Legal and Compliance Hedge Fund Forum: Strategies to Mitigate Risk of New and Evolving Compliance Requirements for Registered and Non-Registered Funds

American Conference Institute

WHEN

  • June 10 8:00 AM - June 11, 2008 1:00 PM

WHERE

  • The Helmsley Park Lane
  • 36 Central Park South
  • New York, NY 10019
  • Map

DESCRIPTION

ACI’s Legal and Compliance Hedge Fund Forum is back for its 5th annual iteration. With new valuation and accounting standards, heavier disclosure requirements and SEC enforcement actions on the rise, now is the time to ensure that your compliance program is fully upgraded and effective.

This year’s event offers a revamped agenda created by and for industry specialists from UBS Global Asset Management, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Barclays Global Investors and other market leaders.

By attending this event you will gain expert strategies on:

  • Establishing objective and accurate NAV procedures
  • Instituting effective channels to respond to an SEC document request
  • Identifying and managing potential and inherent conflicts of interest
  • Monitoring activity for best execution

And, you can build upon your main conference experience by taking advantage of our customized pre and post-conference workshops. Industry Primer: Markets, Mechanics and Operation of Hedge Funds will give a firm grounding of the complex rules that govern hedge funds. The specially tailored Establishing a Framework of Internal Policies, Practices and Controls will provide cost effective strategies for meeting compliance obligations in shops wear one or more persons wears several legal and compliance hats.

Foley Hoag Partner, Peter Rosenblum, is speaking on Hedge Fund Valuation – Conforming to New Standards Under FAS 157.

  • Guidance for making appropriate Level 3 market value disclosures under the new standard
  • Using a mark-to-model valuation technique to determine the fair value of level 2 and 3 inputs
  • Appropriately pricing unobservable inputs under the new standard
  • Steps to guarantee that your valuation methods are fair, consistent, and verifiable
  • Taking current market pricing and other conditions into account
    • Including market based risk into your model
    • Consistency among products
  • Infrastructures to implement as a result of the new standard

For full event details visit americanconference.com.