2002 – 2004 Meetings

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2004 CHICAGO QWAFAFEW MEETINGS
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December 2, 2004

“The Third Annual Chicago QWAFAFEW Holiday Party:  Featuring a Panel Discussion on the Money Management Industry”

JOB MARKET:  Ms. Kathy Graham, Principal, HQ SEARCH, INC,

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MUTUAL FUNDS:  Mr. Kunal Kapoor, Director, Mutual Fund Analysis,MORNINGSTAR,

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FUND OF HEDGE FUNDS:  Ms. Galina Kalcheva, Consultant, IBBOTSON ASSOCIATES,

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IPO’s:  Dr. Josef Schuster, Founder, IPOX Schuster LLC,

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COMMODITIES:  Mr. Thomas Clark, Manager, Commodity Product Sales,Chicago Mercantile Exchange;

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September 30, 2004

“Are Bonds the Answer? Pension Solutions & Fixed Income’s Indispensable Role in Asset Allocation”

 Mr. David Hershey, Director of Research, Lotsoff Capital Management,

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Mr. Ron Ryan, Chief Financial Architect, Ryan ALM, Inc.

 

May 20, 2004

“Modeling Foreign Currency Markets for Risk Management”

Mr. Michael Wilcox, President, ALFORD ASSOCIATES, INC.

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Mr. Ulf Lindahl, Chief Investment Officer, A.G. BISSET & CO.

 

April 29, 2004

“Challenges Facing the Financial Services Industry”

Mr. Michael Henkel, President, IBBOTSON ASSOCIATES

Mr. Ian McDonald, Reporter, WALL STREET JOURNAL

Ms. Jeannette Lewis, Senior Special Counsel for Regulation, Midwest Regional Office, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

MODERATOR: Ms. Patricia Gillman, Counsel, SEYFARTH SHAW.

 

March 25, 2004

“Volatility and Enhanced Returns”

Dr. Joanne Hill, Managing Director, GOLDMAN SACHS

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Dr. Izzy Nelken, President, SUPER COMPUTER CONSULTING, INC.

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Mr. Gary Lahey, Adjunct Lecturer, ITT CENTER FOR LAW AND FINANCIAL MARKETS

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Mr. Jon “Dr. J” Najarian, Chief Market Strategist, PTI SECURITIES

Click here for picture from event:  Dr. Barry Feldman, Ibbotson Associates; Mr. Matthew Moran, CBOE; Ms. Hilary Till, Premia Capital; Dr. Joanne Hill, Goldman Sachs; and Mr. Gary Lahey, IIT Center for Law and Financial Markets.

 

February 19, 2004

“Venture Capital:  Due Diligence and Risk Monitoring”

Mr. Peter Stavros, Vice President, GTCR

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Ms. Melissa Van Hees, Director of Risk Management, BRI Partners LLC

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2003 CHICAGO QWAFAFEW MEETINGS
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December 4, 2003

“Second Annual Chicago QWAFAFEW Holiday Party: Featuring a Panel Discussion on the Money Management Industry in Chicago”

A Joint Meeting with the Chicago Chapter of 100 Women in Hedge Funds

PANELISTS:

DERIVATIVES MARKETS:  Mr. Rick Redding, Managing Director, Index Products, Chicago Mercantile Exchange;

MUTUAL FUNDS:  Mr. Kunal Kapoor, Associate Director of Fund Research, Morningstar;

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PENSION FUND CONSULTING:  Mr. Bill Lowery, CEO, Lowery Asset Consulting;

HEDGE FUNDS:  Ms. Kristin Fox, Executive Editor, HedgeWorld; and

JOB MARKET:  Ms. Kathy Graham, Principal, HQ Search, Inc.

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October 16, 2003

“Due Diligence and Portfolio Construction in Funds-of-Hedge-Funds”

Ms. Kristin Fox, Executive Editor, HedgeWorld

Mr. Marty Kaplan, Managing Director and Investment Committee Member, Mesirow Advanced Strategies

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Mr. David Gordon, Vice President and Investment Committee Member, Glenwood Capital Investments LLC

 

September 25, 2003

“Performance Enhancement Through Short Sales”

Mr. Brian Burda, CFA, Director of Quantitative Research, Schwab Capital Markets Investment Analytics

Mr. Howard Eisen, Director of Prime Brokerage Services, ABN Amro.

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August 21, 2003

“Portfolio Performance Enhancement Through Better Firm Level Analysis”

Dr. Peter M. Jankovskis, Director of Research, OakBrook Investments, LLC

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Mr. Rawley Thomas, President, LifeCycle Returns, Inc.

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May 15, 2003

“Hedge Fund Policy Allocation and Due Diligence”

Dr. Renato Staub, Director, UBS Global Asset Management

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Mr. Michael Jawor, Glenwood Capital Investments, LLC

 

April 24, 2003

“New Research on Equity Indices”

Dr. Paul Kaplan, Director of Research, Morningstar

Mr. Sanjay Arya, Director of Morningstar Indexes

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Mr. James Quinn, University of California-Berkeley

Mr. Frank Wang, University of California-Berkeley

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  March 20, 2003

“Derivatives, Volatility, and Hedge Funds”

Dr. Izzy Nelken, President, Super Computer Consulting, Inc.

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Mr. Sheldon Natenberg, Chicago Trading Company

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Ms. Hilary Till, Principal, Premia Capital Management, LLC

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February 20, 2003

“Derivatives Applications in Fixed Income Portfolios”

Dr. Cadmus Hicks, Vice President, Nuveen Investments

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Mr. Matthew O’Connor, Vice President, Lehman Brothers

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January 16, 2003

“Efficiency Issues in Accessing and Hedging International Exposure”

Mr. James Davison of Barclays Global Investors

Mr. Josh Ortego of Susquehanna Investment Group

Mr. Giovanni Ford of MSCI

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Moderator:  Mr. Matthew Moran, Chicago Board Options Exchange

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2002 CHICAGO QWAFAFEW MEETINGS
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December 5, 2002

“Chicago QWAFAFEW Holiday Party:

Featuring a Panel Discussion on the

Money Management Industry in Chicago”

FIXED INCOME:  Dr. Cadmus Hicks, Vice President, Nuveen Investments

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EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS:  Mr. Scott Cooley, Editor of MorningstarMutual Funds

PENSION FUND CONSULTING:  Ms. Geeta Kapadia, Associate Consultant, Stratford Advisory Group

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HEDGE FUNDS:  Mr. Joseph Campise, Vice President, Banc of America Securities

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JOB MARKET:  Ms. Kathy Graham, Principal, HQ Search, Inc.

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MODERATOR:  Dr. Peter Jankovskis, Director of Research, OakBrook Investments

 

October 24, 2002

“Diversified Hedge Fund Investing”

Mr. Gary Knapp:  “A Volatility Balanced Approach to Constructing a Diversified Hedge Fund Portfolio”

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Mr. Matthew Moran, Chicago Board Options Exchange: “Hedge Fund Indexes”

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September 19, 2002

“Optimized Execution in the Security and Derivatives Markets”

Mr. Scott Morris, Managing Director, The Hull Group/Goldman Sachs

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Mr. John Lothian, President, Electronic Trading Division, The Price Futures Group, Inc.

 

August 22, 2002

“Portfolio Construction and Risk Management In Alternative Investments”

Dr. Barry Feldman, Ibbotson Associates

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Ms. Hilary Till, Premia Capital Management, LLC

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(Warning:  Large File Size:  Ms. Till’s presentation is 2.6 MB.)

 

July 18, 2002

“Small Cap Investing:  Which Benchmarks to Use, and What are the Tradeoffs Between Active and Passive Investing”

Dr. Peter Jankovskis, OakBrook Investments

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Ms. Geeta Kapadia, Stratford Advisory Group

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June 20, 2002

“Issues in Improving and Measuring Risk-Adjusted Returns”

Dr. Paul Kaplan, Morningstar

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Mr. Matthew Moran, Chicago Board Options Exchange

Ms. Hilary Till, Premia Capital Management, LLC

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(Warning:  Large File Size:  Ms. Till’s presentation is 2.5 MB.)

 

May 21, 2002

“Holdings-Based or Returns-Based, Which Form of Style Analysis is Best?”

Dr. Michele Gambera, Morningstar

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Mr. Peter di Teresa, Morningstar

Dr. Peter Jankovskis, OakBrook Investments