SALT 2010 SPONSORS

Northern Trust’s Global Fund Services (GFS) division has been servicing investment manager and fund company clients for more than 30 years from locations in Chicago, Dublin, Limerick, London and Luxembourg. GFS provides a comprehensive array of integrated solutions including fund accounting, administration, transfer agency, global custody, middle office outsourcing, as well as banking and cash management solutions.

Globally, GFS services more than 430 investment managers encompassing approximately 4,000 funds across wide variety of fund structures including registered mutual funds, collective investment trusts, hedge funds and private equity funds.

Founded in 1995, Concept Capital is a leading institutional broker and total solutions provider for global investment managers. Concept Capital provides a full suite of prime brokerage services, proprietary research, fund administration, risk management and portfolio analytics. Concept Capital also provides an experienced hands-on institutional trading desk for traditional buy-side customers, hedge funds, and registered investment advisors. Concept Capital specializes in providing clients with experienced, in-depth market knowledge combined with advanced proprietary systems, enabling clients to quickly launch their businesses in the most cost effective manner possible. Concept Capital is headquartered in Garden City, NY and has offices in New York, NY, Greenwich, CT, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago and Boca Raton. Concept Capital is currently a division of SMH Capital, Inc., member FINRA, SIPC. Concept Capital is forming an independent broker-dealer and, once approved, will operate as an independent company, of which Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc. will be a minority shareholder.

Founded in 2000, GoldenTree is one of the largest independent managers of fixed income credit funds, with assets under management of over $11 billion. Based in New York, with offices in London, Luxembourg, São Paulo and Seoul. GoldenTree provides investment services to institutions and high net worth individuals. GoldenTree is a fundamental value investor with an event driven, total return focus. GoldenTree believes that bottom-up research is the only way to exploit inefficiencies in high yield to identify credits that can provide both yield and capital appreciation. In order to efficiently execute our investment process, GoldenTree has established a strong, global franchise based on substantial infrastructure and significant local presence. Currently the firm has approximately 200 employees and 18 partners. The firm is entirely owned by its employees. The significant dislocation caused by the deleveraging and forced selling that began in July 2007 in credit has created an unprecedented environment in the credit markets. GoldenTree believes there are a number of ways to capture this opportunity. Despite the challenging economic outlook, an actively managed portfolio can yield substantial returns based on superior credit selection.

GoldenTree offers two distinct asset management styles to its investors - long/short and long only funds. Fund offerings differ based on use of leverage, shorting and target asset mix. Additionally, GoldenTree manages segregated accounts on behalf of large institutional investors.

Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG) is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $31.8 billion in assets under management (fee paying) as of December 31, 2009. Fortress is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices worldwide.

Fortress was founded in 1998 as an asset-based investment management firm with a fundamental philosophy premised on its alignment of interests with the investors in its funds. Fortress raises, invests and manages private equity funds, hybrid/credit funds and liquid hedge funds. Fortress intends to grow its existing businesses, while continuing to create innovative products to meet the increasing demand by sophisticated investors for superior risk-adjusted investment returns.

BNP Paribas is a leading provider of securities services in the alternative investment industry. Our global coverage with local market expertise enables us to deliver innovative, operationally efficient solutions using adaptive technology with the premium level of service excellence expected from one of the world’s largest and strongest banking groups.

“Deloitte” is the brand under which 165,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“DTT”), a Swiss Verein.

Deloitte is a global leader in providing professional services to the private equity, hedge fund and mutual fund industry. Our cross-functional industry group is comprised of more than 2,500 partners, managers and staff, providing a spectrum of assurance and advisory, tax, enterprise risk, regulatory and consulting services to a broad range of private equity, hedge fund and mutual fund companies.

BTIG, LLC (BTIG) is a premier institutional brokerage and fund services firm started in 2002. The firm’s institutional client base includes hedge funds, mutual funds, separate accounts, university endowments, foundations, pension funds and family offices.  BTIG and its affiliates employ over 380 people in 5 divisions: Prime Brokerage, Outsource Trading, Institutional Trading, Fixed Income and Direct Market Access. We service our clients out of 10 domestic offices: New York, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Red Bank, Chicago, Los Angeles, Greenwich, Aspen and Orinda.  The firm also has affiliates in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.

BTIG is the Broker Dealer sponsor of the 2010 SALT Conference.

MERLIN is a privately held, technology intensive prime brokerage services company with over 90 employees and over 450 clients.

Our focus is servicing hedge funds below $1 Billion AUM with technology, trading, custody, and operational solutions that are historically offered to only the largest of funds.

Merlin provides a variety of solutions to hedge funds and managed account platforms including:

• Seamless Multi Prime Custody with JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Northern Trust
• Advanced analytics for hedge funds, managed account platforms and their investors:
• Relative and absolute attribution
• Exposure over time
• Alpha over custom and blended benchmarks
• Asset allocation vs. stock selection statistics
• Leverage/liquidity and concentration measurements
• Capital development services
• Trading, risk and aggregation solutions
• Institutional trading services (MERLIN Institutional Group – MIG)

CACEIS is a solid business partner with an innovative service offer. We have a long history of providing cutting edge services to demanding institutional and corporate customers worldwide and with $3.3 trillion under custody and $1.6 billion under administration, we are a leading global player in the asset servicing industry. Through a network of offices across Europe, North America and Asia, we deliver high quality services covering depositary/trustee - custody, fund administration and transfer agency.

Our considerable expertise in Alternative Investment servicing, together with substantial level of assets under administration, gives CACEIS a ranking among the top 10 global service providers for these sophisticated funds. We also offer a range of specialist services including cross-border fund distribution support, which are designed to assist clients in achieving their international business development goals while letting them focus on maximizing gains for their investors.

Ernst & Young is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace

Nearly 30,000 Ernst & Young financial services professionals around the world provide integrated assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services to our asset management, banking, capital markets and insurance clients. In the United States, Ernst & Young LLP is the only public accounting firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Created in 2000, the New York City-centered Financial Services Office today includes more than 3,300 professionals in over 30 locations across the US. Ernst & Young professionals in our financial services practices worldwide align with key global industry groups, including Ernst & Young’s Global Asset Management Center, Global Banking & Capital Markets Center and Global Insurance Center, which act as hubs for sharing industry focused knowledge on current and emerging trends and regulations in order to help our clients address key issues. Our practitioners span many disciplines and provide a well rounded understanding of business issues and challenges, as well as integrated services to our clients.

With a global presence and industry-focused advice, Ernst & Young’s financial services professionals provide high-quality assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, including operations, risk and technology, to financial services companies worldwide. It’s how Ernst & Young makes a difference.

Pershing Prime Services delivers an unconflicted, comprehensive suite of global prime brokerage solutions, including extensive access to securities lending, dedicated client service, robust technology and reporting tools, worldwide execution and order management capabilities, a broad array of cash management products and the integrated platform of BNY Mellon. Pershing Prime Services is a service of Pershing LLC.

Roubini Global Economics, LLC, provides a uniquely tailored look at the logic of the global economy, applying the methodology of its renowned founder, NYU economist Nouriel Roubini. Under his leadership, our team of economists, analysts and market strategists identify the most vital economic and geostrategic questions, surface the debate and provide the vital context that enables our clients to move with speed and deliberation.

Our website, Roubini.com, surfaces this thought process by constantly turning over the evidence, exploring the trends and surfacing the varied opinions which drive markets and government policy around the world. With offices in New York and London, RGE produces daily analysis of the global economy in the form of Critical Issue and Briefings, as well as regular analysis and strategy outlooks each month. Additionally, RGE economists meet in direct engagement with our Direct Access clients, helping some of the world’s most important market players formulate the ideas and strategies they need to stay a step ahead of the pack.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP is a law firm providing transactional and litigation guidance to leading multinational corporations, investment banks and private equity firms in the U.S. and abroad. Stroock’s emphasis on client service and innovation has made it one of the nation’s leading law firms for 130 years. Stroock provides legal services for hundreds of private funds including specialty funds such as distressed investment, real estate and insurance dedicated funds. Stroock is one of the preeminent firms representing seed investors in start-up and emerging hedge funds. Stroock’s practice areas include capital markets/securities, commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, private equity, private funds, derivatives and commodities, employment law and benefits, energy and project finance, entertainment, environmental law, financial restructuring, financial services litigation, insurance, intellectual property, investment management, litigation, personal client services, real estate, structured finance and tax. For more information, please visit Stroock’s website at www.stroock.com.

WisdomTree has developed the largest global family of fundamentally-weighted ETFs covering all major market capitalizations, both domestic and international. In contrast to cap-weighted indexes, WisdomTree anchors the initial weights of stocks by cash dividends or core earnings, a measure of fundamental value. In a continual effort to develop thoughtful investment solutions, WisdomTree recently launched the first family of Currency Income ETFs.

ALPS Price Meadows offers an award-winning, full-service partnership to investment managers seeking truly customized services for alternative products. Our services are designed to meet your needs and our consultative approach provides an integrated, client-oriented alliance. We are well positioned to serve our clients out of our Seattle, Denver and Boston offices.

ALPS Price Meadows offers a comprehensive package of alternative investment services and our experts will assist you in every aspect of hedge fund administration including fund structure, fund accounting, shareholder servicing and tax services.

Direct Access Partners is an independent agency-only brokerage firm offering clients complete anonymity and non-conflicting multi-asset execution in more than 100 markets over an open architecture trading platform in addition to Global Prime Brokerage, Capital Raising, Independent Research and Commission Management. We serve a diverse range of institutional buy and sell-side clientele, both domestically and around the world including hedge funds, mutual funds, registered investment advisors and public and corporate pension funds. Direct Access Partners is a member of NYSE Euronext, MSRB, FINRA, SIPC, and a certified minority-owned business enterprise. For more information about Direct Access Partners please visit us at www.daptrading.com.

Bay Hill Capital Management is a leading quantitatively based equity volatility fund manager. The Bay Hill fund trades three core strategies in the US, Asia, and Europe from its two offices in Boston and San Francisco. The sub-strategies include Volatility Arbitrage - an automated strategy capturing the differential between forecasted and realized stock volatility; Dispersion - capturing correlation mispricing and misalignment across multiple underlying equities and indices; and Relative Value - trading the mispricing and relationships among multiple option contracts on the same underlying equity. All strategies are highly diversified and have low correlation to each other.

Bay Hill Capital’s partners have extensive experience, and have been operating in global option markets for the last 25 years. The firm also has a broad and very seasoned team consisting of 15 investment and research professionals. Bay Hill is a leader in volatility trading, volatility forecasting and the development of electronic trading technology. The fund adheres to a rigorous risk management approach that strives to manage portfolio volatility, and neutralize market directional risk, and macro exposure using proprietary hedging strategies. Bay Hill’s management believes that, while the global option markets continue to become more efficient, opportunities remain because the markets are too dynamic and complex to be in constant alignment. By applying a combination of investment research, innovative modeling techniques and proprietary trading algorithms, Bay Hill is able to identify and exploit trading opportunities, manage risk, and effectively measure strategy performance.

Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC is a global investment management firm focused on investing in emerging and developed markets currencies, interest rates and other macro asset classes. The Firm manages two hedge funds and combines decades of trading experience among the Firm’s principals with a research-intensive approach to exploit tactical and strategic opportunities at the intersection of emerging and developed markets. The Firm focuses predominantly on highly liquid assets and believes in the union of risk management and portfolio management to optimize its risk/return profile.

The Firm’s flagship fund has a five-year track record and is a discretionary global macro fund with a focus on emerging markets assets, primarily currencies and interest rates. Through its focus on foreign exchange, the most liquid of all asset classes, the Fund utilizes a consistent and focused approach to extracting alpha in developed and emerging markets. This approach, combined with an emphasis on tactical trading, provides the potential to source opportunities in any type of market environment. Led by CEO and Senior Portfolio Manager Melissa Ko, there are four portfolio managers and nine business and operational professionals. The strategy currently manages $750,000,000 in assets.

As the alternative in insurance brokerage, Frank Crystal & Company provides industry-leading insurance services, solutions, and counsel to corporations as well as individuals. The company provides a highly consultative approach, leveraging its insurance advisory, claims management, risk control engineering, and administrative expertise to the benefit of its clients.

Headquartered in New York City, with over 400 employees nationwide and regional offices in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC, Frank Crystal chooses and values its employees for their integrity, ability to provide outstanding customer service, and commitment to the relentless pursuit of value-added insurance solutions and results.

Paul Hastings’ dynamic professionals deliver innovative solutions to the complex legal challenges encountered by the world’s top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies.

With 18 offices in major business centers across Asia, Europe, and the U.S., Paul Hastings has the global reach and extensive capabilities to provide personalized service wherever our clients’ needs take us.

Our focus is simple: Provide consistent excellence in everything we do. In today's economic environment it is more important than ever to work with a firm that understands and anticipates your business needs. At Paul Hastings, we work closely with our clients and build deep institutional relationships through our global practice groups and client service teams. And we actively seek talent that shares our dedication to client service and our firm commitment to success.

Rothstein Kass is a premier public accounting firm that has served privately held and publicly traded companies, individuals, and families for over 50 years. The Rothstein Kass Financial Services Group is consistently ranked as a top service provider to the alternative investment industry. Our team of professionals dedicated to this unique population provides services to clients including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity, broker-dealers and registered investment advisors.

Through its “one-firm, one-floor” culture, Rothstein Kass promotes consistent collaboration among hedge fund practice leaders to continually enhance best practices and technological capabilities. The experience and insight gained through firm-wide cooperation allows our professional staff to learn and develop throughout their careers by working side-by-side with industry leaders. Our ability to hire, develop and retain smart, energetic individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit that mirrors the sophisticated financial services communities that we serve allows Rothstein Kass to act as trusted advisors to our clients. Dedicated audit, tax and advisory professionals are experts in the field, working exclusively with clients within the hedge fund industry to anticipate opportunities on the horizon rather than react to short-term competitive challenges.

Beyond audit and tax services, the firm provides a full array of integrated services, including strategic business counseling, regulatory compliance and SEC advisory services, insurance and risk management consulting and family office services. Rothstein Kass has offices in California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Texas and the Cayman Islands, each of which has received recognition as a Best Place to Work.

Sadis & Goldberg LLP is a leading New York based law firm focused on delivering sophisticated and creative legal solutions in a highly professional manner. The Firm is internationally recognized for its financial services practice that consists of representing several hundred investment advisers and related investment entities (including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds). Similarly, the Firm provides regulatory and compliance advice and representation in connection with SEC enforcement proceedings. Notwithstanding the emphasis on the financial services industry, the Firm also provides a full range of tax, litigation, real estate, intellectual property and corporate services to its clients.

Stroz Friedberg is an international consulting and technical services company that focuses on electronic information: its sources, its trails, and its implications. Our industry-renowned expertise converges on digital and mobile device forensics, electronic discovery, data breach and cybercrime response, anti-money laundering, cyber and traditional investigations, and other areas that straddle the widening border shared by technology, law, and policy. With eleven offices in the U.S. and the U.K., we provide technical assistance and strategic advice to help clients effectively manage digital risks and uncover digital evidence. Stroz Friedberg is Safe Harbor-certified to ensure data security standards for European Union clients, and our industry-renowned professionals hold the highest credentials in digital forensics, IT security, investigations, anti-money laundering, and fraud detection, providing expert testimony and opinions in judicial venues in Europe and the U.S. As the leading global firm for managing digital risk and uncovering digital evidence, Stroz Friedberg is trusted by top corporations and law firms for its objective and thorough answers that invariably withstand the scrutiny of opposing counsel and their experts. Learn more about our capabilities and experience at www.strozfriedberg.com.

Imagine Software is a leading provider of real-time investment management solutions worldwide. Its flagship product, the Imagine Trading System, is a cross-asset trading, portfolio, and risk management solution available as an enterprise application or as an on-demand, ASP-based platform at Derivatives.com. Developed for alternative investment companies of all sizes, Derivatives.com combines proven enterprise functionality with comprehensive data management and automates key business processing services.

Imagine Software serves thousands of users worldwide, ranging from major brokerage firms and banking institutions to hedge funds employing all major asset classes across any trading strategy. Imagine Software is one hundred percent owned by its four managing directors.

For more information, visit www.imaginesoftware.com or contact us at 212-317-7600.

Omnium, a hedge fund administration business, brings together leading experts in hedge fund operations, financial control and technology. Our passion for process is the cornerstone of our culture representing the close partnership between our people, our technology and our clients. By partnering with us, our clients can focus on their core business of investing, while leveraging our unique and advantaged ability to deliver Operational Alpha through the provision of middle and back office services.

Contact:

Omnium
Matthew Wilson, CFA
Head of Sales & Client Services
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212-652-7778
Fax: 312-251-4930
Email: matthew.wilson@omnium.com

Over 4,000 of the world’s leading hedge funds, investment management and other firms employ Capital IQ’s comprehensive fundamental and quantitative research and analysis solutions. Providing a unique combination of market data, analytics, research, and relationship development tools, Capital IQ helps investment professionals minimize the time and effort required to make sound decisions. Portfolio managers and analysts value Capital IQ for the highest-quality data, powerful functionality, and ease of use.

Investment management professionals use Capital IQ for in-depth financial analysis and research, including:

• Adjusted, Auditable Financials
Our financials are adjusted for one-time charges and have features that allow you to click-through and audit specific line items to source filings.
• Detailed Global Coverage
View in-depth profiles of companies worldwide including financials, comparables, estimates, credit ratings and research, officers and directors, advisory relationships, transactions, securities, key developments, corporate governance data, events, filings, news, and more.

• Comprehensive Industry Views
Quickly identify comparables, active investors, private competitors, market activities, and sector developments.

• Excel Plug-In
Build and maintain financial models in a fraction of the time it would take to do so manually using easy-to-use formulas as well as a variety of prebuilt models, charts, and reports.

• Robust Screening and Targeting
Screen based on financials as well as qualitative, event-focused criteria such as insider transactions, share repurchases, expiring lock-ups, management changes, and more.

For more information, call +1 212.438.8701 or email sales@capitaliq.com.

SunGard Alternative Investments provides specialized solutions designed specifically to address the primary business requirements of the alternative investment space. They range from front office analysis, trading, portfolio construction and portfolio management, and specialist support for private equity transactions; through independent valuation, risk management and daily P&L; to accounting, records and investor reporting. Many SunGard Alternative Investments solutions are available both as locally installed applications and as outsourced services e.g. over an Application Service Provider interface (ASP) or Software as a Service (SaaS). To learn more, visit www.sungard.com/alternatives.

Columbus Avenue Consulting, LLC is a fund administrator dedicated exclusively to the hedge fund industry. With over $5 billion in assets under administration and over 45 employees worldwide, Columbus offers full onshore and offshore administrative services to hedge fund and fund of hedge fund clients.

The firm provides a wide spectrum of services which include daily NAV calculations, traditional portfolio accounting, tax and operational consulting, accurate and timely reporting, and investor services. Our customized solutions are delivered using the finest technologies available and our client service professionals are seasoned veterans of the industry.

Dynamex Trading specializes in offering an agency only approach to trading for hedge funds, mutual funds, broker dealers, family offices, investment managers, RIA’s, and other institutional clients. We offer a strong fundamental understanding of the options markets, depth of experience, extensive network of liquidity providers and advanced proprietary technology. Our entire execution team is comprised of former option market makers who are eager to answer questions and share their options knowledge with our clients. This experience gives us a distinct advantage over bulge bracket firms that simply hire sales people to execute trades. Whenever possible, our traders provide market color when they see activity that might be of interest to you. This information is timely and customized to meet your needs. A salesperson simply can’t compare. Dynamex’s aim is to use our network of resources to get you the best execution and to provide you with price improvement. We know that when it comes to trading options, every penny counts. We do not internalize orders like much of our competition. We make it our goal to fill our client’s orders at a better price than our competition would. To learn more please visit our web site.

Grant Thornton is universally accepted on Wall Street

As Congress considers strict new regulations for hedge funds, it is more critical than ever to demonstrate to both regulators and investors that your fund receives a high-quality audit conducted by a reputable firm with global reach. Grant Thornton LLP has conducted audits of nearly 500 SEC issuer clients and approximately 1,200 hedge funds. Backed by our Financial Services specialists, SEC experience and worldwide resources, Grant Thornton complies with the existing regulations and contemplates the impact of new regulations on funds and their investors.

Clients from a wide range of sectors also tap our industry and technical specialists for equity, debt, sale, and merger and acquisition transactions. In fact, Grant Thornton provides services to 24% of the companies in the Fortune 1000 and to 23% of the companies in the Russell 1000. We also perform tax and/or advisory work for 50% of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and for 25% of the companies in the S&P 500. For additional information on our firm, contact National Director Cynthia Keveney at 212.624.5495 or visit us on the web at www.grantthornton.com.

HedgeServ is a fund administrator that is leading the industry with a more advanced model of administration. Our shared technology platform breaks the cycle of costly duplication and dramatically improves efficiency. HedgeServ’s global operating framework provides clients with access to their data 24/7/365, no matter where they are located or what markets they trade. The firm was launched by three industry veterans, Jim Kelly and Gene Mannella, founders of International Fund Services, and Bob Aaron, founder of DPM. HedgeServ supports all structures for onshore and offshore hedge funds, managed account platforms, funds of funds and private equity firms, across all investment strategies and multiple domiciles. The firm employs more than 180 industry professionals in New York, Dublin and the Cayman Islands. For more information, visit www.hedgeserv.com or call our New York office at 212.920.3556.

EFX Prime Services is a division of First New York Securities, a premier principal trading firm headquartered in New York City  with offices in London covering all asset classes as well as all developed and emerging markets. EFX Prime Services offers prime brokerage services, multiple clearing relationships, comprehensive trading support, capital introduction and capital allocation through managed accounts via EFX Capital to single and multi-primed funds.  EFX Prime Services has a presence in New York and Florida.

IQ Financial Marketing creates marketing strategies, sales materials and presentations that help hedge fund managers stand out from their competition in the high-net-worth and institutional markets.

We are specialists.  We understand complex investment methodologies, so we are able to simplify, clarify and differentiate your strategy to investors and help you tell a more compelling story.  Plus, we have the creative talents to execute engaging marketing communications in a variety of media.

A leader in private aviation services for 25 years, Key Air provides clients with complete and customized solutions for their private aviation needs. Specializing in aircraft management and worldwide charter, Key Air has Fixed Base Operations and private aviation hangar facilities in strategic locations nationwide with convenient proximity to major U.S. cities like New York, Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Palm Beach and Los Angeles. With a long history of excellence in service, an impeccable safety record, state-of-the-art facilities and competitive fuel programs, Key Air delivers an unparalleled private air travel experience.

Bullion Exchange International transforms silver and gold into extraordinary works of art, adding unwavering value to bullion investment. Using coins and bars ranging from .5 to 1000 ounces as our canvas, we work relentlessly with the world renowned artists to create rare pieces whose fine artistry and quality deliver unprecedented beauty and worth. Edition sizes are extremely limited and each piece has been independently appraised by the National Institute of Appraisers (NIA), providing our clientele with a unique and lasting investment opportunity. To view our full collection and obtain a copy of the NIA appraisal, please visit www.bei100.com.