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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;

click here for Mr. Kapoor’s presentation

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.

click here for Ms. Graham’s presentation

 

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

click here for Mr. Kaplan’s presentation

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.

click here for Mr. Eisen’s presentation

 

August 21, 2003

“Portfolio Performance Enhancement Through Better Firm Level Analysis”

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

click here for Dr. Jankovskis’ presentation

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

click here for Mr. Thomas’ articles

 

May 15, 2003

“Hedge Fund Policy Allocation and Due Diligence”

Dr. Renato Staub, Director, UBS Global Asset Management

click here for a summary of Dr. Staub’s paper

click here for Dr. Staub’s presentation

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

click here for the Morningstar presentation

Mr. James Quinn, University of California-Berkeley

Mr. Frank Wang, University of California-Berkeley

click here for Mr. Quinn and Mr. Wang’s presentation

 

  March 20, 2003

“Derivatives, Volatility, and Hedge Funds”

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

click here for Dr. Nelken’s article

Mr. Sheldon Natenberg, Chicago Trading Company

click here for Mr. Natenberg’s presentation

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

click here for Ms. Till’s article

click here for Ms. Till’s presentation

 

February 20, 2003

“Derivatives Applications in Fixed Income Portfolios”

Dr. Cadmus Hicks, Vice President, Nuveen Investments

click here for Dr. Hicks’ presentation

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

click here for Mr. O’Connor’s presentation

 

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

click here for Mr. Ford’s presentation

Moderator:  Mr. Matthew Moran, Chicago Board Options Exchange

click here for Mr. Moran’s introduction

 

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