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1 The Future of Hedge Funds: Transparent and Liquid Panel Detail: Tuesday, April 28, :00 AM - 9:15 AM Speakers: Jason Cummins, Head of Economic Research, Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP Joseph Dear, Chief Investment Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Orin Kramer, General Partner, Boston Provident LP; Chairman, New Jersey State Investment Council Marc Lasry, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Avenue Capital Group Stephen Nesbitt, CEO, Cliffwater LLC Moderator: Steven Drobny, Co-Founder and Partner, Drobny Global Advisors

2 Worldwide hedge fund assets decrease by 40 percent since Q US$ trillions Sources: Hedgefund.net, Milken Institute.

3 Downsizing of existing funds contributes the most to the decline in hedge fund assets in 2008 Change in hedge fund assets, US$ billions Change due to performance Net flows for existing funds Flows via new or liquidating funds Sources: Hedgefund.net, Milken Institute.

4 Breakdown of hedge funds by strategies Total assets: $1.8 trillion February 2008 Emerging markets 4% Global macro 4% Event driven 4% Convertible arbitrage 2% Dedicated short bias 1% Equity market neutral 27% Distressed 7% Multi-strategy 12% Event-driven multi-strategy 17% Fixed income arbitrage 22% Sources: Bloomberg, Credit Suisse, Hedgefund.net, Milken Institute.

5 Hedge fund returns, different strategy Annualized return, January 1994 March 2009 Global macro Distressed Event driven Event-driven multi-strategy Multi-strategy Risk arbitrage Emerging markets Convertible arbitrage Equity market neutral Fixed income arbitrage Dedicated short bias All hedge funds -0.7% 5.2% 3.6% 7.5% 7.1% 6.6% 5.9% 10.3% 9.4% 9.0% 8.6% 12.4% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% Annualized return, March 2008 March 2009 Dedicated short bias 5.8% Risk arbitrage -3.3% Global macro -8.5% Event-driven multi-strategy -12.5% Event driven -15.1% Multi-strategy -17.6% Distressed -19.3% Convertible arbitrage -20.2% Fixed income arbitrage -21.2% Emerging markets -27.4% Equity market neutral -43.4% All hedge funds -16.7% -45% -30% -15% 0% 15% Sources: Bloomberg, Milken Institute.

6 Total returns of selected asset classes Crude Oil Emerging markets Hedge funds U.S. Treasuries Commodities Corporate bonds Small Cap High Yield S&P % Annualized return Q Q % 9.7% 7.0% 6.2% 5.0% 4.4% 3.6% 3.5% Annualized return Q Q U.S. Treasuries Corporate bonds -8.1% High Yield -12.6% Hedge funds -16.7% Emerging markets -36.5% Small Cap -37.9% S&P % Commodities -56.5% Crude Oil -67.1% 7.2% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% Sources: Bloomberg, Datastream, Milken Institute. -100% -50% 0% 50%

7 Price performance of major bond, equity and commodity indices Index, January 30, 2000 = Sources: Bloomberg, Milken Institute. Lehman Bond Composite Index S&P GSCI Commodity Index S&P 500 Index

8 TED Spread reached historical high in 2008 Monthly, January 1985 March 2009 Basis points November 1987: 255 bps September 2008: 315 bps Average since 1985: 59 bps Sources: Bloomberg, Milken Institute.

9 Liquidity freeze: spread between 3-month LIBOR and overnight index swap rate (weekly, 2001 October 31, 2008) Basis points Average since December 2001: 31 bps Sources: Bloomberg, Milken Institute. 9/16/2008: Fed rescues AIG for $85 billion. 9/14/2008: Lehman files for bankruptcy. October 10, 2008: 364 bps Average since August 2007: 98 bps 8/16/2007: Countrywide takes an emergency loan of $11 billion 7/31/2007: Two Bear Stearns hedge funds file for bankruptcy.

10 Does low price-earning ratio imply great investment opportunity? Monthly, January 1954 March 2009 Price-earning ratio for S&P 500 index Average since 1954: 16.4x June 1999: 29.7x March 2009: 11.8x 5 April 1980: 7.0x Sources: Bloomberg, Milken Institute.

11 Where is the bottom: Home price may not rebound until after 2011 Percent Annual percentage change in home price implied by forward contracts 0 November 2011 contract -2-4 November 2010 contract November 2009 contract / / / / / / / / / /2009 Sources: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Milken Institute.

12 Steve Drobny slides

13 The future of hedge funds Transparent and liquid

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