AIMA Cayman and AIMA Americas Education and Networking Evening

USA

Please join AIMA Cayman and your fellow AIMA members across the Americas for an evening of education and networking. The program will provide the latest updates on Cayman regulations, offering an opportunity to hear directly from Cayman’s Minister of Financial Services, as well as candid conversations on asset raising and culture

Agenda:
4:30 – 5:00 Registration

5:00pm-5:10pm: Opening remarks

5:10pm-5:40pm: Honorable Tara Rivers –Positioning ourselves in an ever evolving global financial system. Industry Update from the Cayman Islands Government

  • The New AML Regulations and the impact on financial institutions, funds and Directors
  • The new CIMA Administrative Fines Regulations
  • Health of Cayman funds industry
  • Preparing for the new Data Protection Law
  • US Tax Reform – what are the implications to the alternative investment industry?
  • Update on the LLC regime

5:40pm-6:10pm: Panel discussion: Raising and retaining new assets – alternatives managers share challenges and successes

Panelists:
Jiri Krol, Deputy CEO, Global Head of Government Affairs, AIMA
Tim Dawson, Regulatory and Financial Services, Maples and Calder
Heather Smith, Head of Investments Supervision Division, CIMA
Dave Racich, FSO Tax Hedge Fund Leader and Global Hedge Fund Co-Leader, EY

6:10pm–6:30pm: Fireside chat: How is Diversity impacting the global hedge fund industry? Does it matter to investors?

  • Cracking the code on crypto - a quick review of this new asset class
  • What are the key operational challenges to adding crypto exposure in a hedge fund structure?
  • How does launching a crypto currency fund differ from launching a hedge fund?
  • Asset raising strategies and unique challenges for crypto currency managers
  • How to mitigate risk on both the investment and operational sides
  • How to conduct DD on the new coin exchanges and related banks
  • How to communicate with investors and get them comfortable with those risks
  • Cybersecurity and recourse for stolen coins

Moderator:
Angus Champion de Crespigny, Americas Financial Services Blockchain Leader, EY

Speakers:
Hyacinth Chu,
US Head of Alternative Investments, Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Brice Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, XBTO Capital Management, LLC 
Beatrice O'Carroll,
Director of Sales & Relationship Management, Circle Trade

6:30pm7:30pm Networking reception

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