Conferences and Speeches

17th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds

Sunday, March 6, 2016 - Tuesday, March 8, 2016

A conference co-presented by the IBA Private Investment Funds Subcommittee of the IBA Investment Funds Committee and the Subcommittee on Hedge Funds of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities Law of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law, supported by the IBA European Regional Forum

In its 17th year this leading conference brings together top legal, business and fund professionals from around the globe to analyse the current market and future of private investment funds, and the prospects of changes and updates to regulatory and tax regimes, among other timely topics.

Washington DC IM partner Sean Graber will be participating in a “Workshop on Alternative Registered Funds” on March 7. This workshop will take a close look at alternative asset funds registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Specific topics considered will include: the keys to successful marketing; the principal challenges managing the assets of a registered alternatives fund; governance considerations; and the continuing wariness of regulators towards alternative registered funds.