“Hedge Funds and Independent Analysts: How Independent are Their Relationships?”

June 21, 2006




NOTICE OF FULL COMMITTEE HEARING


The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on "Hedge Funds and Independent Analysts: How Independent are Their Relationships?" for Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

By order of the Chairman

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Witness List
Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
on

"Hedge Funds and Independent Analysts:
How Independent are Their Relationships?"

Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226
9:30 a.m.

PANEL I

Matthew W. Friedrich
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff
Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC

The Honorable Richard Blumenthal
Attorney General
State of Connecticut
Hartford, CT

PANEL II

Gary J. Aguirre
Former Investigator
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC

Marc E. Kasowitz
Senior Partner
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
Alliance for Investment Transparency
New York, NY

Joseph McLaughlin
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Managed Funds Association
New York, NY

Kim D. Blickenstaff
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Biosite, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Owen A. Lamont
Professor of Finance
Yale School of Management
New Haven, CT

Demetrios Anifantis
Former Client Relationship Manager
Camelback Research Alliance, Inc.
Scottsdale, AZ

Dr. Howard Schilit, CPA
Founder and Non-Executive Chair
Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA, LLC)
Rockville, MD

Jonathan Boersma
Director
Standards of Practice
CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity
Charlottesville, VA