The Forum will see panelists from across the Alternative Investment industry present sector results from 2011 and an outlook for the coming year. Following these presentations, the panel will be opened for questions from the floor.

Featuring:

·       Alternative Investment Landscape
Claude Robillard, DB Advisors Canada

·       Private Equity, Real Estate & Infrastructure
Tom Kennedy, Kensington Capital Partners
Andrew Moffs, Starwood Real Estate Canada
Bill (William) Reid, RREEF Infrastructure

·       Hedge Fund Strategies
Michael Gelblat, Onex Credit Partners
Mark Purdy, CFA, Arrow Capital Management Inc.
Tim Pickering, Auspice Capital Advisors

·       Investor Perspectives
Gregory Smith, Brookfield Asset Management

Moderator Biographies:
Stephane Amara, CFA, CAIA, Director, Deutsche Bank Advisors
Stéphane is Head of DB Advisors Canada, the institutional asset management division of Deutsche Bank. He is responsible for business development, consultant relations and client relationship management for Canada.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2005, Stéphane had 10 years of combined experience in business development and consultant relations for Bank of Ireland Asset Management, in Global Markets Sales & Trading with the equity derivatives group at BNP Paribas and in corporate treasury sales for Republic National Bank of New York. Since 2005, Stéphane has worked with DB RREEF's Infrastructure division helping Canadian investors get private equity and debt exposure to core, mature infrastructure assets in Europe and Americas.

Claude Robillard, Executive Director, CIBC Prime Services, CIBC World Markets Inc.
Mr. Robillard’s focus spans business development, capital introduction, and contributing to CIBC’s cross asset and equity finance capabilities in domestic and international markets. Prior to joining CIBC, he was Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer of a multistrategy alternative asset manager, and a founding partner of an asset management company launched in New York that subsequently expanded to Hong Kong and Toronto.

Formerly he held senior roles within HSBC Bank, RBC Royal Bank, and CIBC, with a focus on alternative asset classes, equity structured products, and commodity products, and cofounded a European-based real estate investment group focused on infrastructure projects in eastern Europe. Mr. Robillard received his B. Comm. from McGill University, and his MBA jointly conferred by the London School of Economics, HEC Paris and New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Agenda and Biographies

Schedule:
Registration 1:45 PM
Presentation 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cocktail Reception 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Chartwell Room)

Cost:

Members/Candidates $45

Nonmembers $55

Registration Deadline: Monday, February 6, 2012