Hedge Fund Insights 2013
 
06/11/2012
08:25amF Chair's Opening Remarks

Lisa Botter
, Deputy Editor, Pensions Week, FT Group


13/11/2013
08:30 - 09:00

Registration and Refreshments
09:00 - 09:05

Opening Remarks

Oliver Stahlkopf, Head of Business Development for Alternative Investments, Germany and Austria, Lyxor Asset Management

09:05 - 09:35
Managed Account: The new normal for alternative Investing?

- Benefits of the new AIFMD regulation

- Compare Investor demand for liquid alternative strategies in USA vs. Germany
- Opportunity set for liquid alternatives in the current market environment

Speaker:  Wolfgang Kerck, Managing Director and Founder, Bourne Park Capital

09:35 - 10:10
Hedge Fund Strategies & Innovation

Speaker:  Antonio Meroni, Senior Fund Manager, Pengana Capital

10:10 - 10:35 Cross Asset Strategy Views: Yields won’t stay low forever

Entering the post-crisis period, the need for low yields to allow an orderly deleveraging while promoting growth seems intact. Yields appear to have started a bottoming process and the challenge for Central Banks is to withdraw stimulus without making a policy mistake… How to position portfolios as markets slowly transition to more growth and less monetary support? Could the Hedge Fund industry be the Alternative of choice? Gain insights into these questions, and more, from Lyxor’s global Cross Asset research team.

Speaker:
Jeanne Asseraf, Head of Cross-Asset Research, Lyxor Asset Management 
10:35 - 11:10 Hedge Fund Strategies & Innovation

Speaker: Andrew Sandler, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Sandler Capital Management
11:10

Concluding Remarks & Networking Coffee