Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
November 12-13, 2014

Arthur Bell CPAs hosts an Annual Alternative Investment Industry Update for clients, employees, and friends of the Firm to discuss relevant regulatory, compliance, operational, accounting, and tax issues affecting the hedge fund, managed futures, and securities community. The current agenda and list of speakers include:

8:15 a.m.    Welcome remarks
Arthur F. Bell, Jr. - Managing Member, Arthur Bell CPAs

8:20 a.m.    An outlook on the industry
Keynote: Richard H. Baker - President and CEO, Managed Funds Association

8:50 a.m.    Managing the impact of today's regulatory climate
Karl A. Cole-Frieman - Founding Partner, Cole-Frieman and Mallon LLP
Patricia L. Cushing - Director, Compliance, National Futures Association
Mark Polemeni - Chief Compliance Officer, Citadel Asset Management
Moderator: Corey McLaughlin - Member, Arthur Bell CPAs

Snack break

10:10 a.m. Best practices for operational risk management
Greg Ciaverelli - Partner, Private Advisors, LLC
Tom Lloyd - General Counsel, Campbell and Company, Inc.
Marc Lotti - Founding Partner and COO, Aponix Financial Technologists
Moderator: Will Coleman - IT Director, Arthur Bell CPAs

11:10 a.m. Operational implications of a '40 Act Structure
Lance Baker - Chief Financial Officer, Hatteras Funds
Peter Gilroy-Scott - Director, Arthur Bell CPAs 
Andres Sandate - President and CEO, Endurance Fund Services
Allen Taylor - Vice President, Marketing, Hatteras Funds
Moderator:.Jeff Megaro - Member, Arthur Bell CPAs

Lunch

1:00 p.m. Building bridges: The dynamics (not challenges) of weekly blogging, informing
and not offending
Keynote: Gary A. DeWaal - Special Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

1:30 p.m. Preparing your organization for the future
Arthur F. Bell, Jr. - Managing Member, Arthur Bell CPAs
Whitney A. Chatterjee - Partner, Sullivan and Cromwell LLP
A. Valerie Mirko, Esq. - Deputy General Counsel, North American Securities Administrators Association
Moderator:.Rod Rager - Member, Arthur Bell CPAs

Snack break

2:20 p.m. Update on performance reporting 
Kamelia Dari - Senior Principal Consultant, ACA Performance Services
Debby Hallett - Director, Arthur Bell CPAs
Alan S. MacKenzie, Jr. - Chief Financial Officer, The Gargoyle Group
Moderator:.Keith Stafford - Member, Arthur Bell CPAs

3:00 p.m. Tax and fund update
Joseph Bergman - Partner, Brick and Patel LLP
Ryan Carling - Director, Arthur Bell CPAs
Moderator: Josh Morgenstern - Member, Arthur Bell CPAs

3:30 p.m.  Accounting and audit update
Michael Minehane - Partner, Doran + Minehane
Chaim Preiser - Senior Accountant, Arthur Bell CPAs
Moderator: Thom Stranger - Director, Arthur Bell CPAs

4:00 p.m.  Closing remarks

We are pleased to provide an opportunity for you to learn about industry developments, network with peers, and earn up to 7 credit hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE). Additional speakers will be announced soon.

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Learning objectives are:

• To obtain an update on the current and future state of the alternative investment industry
• To obtain an understanding of regulatory and compliance initiatives from legal, regulatory, and compliance experts
• To obtain an understanding of operational best practices, recent accounting pronouncements, and tax regulations affecting the alternative investment industry

Registration is by invitation-only for clients, employees, and friends of the Firm. If you would like to request a topic for the agenda or extend an invitation to one of your colleagues, please email tina.lewandowski@arthurbellcpas.com.

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NASBA Sponsor for CPE:

Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website:  www.learningmarket.org.