Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum 2019 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 302639163 v2 Network: KLG-Guest WI-FI ACCESS Passcode: K&LG@t35 Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 100226 CONTENTS AGENDA ...........................................................................................................TAB A SPEAKERS .......................................................................................................TAB B ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.............................................................................. TAB C NOTES PAGES ................................................................................................ TAB D Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 100226 AGENDA Time Topic/Speakers 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration and Welcome Michelle Noyes, Managing Director, Head of Americas, AIMA 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Institutional Investment in Emerging Managers PANEL 1 Topics • What are institutional allocators investing in emerging managers? • The role of alts within emerging manager portfolios • What advice do allocators have for emerging managers seeking institutional capital? Moderator • Amy Poster, Managing Principal, Alpha Pacific Strategies Speakers • Anda Bordean, Senior Vice President, The Rock Creek Group • Sasha Burstein, Partner, K&L Gates LLP • Brian Payne, Senior Investment Analyst - Diversified Strategies, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois • Peter Zakowich, Managing Director, PAAMCO Prisma 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Making it Big: Charting Success for Emerging Managers PANEL 2 Moderator • Cary J. Meer, Partner, K&L Gates LLP Speakers • Jane Buchan, CEO and Co-CIO, Martlet Asset Management • W. Vivian Lau, Managing Partner, One Tusk Investment Partners • Michael Linn, COO and CCO, Varadero Capital 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Networking Reception Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 100226 Speakers *Listed in alphabetical order by last name. Full biographies for K&L Gates speakers can be found at www.klgates.com. Anda Bordean Senior Vice President, The Rock Creek Group Anda Bordean is a Senior Vice President at the Rock Creek Group, covering hedge funds across all strategies with a specific focus on equities. She sits in the firm's New York City office. Prior to Rock Creek, where she has spent the last 5 years, Anda worked in the Manager Selection Group at Soros Fund Management, a large family office based in New York City. While at Soros, Anda invested in hedge funds across macro, equities, credit and commodities, as well as helped to select best ideas for a co-investment portfolio. Prior to her role at Soros, Anda was an Analyst in the AIMS Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focusing on risk management for equity and event driven strategies. Anda started out her career in finance in 2006 at the management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, where she spent 2 years traveling the globe and working for a variety of clients within the financial services sector. Anda holds a Bachelors of Arts degree cum laude in Economics from Harvard University. Jane Buchan Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Martlet Asset Management Jane is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Martlet Asset Management responsible for firm strategy, organization and performance. Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 100226 Martlet Asset Management is an independently owned hedge fund based in Newport Beach. The firm is focused on delivering diversifying investment return solutions based on structural market anomalies. The firm’s strategies include alternative risk premia and liquid strategies. Jane began her career at J.P. Morgan Investment Management in the Capital Markets Group where she was trained in quantitative fixed income portfolio management. She has been an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. After her academic career, she co-founded and led Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), a Fund of Hedge Funds focused on institutional investors for 18 years. She recently served as chairwoman of the board for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Master of Financial Engineering Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Jane holds both a PhD and an MA in Business Economics (Finance) from Harvard University. She earned a BA in Economics from Yale University. Jane has thirty-three years of experience in investment management and portfolio construction with institutional investors. Sasha Burstein Partner, K&L Gates LLP San Francisco T 415.882.8032 [email protected] Sasha Burstein is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, where she’s a member of the investment management group. Ms. Burstein practices in the area of investment management, corporate and securities law. Ms. Burstein’s practice focuses on structuring and organizing various types of private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, private debt funds, hybrid funds, and fund-of-funds. Ms. Burstein also counsels investment advisers on a wide variety of legal and regulatory matters, including their structure and organization, registration and operation, merger and acquisition transactions, and ongoing regulatory and compliance matters. In addition, Ms. Burstein represents institutional investors with respect to structuring, negotiating, and documenting alternative investments. Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 100226 Wai-Yen Vivian Lau Managing Partner, One Tusk Investment Partners W. Vivian Lau is the Managing Partner and Founder of One Tusk Investment Partners (“One Tusk”). Prior to One Tusk, Vivian was the Senior Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Serengeti Asset Management (“Serengeti”) until January 2015, where she joined as a Founding Partner in October 2008. Serengeti was an opportunistic, value-based investing platform that was founded in September 2007. During her tenure, she helped to grow the organization to $1.5 bn of AUM with 30+ people. In 2006, Vivian was promoted to Managing Director at Goldman Sachs at the age of 28. In the same year, she also became the Co-Head of the Multi- Strategy Investing business (MSI). MSI was a multi- billion dollar AUM platform that opportunistically invested across equities and credit. It was a 20 person investment team within the Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group (SSG), the largest global proprietary investment platform within the firm. From 2006 to 2008, she also oversaw the E&P Capital lending platform, which was a joint venture between SSG and J. Aron Commodities division. She was a member of the Americas SSG Investment Committee and Specialty Lending Investment Committee from 2006 to 2008. Prior to her 2006 promotion, Vivian was a Senior Investment Pod leader in Goldman Sachs MSI business, leading equity and debt investments in the Energy, Healthcare, Materials, Industrials, and Liquidations, from 2004 to 2006. She joined the Special Situations Investing (SSI) business in 2002 as a Research Associate. Vivian helped to broaden the mandate and grow the business at SSI, which was renamed MSI in 2004. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in July 2000 as an analyst on the Distressed Bank Loan Research team. Vivian graduated from Harvard University in June of 2000 with a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and Economics. Vivian currently serves on the Campaign Committee for Harvard University School of Engineering, Arts, and Sciences. She was also a Co-Chair of the Class of 2000 15th Reunion and 10th Reunion Committees. In addition, she served on the board of the Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary and Middle School from 2010 to 2013. Hedge Fund/Alternative Credit Emerging Manager Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2019 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 100226 Michael Linn Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Varadero Capital Mr. Linn is Varadero’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Linn is responsible for developing the firm’s institutional platform and enhancing operational efficiency. Mr. Linn has over 25 years of operational, transaction and start-up experience in the investment management business. Prior to Varadero, Mr. Linn played an integral role in the development of businesses at several investment management platforms, including River Birch Capital, BlackRock / Quellos Group, Omega Advisors, and Steinhardt Partners. Mr. Linn has a B.A. in Chemistry from Emory University and an M.B.A and M.S. degree in Finance from Louisiana State University. Cary J. Meer Partner, K&L Gates LLP Washington DC New York T 202.778.9107 T 212.536.3900 [email protected] Ms. Meer is a partner in K&L Gates’ New York City and Washington, D.C. offices and a member of the Investment Management and Hedge Fund practice groups. Ms. Meer has been structuring private funds as limited liability companies, limited partnerships, offshore corporations, common trust funds and business trusts, and preparing disclosure documents and organizational documents for such entities for more than 20 years. She also advises investment advisers, private fund managers and investment companies