principles and practices for hedge fund investors
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Russell Read, Ph.D., C.F.A.Chairman, PWG Investors’ Committee
Chief Investment Officer, CalPERS
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICESFOR HEDGE FUND INVESTORS
PWG Investors’ Committee
Managed Funds Association, Network 2008February 12, 2008
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR HEDGE FUND INVESTORS
(2) What is the Concern about Hedge Funds?
(2) The President's Working Group and Recently Created Committees
(6) Measures of Success for the Investors' Committee
(8) Highlights of Report: Principles and Practices for Hedge Fund Investors
(5) Looking Forward
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
What is the Concern about Hedge Funds?
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR HEDGE FUND INVESTORS
(2) The President's Working Group and Recently Created Committees
(a) Purpose of PWG
(b) PWG statements on hedge fund investments from 1999 and 2007
(c) Sir Andrew Large's Hedge Fund Working Group
(d) Asset Managers' Committee and Investors' Committee
(e) Intended audience for each committee's report
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Background of PWG
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Background of PWG
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Background of PWG: 1999 Findings on Hedge Fund Regulation
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Background of PWG: 2007 Findings on Hedge Fund Regulation
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Composition of PWG Committees
Eric Mindich, CEO of Eton Park Capital Management
Russell Read, CIO of CalPERS
Investors’ Committee
Asset Managers’ Committee
“…comprised of representatives from a broad array of investors and investor advocates…from labor organizations, endowments, foundations, corporate and public pension funds, investment consultants, and other U.S. and non-U.S. investors.”
“…comprised of representatives from a broad array of assetmanagers. Its purpose is to facilitate an exchange of information between the alternative asset management community and the agencies comprising the…PWG.”
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Intended Audience of PWG Asset Managers’ Committee
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Intended Audience of PWG Investors’ Committee
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR HEDGE FUND INVESTORS
(3) Measures of Success for the Investors' Committee
(a) Best Practices
(b) Accepted Practices
(c) Common Practices
(d) Healthier and more successful use of hedge funds by investors
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Structure of the Report
1. Introduction
2. Fiduciary’s Guide
3. Investor’s Guide
(4) Highlights of Investors’ Committee Report: Principles and Practices for Hedge Fund Investors
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Investors’ Committee--Highlights of the Fiduciary's Guide
1. No fiduciary should feel forced to invest in hedge funds
3. Potential Roles
5. Appropriateness
7. Expertise
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Investors’ Committee--Highlights of the Investor's Guide
1. Detailed Investment Policy
2. Due Diligence
3. Risk Measurement / Management
4. Expertise
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR HEDGE FUND INVESTORS
(5) Looking Forward (a) both committees will be standing committees -- will not dissolve after the publication of the reports -- will continue to address areas of concern to the hedge
fund industry and investors as they arise -- three year renewable terms among members
(b) Intended to foster a healthy long-term environment for the hedge fund industry and investors
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The President's Working Group on Financial Markets
Russell Read, Ph.D., C.F.A.Chairman, PWG Investors’ Committee
Chief Investment Officer, CalPERS
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICESFOR HEDGE FUND INVESTORS
PWG Investors’ Committee
NAPPA Winter Section Meeting, February 8, 2008