The Investors' Committee

The Investors' Committee is comprised of representatives from a broad array of investors and investor advocates, potentially including representatives from labor organizations, endowments, foundations, corporate and public pension funds, investment consultants, and other U.S. and non-U.S. investors. Its purpose is to facilitate an exchange of information between the investor community and the agencies comprising the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.

The first task of the Committee was to develop detailed guidelines that would define "best practices" for investors in private pools of capital. The Report of the Committee, "Principles and Best Practices for Hedge Fund Investors", is available by clicking here.

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Members

Russell Read, Chair CalPERS	Sandra Urie, Vice-Chair Cambridge Associates, LLC
Gary Bruebaker Washington State Investment Board	George Main Diversified Global Asset Management Corporation
Myra Drucker Commonfund	Salim Shariff Weyerhaeuser Pension Fund
Tom Dunn New Holland Capital	Ellen Shuman Carnegie Corporation of New York
Peter Gilbert Lehigh University Endowment Fund	Damon Silvers AFL-CIO
Andrew Golden Princeton University Investment Company	Greg Williamson BP America Inc.

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Mission Statement

The Investors Committee is comprised of representatives from a broad array of investors and investor advocates, potentially including representatives from labor organizations, endowments, foundations, corporate and public pension funds, investment consultants, and other U.S. and non- U.S. investors. Its purpose is to facilitate an exchange of information between the investor community and the agencies comprising the President's Working Group on Financial Markets ("PWG"). It will be a standing committee, and its members serve at the behest of the committee's chairperson for three-year terms. Members may be reappointed for additional terms. It is expected that the committee will develop best practice guidelines, as described below, and also subsequently review and reassess, and if necessary revise, those guidelines.

The first task of the committee is to develop detailed guidelines that would define "best practices" for investors in private pools of capital, including practices regarding information, due diligence, risk management, and reporting. They would foster efforts to enhance market discipline, mitigate systemic risk, augment regulatory safeguards regarding investor protection, and complement regulatory efforts to enhance market integrity. These guidelines would review and build on existing industry work and the principles and guidelines released in February 2007 by the PWG, particularly Principles 4, 5, and 8, where possible. The initial focus will be on practices related to investment in hedge funds.

Principles and Best Practices for Hedge Fund Investors

The Report of the Committee, "Principles and Best Practices for Hedge Fund Investors", is available by clicking here.