James McGovern
Managing Director & CEO
Arrow Hedge Partners
Gary Ostoich
President and COO
Salida Capital
David Vickerman
Partner
Lightwater Partners
Neil Paragiri
Managing Director,
Head of North America
Harcourt Alternative
Investments
Jim Twiss
VP of Market
Regulation Policy
Investment Industry Regulatory
Organization of Canada
Tristam Lett
Managing Director,
Alpha Beta Strategies
Integra Capital Management

Martin Gagnon
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Innocap
Jeff Pentland
Principal
TD Capital
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Meet our speakers
CEO and President,
Castle Hall Alternatives
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Chief Investment Officer,
Roundtable Partners
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President,
Marret Asset Management Inc.
Barry Allan is the founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer of Marret Asset managment Inc. Barry has over 25 years of investment experience and spent the six years prior to founding Marret in 2000 as the lead high yield bond portfolio manager at Altamira Investment Services, a prominent employee-owned firm that was later sold to National Bank. At Altamira, Barry managed a wide variety of fixed income mandates and also held secondary responsibilities on several equity and balanced mandates. During this period he was the lead manager of the Altamira High Yield Bond Fund, co-manager of the Balanced and Growth & Income Funds, lead manager of the Global Bond and Global Short-Term Income Funds.
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Partner,
Climate Change Capital
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Chief Executive Officer,
Burlington Capital
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Managing Director,
Citco (Canada)
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Manager, Pension Fund,
York University
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Co-Chief Executive Officer,
Innocap
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CFA,
Alpha Scout Capital Management
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Vice President,
Northern Rivers Capital Management
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Manager, Market Regulation,
Ontario Securities Commission
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Editor,
AllAboutAlpha .com
Chris is a consultant, speaker and writer on the topic of hedge funds and alternative investments. He is also the Founder & Editor of AllAboutAlpha.com, a leading institutional hedge fund website that has been referenced by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg. In 2008, Pensions & Investments ranked AllAboutAlpha.com as one of the world’s top 10 “best blogs”. He is also a regular contributor to hedge fund industry events in Europe, North America and Asia.
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CIO,
Hillsdale Investment Management
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Partner, Securities and Capital Markets,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Managing Director,
Adventity Inc
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Founder and Principal,
Mau Capital Management LLC.
ohn Lee is the founder and principal of Mau Capital Management LLC. He runs two successful resource equity hedge funds: a US limited partnership and an offshore international business company. He is a CFA charter holder and has degrees in Economics and Engineering from Rice University. Mr. Lee has a keen interest in the history of money and economics, and he previously studied under Mr. James Turk, a renowned authority on the gold market.
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Managing Director, Alpha Beta Strategies,
Integra Capital Management
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Vice President, Head of Trading,
DGAM Diversified Global Asset Management.
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Principal,
Mercer Sentinal Group
Julian is primarily responsible for building and developing Mercer Sentinel’s Investment Manager Operations and Implementation Due Diligence capabilities, and expanding the global business outside Australia, where Mercer Sentinel has several clients. He will be focusing on investment operations, implementation and their governance.
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Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner,
GMP Investment Management L.P.
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Vice President - Sales,
ITG Canada
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Managing Director & CEO,
Arrow Hedge Partners
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President,
Tacita Capital
Michael Nairne is President and Chief Investment Officer of Tacita Capital Inc., a family office and investment counseling firm that provides integrated wealth and portfolio management services to families of exceptional affluence.
Prior to co-founding Tacita, Michael was the Chief Operating Officer of Loring Ward Inc., a family office located in New York and Los Angeles. Michael was also the co-founder and Vice Chairman of Assante Corporation, Loring Ward’s former parent company. During his tenure, Assante grew from $1 billion to over $20 billion in assets under administration.
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Managing Partner,
Hedges Capital Inc.
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President & COO,
Salida Capital
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Managing Director, Head -North America,
Harcourt Alternative Investments US
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Chairman,
Niagara Capital
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Business Manager, Equities,
Bloomberg Tradebook
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Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Global Macro,
Salida Capital
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Senior Investment Consultant,
Watson Wyatt
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Managing Director,
Finles Capital Management
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Managing Director,
DDX Capital
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Managing Director,
Parker Global Strategies
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Portfolio Manager,
JC Clark Ltd.
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Founder and Portfolio Manager,
Tricoastal Capital Management
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Managing Director,
HarbourVest Partners
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Managing Director,
Jemekk Capital Management
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Vice President, Market Regulation Policy,
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
As Vice President, Market Regulation Policy, Jim leads a group of lawyers with a mandate to develop and administer the Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR), designed as a common set of trading rules applicable to marketplaces trading equity securities in Canada. Part of this mandate includes the provision of interpretations and exemptions with the goal of promoting market integrity. The Market Regulation Policy section also acts as liaison to the various securities commissions and self-regulatory organizations regarding equity market regulation and market structure matters in Canada.
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Partner,
Lightwater Partners
David has over 20 years experience in global financial markets. Prior to forming Lightwater Partners, in 1998, David founded and was CEO and Portfolio Manager of Man-Vector Limited, an alternative asset management company concentrating on quantitative investment methodologies across four asset classes. Man-Vector was a joint venture with Man Group plc, one of the largest publicly traded alternative asset managers in the world, with AUM of $75+ Billion. Concurrently, in 1996, David founded and was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Vector Asset Management (UK) Limited, an alternative asset management company implementing a fund of hedge funds strategy. Mr. Vickerman holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Western Ontario and a M.B.A. (Finance) with distinction from Wake Forest University.
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Vice President ,
ATP Private Equity Partners
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President,
West-Can Consultant LTD.
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Pre-conference workshop:
October 14th, 8am - 4:30pm
Conference:
Day 1
October 15th, 9am - 5:30pm
Day 2
October 16th, 9am - 5:30pm
or call +1 212 379 6320
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