UCITS for US Hedge, Mutual & Investment Fund Manag

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Calling all US Hedge Fund and Asset Managers!

Have you launched or are you considering launching a UCITS fund to access European investors? Have you found the best and most cost-effective solutions to the key issues of distribution, structure, governance and operational concerns? Are you up to speed with the vital checks and controls needed when mitigating risk in your UCITS fund? Join some of the leading experts from Europe and the US in the funds industry at IBC's UCITS for Hedge, Mutual & Investment Fund Managers Conference - February  28 - 29, 2012 in New York. Register today for an early bird discount! Save up to $500

Benefit from interactive and high level discussion on:

•    Distribution: opportunities for raising assets in Europe, platforms vs. stand
     alone, best channels to maximise your distribution strategy
•    Product and structure: which products best fit into a UCITS fund, optimal
     structures to use
•    Regulation - updates on the UCITS Directive (IV & V) and the AIFMD
•    Beyond Europe – distribution channels into Asia and Latin America
•    The challenges and benefits being seen by Fund of Funds
•    Compliance and risk management
•    Governance

Plus the Don’e miss Risk Management workshop! Led by risk expert: Yves de Naurois, CEO, IRML. Key areas to be covered in the programme:

•    Is there a clear delineation between sophisticated and non sophisticated
     Funds?
•    Is VaR a reliable indicator of risk profile? Review of methods.
•    What are the other indicators which should be considered? Basic calculation
      requirements.
•    Can the numbers be relied upon? Back test, stress tests?
•    Effective risk management as a marketing tool?
•    Effective escalation processes?
•    How important is qualitative analysis?

10% discount for Forex Pros readers event URL and for further information: http://www.informaglobalevents.com/FKW52322FPWL