"The Fallacies of Hedge Fund Due Diligence"

Presented by Dr. Ulrich Keller, Head of Alternative Funds Advisory, UBS.

Dr. Ulrich Keller: Head of Alternative Funds Advisory at UBS, Chief Investment Officer, Managing Director. Ulrich Keller is primarily responsible for portfolio construction and investment due diligence for the Alternative Funds Advisory (AFA) team at UBS AG. As Chief Investment Officer, he oversees the selection of Private Equity and Hedge Funds for institutional clients. He manages research, strategy and trading professionals and works closely with other members of the A&Q management committee in the development and implementation of the business plans. He joined the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1997 working on quantitative risk control for derivatives portfolios and moved to his current position after re-joining UBS in 2000. Prior to re-joining UBS, he worked for Credit Suisse where his tasks comprised market risk control functions for interest rates and currency derivative products. He is a Gödecke Research Prize laureate, which is an industry-backed award for applied research in mathematical finance. Ulrich has over 16 years of investment industry experience, is a diplom-graduate of the University of Paris and holds a Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Freiburg.