENT
4:00
The Myth Of Scalability?
How Do You Build A Scalable And
Sustainable Asian Business Model
For An Asian Fund Of Funds?
GOTTEX FUND
MANAGEMENT
Workshop:
How To Navigate A Prime
Brokerage Agreement
Wednesday 2nd April, 2008

Day Three: Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
9:00 Registration & Coffee
9:20 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
9:30
Investigating The Interaction Of HK and
China's Stock Market And Fund Industry -
And How HFs Can Benefit From Such
Interaction Stephen Po, Senior Director of Intermediaries
& Investment Products
SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION
Mr Po is a senior director of the Intermediaries and
Investment Product Division of Securities and Futures
Commission. He is also a director of Investor
Compensation Company Limited, which is set up for
the purpose of overseeing investor compensation fund. Mr Po has
been administering securities and futures regulation since 1989. He has
primary responsibility for ongoing supervision of financial intermediaries
engaged in securities and futures business in Hong Kong.
10:00
Financial Engineering and Product
Development In China’s Markets – How Will
This Benefit China’s Financial Landscape And
Help The Investor?
(speaker to be announced)
10:30 Morning Coffee
11:00
Strategies Focus
Identifying Differentiation And Finding The
Alpha In The China Market. Accessing
Chinese Markets – What Is On The Horizon?
And What’s Hot?
Khiem Do
Head of Asian Multi-Asset
BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT (HONG KONG)
Khiem is responsible for the management of a number of specific
Asian portfolios, and all Multi-Asset portfolios for clients located in
Asia. He was appointed to become a member of the Strategic Policy
Group, the company’s global macro research and asset allocation
team in 2006. He has been a co-manager of the Baring China
Absolute Return (long-short hedge fund) since July 2004.
Kent McCarthy, CEO
JAYHAWK CAPITAL
Mr. McCarthy founded Jayhawk Capital Management in 1995.
Previously Kent worked for Goldman Sachs in New York and San
Francisco from 1984 to 1994 in the Private Client Services Division.
Kent also served on the Stone Street Investment Committee which
oversaw Goldman Sachs’ private equity investments. Kent left
Goldman Sachs in 1994 to found and teach Applied Portfolio
Management at the University of Kansas School of Business prior to
founding Jayhawk. Kent began personally investing in Mainland
China when the markets opened up to foreigners in 1993.
James Soutar, CFA, Executive Director
FRONTPOINT MANAGEMENT (HK)
Matthias Knab
Director
OPALESQUE LIMITED
Day Three: Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
Country Focus:
The China Alternatives Summit
11:50
How To Build A China Allocation In A
Diversified Fund Of Funds
John Knox
Director
KGR CAPITAL
Before founding KGR Capital John Knox was involved in derivatives
for most of his career, most recently at JPMorgan, where he was
responsible for their Securitized Derivatives initiative in Hong Kong.
John chairs the Investment Committee and is registered as a
"Responsible Officer" with the SFC.
Donald Leung
Partner
ABS
Brad Durham
Managing Director
EPFR GLOBAL
Umar Khan
CDK GROUP
12:40
Lunch
2:00
QDII
How Has The Market Adapted To Recent
Developments And How Will The Latest
Offshore Investment Deregulation Impact
China’s Offshore Investment Regulatory
Framework?
• Update on the regulatory landscape of QDII business
• Related issues on the competition, distribution channels,
RMB appreciation, risk control and operational solutions
• Assessing the position of Hong Kong as a QDII
investment platform and opportunities for global fund
managers
Moderator
Taylor Hui
Partner
DEACONS
Taylor has extensive experience in the authorisation of unit trusts
and mutual funds for public sale in Hong Kong (including the first
retail China A-shares fund and the first fund of hedge funds), and the
establishment of investment funds and private equity funds in
offshore jurisdictions. He actively advises global managers on China
joint ventures, QFII and QDII matters, NSSF and Chinese insurance
companies mandates.
Panellists:
Astrid Gehoel-Ceelen
Head of QDII - Managing Director
FORTIS INVESTMENTS
Astrid Gehoel-Ceelen has worked with Fortis Investments since
1998 and was responsible for developing the business within the
segment of institutional investors in the Netherlands. She moved to
China early this year to head the business development on QDII.
Previously she worked with AEGON, both on the insurance and
asset management side.
Allen Wang
BLACKROCK
(invited)
9:00 Registration & Coffee
9:20 Workshop Commences
• The hedge fund-prime brokerage relationship
• The strategy, securities and markets for the hedge fund
• RFP process to select a prime broker(s)
• Relationship between investment manager, administrator and prime broker
• The US and non-US hedge fund models
• Analysing a prime brokerage agreement
• Relationship to offering memorandum
• Prime brokerage operation
• Key clauses in the PBA
• Other agreements and key clauses (ISDAs and CSAs, GMSLAs)
• How certain events play out under the key clauses
2:45
QFII
Capital Restriction Focus. How Can The Terms
Of QFII Be Made More Flexible For The
Foreign Investor?
• The story so far
• Barriers to entry
• What can we expect next?
Moderator: Mark Shipman, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE
Mark has extensive experience advising on onshore and offshore
regulated and unregulated funds in the Middle East, the UK and
Asia. Mark has worked with fund managers, sponsors,
trustees/custodians and investors on all types of funds and is
experienced advising banks and asset management companies on
PRC QFII and QDII matters.
Panellists:
Duncan Jepson, Deputy Counsel
ING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASIA
After a position at Citigroup Global Asset Management as Regional
Legal Counsel, he moved to ING Asia Pacific in 2004. He is now
Deputy General Counsel at ING Asia Pacific and the counsel
responsible for ING Investment Management Asia Pacific.
James Wang, Executive Director
UBS INVESTMENT BANK
James Wang is an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank and
with the position of Head of Asia Cash Equity Operations. In his
capacity, he is supervising the bank's cash equity operations in all
Asian markets. Before joining UBS, he has worked for Merrill Lynch,
Goldman Sachs and Citibank in Taiwan and Hong Kong. James hold
an MBA degree from City University of New York.
Jessie Leung, Executive Director
MORGAN STANLEY
Jessie joined Morgan Stanley in March 1997. Her current
responsibility is to support the Firm’s business initiatives in China.
She was involved in the acquisition of Morgan Stanley Bank
International (China) Ltd (formerly known as Nantung Bank Ltd) in
2005. Prior to the current role, she was responsible for various
processing functions within Operations.
3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:50
The Outlook For China’s Demand For
Commodities
• Why should you invest in commodities?
• Tracking new money flows
• Drivers of return
Kirby Daley
Head of Sales & Capital Introductions
FIMAT ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS –
ASIA
See page 6 for biographical details
Michael Colemen, Managing Director
AISLING ANALYTICS
4:20
IPOs & Private Equity In China
Ludvig Nilsson
Managing Partner
JADE INVEST
4:50
Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Final; Q&A
5:00
Close of China Alternatives Summit
Post Conference Half Day Workshop:
How To Navigate A Prime Brokerage Agreement
Wednesday April 2nd: 9:00am - 1:00pm
12:30 Final Q&A
1:00 Workshop Closes
About Your Workshop Leader
Mark Berman
Founder & Principal
COMPLIGLOBE LTD
Mark advises and conducts training programmes for listed companies, investment managers,
multi-national banks, investment firms, hedge funds and regulators on SEC practice outside
the United States and cross-border regulatory, compliance and AML matters.
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DAY
1
4
Day One: Monday 31st March, 2008
7:30 Registration & Coffee
8:20
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
8:30
Keynote Welcome Address:
Professor K.C. Chan
Secretary for Financial Services and
the Treasury
GovHK
Before assuming the post of Secretary for Financial
Services and the Treasury, Professor Chan was Dean
of Business and Management of the Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Prior to joining the
HKUST Business School in 1993, Professor Chan had spent nine
years teaching at Ohio State University in the USA. Professor Chan
received his bachelor's degree in economics from Wesleyan
University and both his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in finance from the
University of Chicago. He is specialized in assets pricing, evaluation
of trading strategies and market efficiency and has published
numerous articles on these topics.
8:45
Key Address:
Where Does Asia Stand In 2008. How Is The
Global & Regional Economy Impacting HF
Strategies And Their Success?
9:15
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
Keynote End-Investor Roundtable:
What’s Our Outlook For 2008
And Beyond?
• Does the world need a booming US consumer to grow?
• Does the world need easy credit to grow?
• Do financial markets need easy money to make new highs?
• With extreme valuations for traditional equities in Asia, will
alternatives be the next strong market?
• Are PE and hedge fund strategies converging in market
products?
• Is Real Estate in Asia a worthwhile investment given
regulatory concerns? Will Real Estate and PE converge?
• Is there more than one Asia market, by region or country?
Moderator:
Louis-Vincent Gave
Chief Executive Officer
GAVEKAL
Louis-Vincent left Paribas in 1999 to launch GaveKal
Research with Charles and Anatole in London. In 2002,
he left the London office and returned to Hong Kong;
the idea at the time was that Asia was set to become
an ever more important factor in global growth and that, consequently,
GaveKal needed to offer its clients more information, and more ideas,
relating to Asia. Louis-Vincent contributes frequently to the research
and was the main author of our books Our Brave New World and The
End is Not Nigh. Louis-Vincent manages the overall business from the
main office in Hong Kong.
Panellists:
James Loh
Chairman
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
James Loh is the founder and Chief Executive Officer
of JL Capital Pte Ltd, an asset management company
based in Singapore. Since 2000, James has been
serving the National University of Singapore (NUS), where his
current roles are member of the Board of Trustee; BOT Executive
Committee; the Entrepreneur Committee, and Chairman of the
Investment Committee. In these capacities, James helped revamp
the investment process of NUS and formulated investment
strategies and policies which helped to grow its endowment fund to
its current value of SGD3 billion.
Jeroen Schreur
President
ABP INVESTMENTS ASIA LTD
Jeroen is the President of ABP Investments Asia, Ltd
located in Hong Kong. He is responsible for ABP’s Asian
investments with a primary focus on Real Estate and
Infrastructure investments. He began his career working
at Philips Pension Fund in 1995 as a Quantitative Research Analyst and
built their Tactical Asset Allocation Model. In 1999, he joined ABP
Investments in the Netherlands as Fund Manager European Equities (€
27bn AUM). Then in 2003 relocated to New York to become the
CFO/COO of ABP Investments US, Inc.
Michael F. Sullivan, Ph.D. Chief Investment
Officer - Treasury Office Associate Professor:
Finance, College of Business
UNIVERSITY OF ST.THOMAS
Since July 2000, Michael F. Sullivan has been the Chief
Investment Officer of the University of St. Thomas
(UST) in Minnesota and also an Associate Professor in
Finance of the College of Business at UST. He is responsible for the
investment of almost $425,000,000 in university funds and the
management of $170,000,000 in university debt. He teaches classes
in investment and corporate financial management and multinational
business in the graduate programs of the College of Business.
Day One: Monday 31st March, 2008
gaimAsia MAIN CONFERENCE
Investment
Veiw
Craig Dandurand, Investment Officer
CalPERS (tbc)
Mr. Dandurand works for CalPERS - the California Public Employees'
Retirement System - where he operates as an investment officer in the
Risk Managed Absolute Return Strategies (RMARS) Program, which
manages approximately $4 billion in assets. In his role as Investment
Officer, Mr. Dandurand is responsible for overseeing all aspects of
CalPERS's relationships with international fund-of-hedge-fund
managers. He also assists with analysis and monitoring of the RMARS
Program's existing and potential direct hedge fund investments.
Chris Li, Chief Investment Officer
LOCKHEED MARTIN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
COMPANY (tbc)
Tom Burke, Chief Operating Officer
XL CAPITAL INVESTMENT PARTNERS
10.00
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK:
Is Asia, Especially China, Finally De-Coupling
From The US Market?
• If the rising euro slows Europe, what happens to Asian
exports?
• What is happening to Asian domestic demand?
• Are Asian stock markets in fact re-coupling after de-coupling
(downwards) in the 1990s?
Charles Dumas
Director and Head of The World Service
LOMBARD STREET RESEARCH
Charles Dumas has extensive experience as a
business economist and financial markets
professional. In the 1980s he was Head of Research
for JP Morgan in London. In the mid-to-late 1970s he
was Director of European Economics for General Motors. Before
that he worked on tax reform for the Conservative Party and the UK
Government. He was a Managing Director in JP Morgan's New York
M&A department from 1988 to 1992 and has worked in its capital
markets group in New York and London. Charles's work covers all
international economies and his particular focus is the US and China.
He has recently published his first book, The Bill from the China
Shop, together with Diana Choyleva.
10:40 Morning Coffee
11.10
MEET THE EXPERTS
Identifying Where Key Asia-Focussed Hedge
Fund Strategies Are Going Over The
Following Year: Where Does The Added
Value Lie?
Moderator:
Christophe Lee
Chairman
AIMA (HK Chapter)
Christophe Lee is the Chairman of The Alternative Investment
Strategy
Focus
Management Association Limited (“AIMA”), Hong Kong Chapter. He
is also is the CEO of SHK Fund Management Ltd. ("SHKFM"). SHKFM
is a fully owned subsidiary of SHK Financial Group, a listed company
on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a leading integrated financial
services conglomerate. Prior to joining SHKFM in 2000, he was an
Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.
Panellists:
George Long, Partner
LIM ADVISORS
George Long is the founder of the LIM Group which is
an Asian based investment management firm with
offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Beijing. Prior to setting
up LIM in 1995, Mr. Long was the managing director
and chief investment officer of the Asian operations of
what is now Barclays Global Investors (BGI).
John Woods, Senior Fund Manager
RAB CAPITAL
John Woods joined the Company in 2007 to establish
the Asian Fixed Income Opportunity Fund. John has
some twenty years professional experience in credit
risk, with special focus on Asia-Pacific. He will comanage
this strategy with Mohamed Siddeeq.In
1998-2003, John was Asia’s highest ranked credit strategists by
Institutional Investor, Greenwich Surveys, etc. Prior to RAB, he spent
11 years at HSBC as Global Head of Credit Research and Strategy;
and Managing Director, Head of Absolute Returns Proprietary
Trading.
Peter Ferry, Co-Founder
WARD FERRY MANAGEMENT (tbc)
Prior to the establishment of Ward Ferry, Mr. Ferry was Fixed
Income Investment Specialist and Chief Marketing Officer at Lloyd
George Management. Mr. Ferry has over 22 years of investment
banking experience in both, equity research, and sales and trading.
He has spent the last 15 years in Asia. Mr. Ferry was an Executive
Director and Head of Fixed Income Sales for Non-Japan Asia for
Morgan Stanley from 1987 to 1992, and for Credit Suisse First
Boston from 1992 to 1996.
LI Gang, Founding Partner
CEPHEI ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND
Prior to founding Cephei in August 2006, Li was the Managing
Director and Head of Sales & Trading Department of China
International Capital Corporation (“CICC”). He set up CICC’s Sales
and Trading business and built it into a US$170 million revenue
generator by the time he left CICC in 2006.
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11:50
Keynote Guest Speaker:
“Overcoming Disaster: Drivers of Individual
Determination On The Roof Of The World”
• The one question that's always worth asking
• A trick of the mind to remove the fear of failure
• Why the best way to achieve your ambition is to forget about it
Paul Deegan
Everest Mountaineer and
Award Winning Author
In 1988, at the age of 18, Paul Deegan co-led a
47 strong expedition to deal with three decades
of rubbish that had accumulated at Everest Base
Camp. So began a 15 year quest to reach the
summit of the world's highest mountain. After
climbing to within one day of the summit in
1995, Paul made a second attempt in 1996 and
became embroiled in the now infamous ‘Into Thin Air’ climbing
season which claimed the lives of 11 climbers – the worst disaster
in the mountain's history. He vowed never to return. Eight years
later, Paul decided to face his fears and return to Everest in a final
attempt to fulfil his ambition.
12:40 Lunch
2:10 - Streams Commence
Stream A
ROADMAP TO THE REGIONS & COUNTRY
ROUNDTABLES
2:10
CHINA FOCUS
• De-regulation issues
• Tracking growth in domestic consumption
• What are the prospects for China?
• What are the barriers to entry now?
Moderator: Eric Chow
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Alternative Fund Services
HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES ASIA PACIFIC
With years of experience in asset management and the banking
industry, Eric served his directorship at a number of asset management
houses in Hong Kong. Previously, he was the director of Tanrich Asset
Management Ltd and managing director of Haussmann International
Asia Limited, an asset management arm of the Deutsche Bank Group.
Panellists
John Li, CIO & Founder
QINHAN FUND
John Huaizhong Li is the Founder and CIO of Qinhan Capital
Management LLC, an alternative asset management firm focused
on China. John has over 12 years experience in Chinese and US
securities markets. He has formerly worked at Deutsche Bank New-
York, Southern China Fund Management LTD, and Simon Murray &
Co. (China).
Aaron Boesky, CEO & Founder
MARCO POLO INVESTMENTS
Aaron has ten years experience in Portfolio Management and
Commercial Real Estate in the United States at Rosenberg
Investments and in China as CEO of Marco Polo Investments. He
has been dedicated to the Chinese markets since 2001 and as the
founder of Marco Polo Investments in 2004.
Xu Yanping, CEO, GINGER CAPITAL
YanPing has over 17 years’ experience in a broad range of financial
markets. During this time, she developed extensive connections
with key individuals in organizations and companies across the
region, particularly in Greater China. From 1998 – 2003 she was at
Goldman Sachs as an Executive Director in its Investment
Management Division. At Goldman she was responsible for
managing more than US$500 million assets for ultra-high net worth
individuals and institutions.
Ted Chen, Director
GREENWOODS ASSET MANAGEMENT
Mr. Chen is a partner of Greenwoods Asset Management, he has
over 17 years’ professional experience in financial market.. In 1994, he
was relocated to Hong Kong expanding the coverage to the regional
markets. Ted has furnished a weekly column for the Asian Wall Street
Journal on the Hang Seng Index for three years during 1994 and 1997.
Richard Fan, Partner
UG INVESTMENT ADVISERS (tbc)
3:00
INDIA FOCUS
• Strategies in play and growth opportunities
• SEBI update
• Where is the talent coming from now?
• Lessons learnt in 2007 – and forecasts for 2008
Murthy Nuni, Managing Director
MARSHAL FUND PARTNERS PTE LTD
In August 2004 he launched the Marshal Asia Opportunities Fund, an
Asian long short equity fund with India focus. Founding Partner of
Springboard Harper Technology Fund, a $70 M Singapore based
Private equity fund supported by Singapore Govt’s TIF Ventures in
year 2000.
Rishi Kohli, Portfolio Manager
MONSOON CAPITAL LLC
Rishi Kohli is a Portfolio Manager at Suyash Advisors, the India
advisors to Monsoon Capital. Rishi’s sell-side experience in the
Indian capital markets goes back to 2001. Prior to Suyash, he was
Head of Equity Derivatives at SSKI Securities, one of the largest
domestic institutional brokerages.

DAY
1
Nandita Agarwal Parker
Principal
KARMA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Nandita Agarwal Parker - Principal, has 15 years of combined
experience in asset management and equities research. Prior to
launching Karma, Ms. Parker was Investment Manager at Aeneas
Capital LLC, a $250 million International fund and Investment
Manager – Emerging Markets at SAC Capital Management LP, a
multi-billion dollar Investment fund complex.
Ajay Bagga
CEO
LOTUS INDIA ASSET MANAGEMENT
Ajay has over 17 years of experience in the financial services
segment, having worked with global giants like Citigroup and
General Electric as well as asset managers like Pioneer ITI and
Kotak Mahindra. In 2005, Ajay was shortlisted by Business India
magazine as one of the “Young Stars of the Future” in India.
Dr Jon Thorn
Portfolio Manager
INDIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Dr. Jon Thorn is the longest serving India-only investment manager,
he has invested in India since 1994.. He is the Portfolio Manager of
the India Capital FundSM, an offshore fund with Institutional and
HNW investors and of its Investment Advisor, India Capital
ManagementSM. The Fund has an 13-year track record of
significant index and peer group out performance.
Rushabh Sheth
ANATARA ASSET MANAGEMENT
3:50 Afternoon Tea
4:20
VIETNAM
FOCUS
• Recent regulatory changes
• Too much capital, not enough opportunities?
• What strategies are best performing?
• Why consider Vietnam?
• The immediate vs. the long term outlook
Richmond Mayo-Smith III
Chief Representative
INDOCHINA LAND
Mr. Mayo-Smith is the CEO of Indochina Land, the manager of
Indochina Land Holdings, a $42 million fund focused on making
investments in residential, office and hotel projects in Vietnam.
Indochina Land is a division of Indochina Capital, a leading merchant
bank that has been investing in Vietnam for the past 12 years and
has developed and financed a number of successful real estate
projects valued at over US$500 million.
Spencer White
Board Member
THIEN VIET SECURITIES
Prior to joining the Board of TVS in 2007 Spencer White was a
Managing Director of Merrill Lynch. Having joined the Asia Pacific
Group in 1999 he became the Chief Regional Equity Strategist in
2002. During his tenure he was responsible for producing extensive
reports on frontier markets across the region. His work on Vietnam
in early 2006 marked the beginning of the wave of foreign
institutional interest in the country’s developing capital markets.
Alex Hambly
CEO & CIO
PRUDENTIAL VIETNAM FUND MANAGEMENT
COMPANY
Alex joined Prudential Vietnam in Jan 2003. Prior to that, he spent 4
years with Actis in London and Singapore. Prior to that, spent 4
years with HSBC Private Equity in India.
Chris Freund
Managing Director
MEKONG CAPITAL LTD
Chris is the founder and largest shareholder of Mekong Capital, and
employee owned investment management company established in
2001. Mekong Capital manages two private equity funds, the
Mekong Enterprise Fund, and the Mekong Enterprise Fund II, and
one privatisation fund, the Vietnam Azalea Fund. Prior to forming
Mekong Capital, Chris was a VP and Portfolio Manager with
Templeton Asset Management Ltd.
Dr. Thomas F. Lanyi, CFA
Portfolio Manager/ Investment Committee Member
BIDV-Vietnam Partners Investment Management JVC
(BVIM)
5:10 Close of Session
2:10
Stream B
REGULATION, RISK & OPERATIONS
TASKFORCE
Regulator Roundtable
What Can The Asian Markets And The
Overseas Markets Learn From Each Other? A
Focus On Regulatory Initiatives - Product
Development, Risk & Investor Safeguarding
Measures
• Regulation of retail hedge funds: Europe, US and Asia
Day One: Monday 31st March, 2008
gaimAsia MAIN CONFERENCE
• Hedge fund advisers and managers: are Asian regulators in
line with the global approach?
• Regulators' approach to market entry: HK, India, Japan and
China
• Managing and regulating for macro and systemic risk
• Recent joint and other regulatory initiatives
Moderator:
Mark Shipman, Partner
CLIFFORD CHANCE
Mark has extensive experience advising on onshore and offshore
regulated and unregulated funds in the Middle East, the UK and
Asia. Mark has worked with fund managers, sponsors,
trustees/custodians and investors on all types of funds and is
experienced advising banks and asset management companies on
PRC QFII and QDII matters.
Panellists:
Dr.TC Nair, Whole Time Member
SEBI
Dr T C Nair served the Reserve Bank of India in
different capacities for about two and a half decades
from 1978 to 2004. He worked in the Bank’s Internal
Debt Management Department and Department of
External Investment & Operations in senior positions
before he took voluntary retirement from RBI. He has been with SEBI
since 2006.
Alexa Lam
Member of the Board & Executive Director of
Intermediaries and Investment Products
Division
SECURITIES & FUTURES COMMISSION
Alexa Lam is a member of the Board of the Hong
Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the
Executive Director of the SFC’s Intermediaries and Investment
Products Division. Apart from being an ardent advocate for strong
intermediaries that embrace high standards of conduct, integrity and
service, Ms Lam has led numerous initiatives to develop the
regulatory framework to enable new financial products, including
Hedge Funds, to be introduced to retail investors in Hong Kong.
Tokiko Shimuzu
Head of Surveillance of Major Financial
Groups, Financial Systems and Bank
Examination Department
BANK OF JAPAN
Tokiko has been with the Bank of Japan since 1987,
and former positions have been held in the Institute
for Monetary and Economic Studies (1994-1999), and Financial
Markets Departmet (1999-1007).
3:00
START UP FOCUS
The Trials & Tribulations Of Starting A New
Business In the Region: Seeding, Capital
Raising & Risk Management
Paul Smith
Chief Executive Officer
ASIA ALTERNATIVE ASSET PARTNERS
Paul is CEO of Asia Alternative Asset Partners Ltd (known for short
as Triple A Partners). This is a Fund Management Platform that
provides equity investment, seeding and global fund distribution for
asset managers who are solely focused on investment into Asia.
Nick Paris
PURBECK ADVISORS
Nick has specialised in launching and raising money for Asian
investment funds since the early 1990’s. Initially he focussed on
long only equity funds but for the last 6 years he has specialised in
hedge funds and hedge funds of funds.
Philip Tye, Partner & Chief Operating Officer
DRAGONBACK HK
Phil is a partner and Chief Operating Officer of Dragonback Capital,
an equity multi-strategy hedge fund manager based in Hong Kong.
Dragonback launched their first fund in March 2007. Phil joined
Dragonback from PMA where he was Chief Financial Officer for
three years and prior to that he was a director with Credit Suisse in
the prime brokerage group in Asia Pacific.
3:50
Afternoon Tea
4:20
Credit Crunch Circle
Sub-Prime And The Issues For Hedge Funds,
Prime Brokers, Regulators And Investors
• Exploring the factors that gave rise to the crisis: easy credit,
financial engineering, collateral, removal of regulatory barriers,
globalisation, exponential growth in securitisation
• Review how phase 1 of the crisis unfolded
• Risks to global financial stability in phase 2 (FY 2007 audited
financials) and beyond
• Fixes and fallout
Mark Berman
Founder & Principal
COMPLIGLOBE LTD
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4:45
BANKRUPTCY FOCUS
William Jones, Director, DMTC GROUP
5:10 Close of Session
2:10
Stream C
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
AND ASSET CLASSES
Private Equity In Asia – What’s The Outlook?
Will It Perform Better Than In US & Europe?
• Asia investment scenario: looking beyond the obvious
• Capital market opportunities
• Private equity: multisector growth
Moderator:
Jame DiBiasio, Editor
ASIANINVESTOR
Jame DiBiasio is editor of AsianInvestor, a monthly
magazine based in Hong Kong covering the asset
management industry, and of its affiliated website,
www.asianinvestor.net, which is updated daily.He has been editor
since AsianInvestor was founded in 2000. Prior to that he was a
reporter at Institutional Investor Newsletters, first in New York and
then in Hong Kong, where he served as bureau chief.
Panellists:
Max Burger-Calderon
Senior Partner, Chairman Asia
APAX PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LLP
Apax Partners is one of the world’s leading private equity investment
groups dedicated to high performance, entrepreneurial businesses. In
late 2005, Max launched the Apax office in Hong Kong as a first step
in building Apax’s presence in Asia, and in November 2006 the office
in Mumbai was launched.
Gabriel Li, Managing Director
ORCHID ASIA GROUP MANAGEMENT
Mr. Gabriel Li is the Managing Director and Investment Committee
Member of Orchid Asia Group Management, a private equity firm
focused on investing in China and Asia for over the past 10 years.
He led the first round investment in Ctrip International and Eachnet
(sold to EBAY) for Orchid Asia and is also currently the Vice
Chairman of the Board and Director of Ctrip International.
Chihtsung Lam, Managing Director
AXIOM ASIA PRIVATE CAPITAL PTE LTD
Chihtsung Lam is founder and Managing Director of Axiom Asia Private
Capital, an Asia focused private equity fund of funds management firm.
Prior to founding Axiom, Chihtsung Lam was Executive Vice President
at GIC Special Investments, one of the world’s largest and most
reputable private equity investors. He was a member of its global
Investment Committee and management committee.
André Loesekrug-Pietri, Managing Partner
CEL PARTNERS/CHINA EQUITY LINKS
André is Managing Partner and participated in the creation of China
Equity Links, the first independent continental Europe private equity
fund for China. He has close to ten years of private equity and M&A
experience and previously set-up and managed Burelle Participations,
private equity arm of Burelle SA and developed Jaccar Capital Fund
(PE fund with more than 50 M$ for Vietnam and China).
Andrew Whan, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE
Andrew’s practice specialises in private equity, representing a
number of the leading private equity and alternative investment
funds and other financial and strategic investors in connection with
their activities throughout the region. He has recently advised on
landmark award-winning transactions in China, Hong Kong, Macau,
India, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan.
3:00
PRIVATE
EQUITY
Industry Brainstorm
What Are The Opportunities And
Potential Pitfalls To Shareholder
Activism In Asia?
Guy Wyser-Pratte, President
WYSER-PRATTE & CO
Mr. Wyser-Pratte became a driving force in the
shareholder activist movement in the 1970’s. He
has maintained, throughout his 40 year career, a
singular dedication to the basic tenets of
shareholder rights and the need for managers to
play a more active role in their investments. In the
past 15 years, Mr. Wyser-Pratte has completed over 70 activist
projects in 10 jurisdictions globally.
Robert Appleby, Founder, ADM CAPITAL
Robert Appleby is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of ADM
Capital, a USD2bn investment manager with a nine year track record
of investing in distressed assets and special situations in Asia. Before
establishing ADM Capital, Robert spent 13 years at Lehman Brothers,
followed by two years at Credit Agricole Indosuez. His specialisation
is in debt markets of which the last 12 years have been in Asia.
Scott Callon CFA, Partner/CEO
ICHIGO ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
Previously, Managing Director, Head of Equities, and member of the
Executive Committee of Morgan Stanley Japan; Chairman of the
Foreign Securities Council of the Japan Securities Dealers
Association (JSDA); and CEO of PCA Asset Management of the UK
Prudential Group. Began his career in finance as a derivatives
trader at Bankers Trust.

DAY
1&2
6
3:50
Afternoon Tea
4:20
Investigating Opportunities For 130/30 Funds
In Asia - And Potential Impacts on HFs
(speaker to be announced)
4:45
Investigating Managed Accounts & Risk
Mitigation
(speaker to be announced)
5:20
Day One Cocktail Reception
Day Two: Tuesday April 1st, 2008
gaimAsia MAIN CONFERENCE
Sponsored by
8:00
End-Investor Only Dinner
FREE FOR END INVESTORS -
Pension Plans, Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices,
Treasury, Proprietary Investment & Private Clients
Please email abarman@iirltd.co.uk for more details
7:30 – 8:30
Day Two: Tuesday April 1st
BREAKFAST NEW
BRIEFING
Learn and network over Breakfast! This year you will have the
unique opportunity to kick-start your 2nd conference day with
and in-depth and interactive session focussing on key aspects of
the Asia Hedge Fund management industry. Places for this
session are limited so book now to avoid disappointment. Email
info@icbi.co.uk for details of how to confirm your place
Human Capital: Thought Leadership and
Best Practices in The Search For Talent
• Recruiting
• Compensation
• Retention
John Breault
Co-Founder and Managing Director
MJE Advisors
John is Co-Founder and Managing Director of MJE Advisors, a
consulting and recruiting firm specializing in hedge funds that
completes 100 searches a year. Prior to MJE, John was the Chief
Operating Officer of Heidrick & Struggles' Financial Services Practice.
John spent five years at Commodities Corporation and then three
years with Goldman Sachs after Goldman bought Commodities
Corporation, a hedge fund founded in the 70's, to start their hedge
funds strategies business. John also was with with Dow Jones,
publisher of the Wall Street Journal, and Hewlett-Packard.
8:30
Morning Coffee
9:00
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Colin Lunn
Senior Vice President, Business
Development, Alternative Fund Service
HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES
Colin Lunn has recently been appointed Head of
Business Development, Asia-Pacific, Fund Services,
which is a part of HSBC Securities Services. He is based in Hong
Kong and has specific responsibility for leading the integration of the
Institutional Fund Services and Alternative Fund Services business
development teams, in line with the recent global business
development re-structure. Colin has 17 years experience in fund
services and over 14 years experience in the Hong Kong market
9:30
China, QDII And Sovereign Funds – An
Essential Update And Implications For The
Investment Community
Jennifer Johnson-Calari
Director
SOVEREIGN INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIPS (tbc)
10:00
Asset Allocation Drivers: What Are We
Allocators Looking For In The Asia Space
That’s Different To ex-Asia?
• Is Asia still offering higher returns and diversification?
• Is capacity expanding or is it still a major constraint to large
allocations in the region?
• Are Asian managers maturing in positive way? How have they
handled the market volatility compared to your expectations?
Moderator:
Kirby Daley
Head of Sales & Capital Introductions
FIMAT ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT
SOLUTIONS – ASIA
As Head of Sales & Capital Introduction for Fimat
Alternative Investment Solutions – Asia, Kirby Daley services hedge
fund investors and managers all over the Asia-Pacific region,
leveraging the resources of Fimat’s full prime brokerage group. Kirby
is featured prominently in the media for his views on the economy,
markets and politics, with a nearly five-year running, regular Monday
morning weekly spot on CNBC Asia (Asia Squawk Box) and frequent
appearances on CNN, Bloomberg TV and the BBC.
Panellists:
Barry Timmins
Investment Analyst
LIGHTHOUSE PARTNERS
Barry is an investment analyst at Lighthouse Partners. Barry began
working for Lighthouse Partners in their Chicago office, but in July
2007 Barry opened Lighthouse’s Asia research office in Hong Kong.
Currently, Barry’s primary focus is on manager sourcing and
selection in Asia.
Jean Keller
CEO
3A
Prior to joining 3A in February 2005, Jean Keller spent 11 years
assuming various responsibilities within the Lombard Odier Darier
Hentsch (LODH) group in Geneva, New York and London. From 2002
to 2004, he was Chief Executive Officer of LODH Asset
Management Ltd in London and member of the group’s
Management Committee. He also co-headed LODH’s institutional
asset management division and sat on the Asset Management
Board, which directed - amongst other activities - the group's
alternative investment business.
Paul Heffner
Partner
AJIA PARTNERS
Paul is a Partner of Ajia Partners and Managing Director for the Fund
of Hedge Funds business. Paul is the Portfolio Manager for the Ajia
Partners Asian Opportunity Fund, Ajia Partners Japan Opportunity
Fund and Deutsche Bank dbX-Multi-Strategy Liquid Index. In addition
to Paul’s operating responsibilities, Paul is the Responsible Officer
for Ajia Partners Asset Management (HK) Limited. Paul has over 13
years of investment experience in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Ajia
Partners, Paul was Managing Director for the Novel Group, a major
Hong Kong family office.
Eliza Lau
CEO
SAIL ADVISORS LIMITED
Eliza Lau is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer,
and a member of the Board of Directors of SAIL Advisors Limited
and other SAIL related entities. Ms. Lau has over 20 years’
experience in the financial industry, which includes managing funds
of hedge funds, private family portfolios, global macro hedge funds,
global balanced portfolios and Pan Asia equity funds. Prior to joining
SAIL in 2003, Ms. Lau spent 13 years with Salomon Brothers, based
in New York and Hong Kong.
Luis Rodriguez
Chief Risk Officer
THE MANHATTAN FAMILY OFFICE
Luis works as a risk manager for the Manhattan Family Office(MFO).
The MFO is an advisor to a single family who holds a portfolio of
investment funds now totaling over $2.5 billion in both the US and
Europe. The MFO advises the US portfolio, approximately $1.5
billion. The Risk Management platform developed by Luis, manages
the risk for 30 long only mandates, 30 single strategy hedge funds
and 2 multi-strategy hedge fund platforms.
10:40
Morning Coffee
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Out Of The Box Speaker:
“Taking Risk – From Peking to Paris – Driving
A 100 Year Old Bentley Half Way Round The
World.”
Adam Hartley
STANDFAST CAPITAL
Having visited over 50 countries in 25 years of travel, Mr. Hartley is
an accomplished author and has written “From Peking to Paris” –
an account of his 1997 journey across the Himalayas in a vintage
Bentley. In August 2000 he joined UBP as an investment analyst and
was promoted to portfolio manager and a member of management.
He set up Stand Fast Capital in January 2005, with the objective of
providing superior investment returns to institutional investors with
the highest level of service at the lowest cost.
11:40
INTERACTIVE POLLING
AND DISCUSSION:
Where the real-time views of the audience are
polled and commented on by our high-profile panel
members. This fantastic interactive session ensures
the latest trends and developments are under the
spotlight.
12:30
Lunch
2:00 - Streams Commence
Stream A
ROADMAP TO THE REGIONS & COUNTRY
ROUNDTABLES
2:00
Japan
• When will the sun rise again?
• Tracking domestic and international investors
• Where is the money being made? Is it being made?
• Cyclical overviews
Dr. Richard A Horodeck
Managing Director
DRAKE MANAGEMENT LLC, NEW YORK
As a Managing Director in Drake's Client
Management Group, Richard heads the team that
manages relations with and develops products for
investors across Asia. He also serves as President of
Drake Management (Asia) Ltd., the firm's Asian regional
headquarters in Tokyo. Richard joined Drake following a career as an
attorney and consultant whose clients included many of Japan and
Asia's leading financial institutions.
Robert Macrae
ARCUS INVESTMENT LIMITED
Robert Macrae, CFA, is the managing director of Arcus Investment.
He has spent 15 years applying engineering concepts such as
robustness, reliability and problem-solving to value investment.
Celia Farnon
POLAR CAPITAL
Celia has over 20 years experience in Japanese equities as an
analyst and broker. Prior to joining Polar Capital, where she
manages the long/short portfolio, she was a director of Nikko
Citigroup in Tokyo. She spent a decade at Nomura, having started
her career as a Japanese pharmaceutical analyst at Vickers da Costa
in 1984.
“Once again GaimAsia was one of the conference highlights
of the year. There was an excellent array of speakers and the range
of topics covered was diverse and relevant, as befits the Asian space”
Ed Rogers, CEO - Rogers Investment Advisors (Attendee at GaimAsia 2007)

DAY
2
2:50
Middle East, North Africa
& Emerging Asia
Ziad Makkawi
Founding Shareholder and Chief Executive Officer
ALGEBRA CAPITAL
Ziad Makkawi is a pioneer and leader in the development of regional
investment banking and asset management with 20 years
experience. He has executed a large number of investment banking
transactions and launched some of the region’s most innovative and
successful investment funds. He has, and continues to serve on the
board of many financial services companies as well as funds that
are involved in both the conventional and Shari’a space.
3.15
Indonesia, Philippines
& Malaysia
James Bryson
Director
PT HB CAPITAL INDONESIA
James has worked in the Asian equities business, since leaving the
British Army in 1995. After various roles in Asia, James returned to
Indonesia in 2004 to start and run the equities business for PT
CIMB Niaga Securities until 2005. He and partner Roland Haas,
launched Komodo Fund, the first Greater Indonesia Absolute Return
Fund, in November 2006.
3:40
Afternoon Tea
4:00
Australia
Damien Hatfield
Managing Director
HATFIELD LIPTAK ADVISORS
Damien is a founding partner of Hatfield Liptak Advisors, a specialist
Australian hedge fund advisory and marketing company. Previously,
Damien was Executive Director of Pengana Hedge Funds an ASX
Listed Company. Pengana incubated and seeded six Australian
based hedge funds including the Pengana Absolute Return Real
Estate Fund and Wallace Australia Opportunities Fund.
4:30
KH Song
ATLANTIS INVESTMENT
Korea
Henry Seggerman
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS (tbc)
5:00
Close
2:00
Stream B
ESOTERIC FUNDS FOCUS
A) Wine
Paolo Cristofolini
Director
THE VINTAGE WINE FUND LTD
Paolo is a senior private investor with extensive experience in the
field of alternative asset management, emerging markets and
commodities. He is currently associated with OWC Asset
Management Ltd, a specialist manager running a highly successful
fund investing in fine wines, The VINTAGE WINE FUND Limited.
2:30
B) Media & Entertainment
Sailesh Raj Bhan
RELIANCE ADA GROUP (tbc)
3:00
Justin Williams
THE ART TRADING FUND
3:40
Afternoon Tea
C) Art
Day Two: Tuesday April 1st, 2008
gaimAsia MAIN CONFERENCE
4:00
Delegate Quickfire
Showcase
Fun, informal and effective. Cheer on 10 top
esoteric/new funds and see what the friendly endinvestor
adjudicators give for style and content. As a
registered paying delegate you may apply to enter
this showcase and present your fund.
Each fund will have 3 mins to pitch their fund
followed by a quick switchover and the next
presentation begins. Who will win? Come and see…
(N.B The Winner of this Competition will receive a
FREE Place to attend GAIM MONACO in June 2008:
a prize worth 4000USD!)
For more details on how to register
Please contact Andrew Barman: E-mail
abarman@iirltd.co.uk
2:00
Stream C
FUND OF FUNDS, MULTIMANAGER &
NEW DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY LABS
Multistrategies vs. Fund of Funds. Who’s The
Better Bet For The Investor?
Dennis Rhee
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
TREESDALE PARTNERS LLC
Interactive
Debate
Dennis Rhee has over 17 years of Wall Street experience in various
capacities.Mr. Rhee is co-founder and a managing partner of
Treesdale Partners, where he sits on the investment executive
committee of the Treesdale Funds. Treesdale manages sector fund
of hedge funds focusing on relative value fixed income funds.
Julian Ings-Chambers
Business Manager
ARTRADIS FUND MANAGEMENT PTE LTD
Prior to joining Artradis as Business Manage, Julian was a Director
of HSBC Global Markets in Singapore and before that ran Deutsche
Bank's equity operations in Singapore and Malaysia. With 10 years
experience as an Asian fund manager in both UK and Singapore in
addition, he has wide experience of Asian equity markets and
investment process.
Phillip Edwards
Senior Portfolio Strategist
GENSPRING FAMILY OFFICES
Phillip leads GenSpring Family Office’s hedge fund due diligence,
manager selection, and portfolio construction process. Phillip is also
responsible for managing GenSpring’s proprietary hedge fund LP’s
in addition to being a voting member of GenSpring’s Manager
Selection Committee.
2:50
Where Are The New High Performing Asian
Focussed Managers Coming From? New
Thinking In Manager Selection In The Asian
Sector
• Sourcing hedge fund talent from the Asian region
• The changing investment landscape in Asia and the impact on
new and emerging hedge managers
• The impact of Asia’s regulatory environments on the sourcing
and development of new managers
Pierre-Olivier Masmejean
MD - Europe
GUGGENHEIM ADVISORS
Based in London, Pierre-Olivier is primarily responsible for
identifying European based hedge fund managers for Guggenheim
Advisors' fund of hedge funds platform. Until recently, he was
Managing Director of Edmond de Rothschild Multi Management
based in Paris, which was established in 2002 and currently
manages circa €2 billion on behalf of a wide range of institutional
investors.
Michael Howard
Vice President - Hedge Fund Research
ERMITAGE
Michael joined Ermitage in 2002. His research mandate focuses on
long/short equity strategies and he is head of Ermitage's long/short
equity team. Michael joined from one of the largest and most
respected multi-manager institutions in the UK, Skandia Life, where
he was a Senior Analyst.
Mark White
Director
KGR CAPITAL
Mark White has 29 years’ experience in the investment
management business, 14 of which were spent in Asia. From
January 2001 until February 2005, he was CEO of JPMorgan
Fleming Asset Management (UK) Ltd and was responsible for its
institutional businesses internationally. Funds under management in
his area amounted to approximately US$100 billion invested in all
asset classes including funds of hedge funds. He was previously
CEO of Jardine Fleming Asset Management in Hong Kong and CEO
of Chase Fleming Asset Management (UK) Ltd in London.
Daniel Wang
Portfolio Manager
VISION INVESTMENT
Daniel is a Portfolio Manager at Vision Investment Management. He
specializes in the investment research and on-site due diligence
analysis of hedge fund managers primarily investing in Asia. Daniel
is involved in the portfolio construction process and asset allocation
decision.Prior to joining Vision, Daniel was a management
consultant with McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong.
3:40
Afternoon Tea
4:00
The Myth Of Scalability? How Do You Build A
Scalable And Sustainable Asian Business
Model For An Asian Fund of Funds?
• How can investors find funds able to manage growth?
• How to grow your infrastructure to keep up with business
opportunities: and mitigate risk at the same time
• What are the unique characteristics of Asia’s cycles?
Peter Bennett
Chairman of The Research and Asset Allocation
Committees
GOTTEX FUND MANAGEMENT
5:00
Day Two Cocktail Reception
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unique opportunity to kick-start your 2nd conference day with
and in-depth and interactive session focussing on the seach for
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to avoid disappointment. Email info@icbi.co.uk for details of how
to confirm your place
Interactive Electronic Polling & Discussion
Where the real-time views of the audience are polled and
commented on by our high-profile panel members. This fantastic
interactive session ensures the latest trends and developments
in the Asian HF space are under the spotlight
End Investor Only Dinner:
FREE FOR END INVESTORS!
Only open to Pension Plans, Endowments, Foundations, Family
Offices, Treasury, Proprietary Investment & Private Clients
Please email abarman@iirltd.co.uk for more details
Delegate Quickfire Esoteric Fund Showcases
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enter this showcase and present your fund. The earlier your
register, the higher your chances of being accepted to pitch your
fund
Keynote Guest & Out-of-the Box Speakers:
Professor KC Chan, Secretary for Financial Services & the
Treasury, GovHK
Paul Deegan, Everest Mountaineer & Award Winning Author
Adam Hartley, Adventurer & Fund Manager
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