Roye to Address MFA Seminar on Sound Practices

The second, conducted by Robert Van Grover, partner in Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, Arthur Lev, partner and general counsel, FrontPoint Partners LLC, Greenwich, Conn., and Terrance J. O'Malley, partner, Schulte Roth, will address "preparing for the registration process."

The third, presented by Michael Neus, chief operating officer and general counsel, RHG Capital LP, New York, Joel Press, senior partner, Ernst & Young Global Ltd., New York, global hedge fund practice, and Kenneth Raisler, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, will discuss "compliance policies and sound practices."

The fourth, which will include Jeff Morton, partner, Adviser Compliance Associates LLC, Washington, Mark Silber, vice president, Renaissance Technologies Corp., New York, and George Mazin, partner, Dechert LLP, New York, will address the examination process.

But Mr. Roye is the event's headliner, because he played such a prominent role throughout the SEC's very public deliberation on the new rule. As recently as Nov. 30, Mr. Roye spoke on the subject to the Securities Industry Association at its New York confab on hedge funds. There he expressed the view that registration would give the SEC "the tools it needs to address … various concerns and monitor the activities of hedge fund advisers to proactively address issues within the hedge fund industry."

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