| The 2009 Opalesque U.K. Roundtable was | | | | - What are the opportunities hedge funds and |
| sponsored by Newedge Prime Brokerage Group ( | | | | their investors are focusing on right now? |
| and took place at their London office with: | | | | - How to set up and use managed accounts? |
| 1. Anthony Ward, Co-Founder of Armajaro and | | | | - Will investors embrace UCITS 3 funds which are |
| non-executive Chairman of Armajaro Trading | | | | increasingly launched by alternative asset |
| Limited | | | | management firms? |
| 2. Aref Karim, Founder, Quality Capital | | | | - The Pros and Cons of being a public hedge fund |
| Management | | | | manager |
| 3. Douglas Shaw, Managing Director Proprietary | | | | - How do U.K.-based managers react to the AIFM |
| Alpha Strategies, BlackRock | | | | Directive? |
| 4. Duncan Crawford, Head of Capital | | | | - With personal income taxes reaching 50%, who |
| Introductions, Prime Brokerage Group, Newedge | | | | will be migrating to Switzerland? |
| Group | | | | The 2009 Opalesque U.K. Roundtable can be |
| 5. Emmanuel Roman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, | | | | downloaded here: |
| GLG Partners | | | | All other previously published Opalesque |
| 6. Giles White, Partner and CIO, MaxCap Partners | | | | Roundtable Scripts can be accessed here: |
| 7. Lawrence Staden, Founder, GLC | | | | About Opalesque: |
| 8. Max Gottschalk, Senior Managing Director, | | | | Matthias Knab, Director of Opalesque Ltd, |
| Gottex | | | | moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. Matthias |
| 9. Oliver Dobbs, CIO of Portfolio Management, | | | | Knab is an internationally recognized expert on |
| CQS | | | | hedge funds and alternatives. |
| When Opalesque published its first U.K. Roundtable | | | | In 2003, with the publication of its daily Alternative |
| in June of 2008, the hedge fund industry still had | | | | Market Briefing, Opalesque successfully launched |
| the worst storm ahead. Now, one year after the | | | | an information revolution in the hedge fund media |
| unforgettable events of Q4 2008, the industry is | | | | space: "Opalesque changed the world by bringing |
| still restructuring, but the survivors move strongly | | | | transparency where there was opacity and by |
| forward. | | | | delivering an accurate professional reporting |
| In this new Opalesque Roundtable, the participating | | | | service." - Nigel Blanchard, Culross. This hybrid |
| hedge fund managers and hedge fund investors | | | | financial news service, which combines proprietary |
| elaborate on: | | | | industry news stories and filtered third party |
| - How did some of the largest UK hedge fund | | | | reports, has been credited by many industry |
| operations fare during 2008? | | | | insiders with delivering precise, accurate, and vital |
| - What changes were implemented thereafter? | | | | information to a notoriously guarded audience. |