"Hedge funds are becoming increasingly prominent participants in today's markets and, in the aggregate, continue to grow in size," SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson said. "As a result, our fact gathering grows more important every day. I look forward to hearing from the outstanding group of panelists who will illuminate these products and assist the Commission in its ongoing review of hedge funds. I am looking forward to participating in these discussions."
The Roundtable Discussions - which will be webcast live and can be accessed at http://www.sec.gov -- will cover a number of topics, including: (1) the structure and operation of hedge funds; (2) marketing issues; (3) investor protection issues; (4) trading strategies and market participation of hedge funds; and (5) an assessment of the current regulatory scheme relating to hedge funds. Panelists will include:
- Mark Anson, CalPERS
- Anthony Artabane, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Alan Beller, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Armando Belly, Soros Fund Management LLC
- Scott Berman, Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
- Peter Bernard, RiskMetrics Group
- Afsaneh Beschloss, Carlyle Asset Management Group
- Peter Borish, OneChicago
- Peter Brown, Renaissance Technologies Corporation
- Michael Butowsky, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
- James Chanos, Kynikos Associates, Ltd.
- Leroy Cody, American Express Alternative Investments
- Iain Cullen, Alternative Investment Management Association
- Stephen M. Cutler, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Jean-Claude Delespaul, Commission des Operations de Bourse (COB), France
- Michael Dieschbourg, Silver Creek, LLC ,LI>Thomas Fedorek, Citigate Global Intelligence & Security
- Cynthia M. Fornelli, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- John G. Gaine, Managed Funds Association
- Charles Gradante, Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group
- George Hall, Clinton Group
- Lawrence E. Harris, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- James R. Hedges, LJH Global Investments
- William Heyman, St. Paul Companies, Inc.
- Clark Hooper, NASD
- David A. Hsieh, Duke University
- Jean Karoubi, The LongChamp Group, Inc.
- Kristina L. Kneip, State of Washington, Department of Financial Institutions, Securities Division
- William Keunen, Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc.
- Frederick C. "Rick" Lake, Lake Partners, Inc.
- Bing Liang, Case Western Reserve University
- Richard Lindsey, Bear Stearns Securities Corporation
- Andrew W. Lo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Sandra Manzke, Tremont Advisers
- John Markese, American Association of Individual Investors
- Patrick J. McCarty, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Annette L. Nazareth, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Michael Neus, Andor Capital Management LLC
- Greg Newton, MAR/Hedge
- Elizabeth G. Osterman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Pamela J. Parizek, Kroll Inc.
- Lois Peltz, Infovest21
- Richard Phillips, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
- Robert E. Plaze, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Robert Pozen, Harvard Law School
- Joel Press, Ernst & Young LLP
- Judson P. Reis, Sire Management Corporation
- Paul N. Roth, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Paul F. Roye, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Craig Russell, DB Absolute Return Strategies
- Douglas Scheidt, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Robert Schulman, Tremont Advisers
- Larry Simon, Ivy Asset Management Corp.
- Christina Sinclair, Financial Services Authority, United Kingdom
- Robert Steel, Goldman Sachs Group
- David Swensen, Yale Endowment
- Michael G. Tannenbaum, Hedge Fund Association
- Jane Kang Thorpe, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Michael Tiedemann, Tiedemann Investment Group
- David Vaughan, Dechert LLC
- Stephen Vine, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Mark Yusko, UNC Management Company Inc.
- Robert Zack, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
The Roundtable Discussions are scheduled to take place each day from 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. EDT in the William O. Douglas Room at SEC headquarters, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20549.
The Roundtable Discussions will be open to the public with seating on a first come, first served basis. Doors will open at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The visitors' entrance to the SEC is located on Fifth Street, N.W. Visitors will be subject to security checks.
Real time and archived audio webcasts will be accessible at http://www.sec.gov. Selected materials submitted to the staff in connection with the discussions are accessible at http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/hedgefunds.htm.
