Hedge Fund and other alternative asset managers with at least $1 billion AUM often join MFA as Sustaining Members. While the cost of Sustaining Membership is significantly higher, the benefits of Sustaining Membership are great:

• 14 additional individual memberships included in this Member category (Total 15 individuals)
• Significant input into MFA’s Washington agenda
• Exclusive invitations to various special events, including legislative and regulatory briefings, and special receptions
• For single-manager hedge fund complexes, participation on MFA’s Hedge Fund Advisory Committee (HFAC)
• HFAC Members receive exclusive access to MFA’s various Forums, such as the General Counsel Forum, Chief Financial Officer Forum, Chief Risk Officer Forum and Chief Compliance Officer Forum (these Forums meet regularly (and privately) to provide MFA’s Sustaining Members unique opportunities to discuss openly important issues affecting the industry)
• Daily distribution of various articles of importance to the hedge fund industry
• “Preferred” opportunities to serve on MFA committees, speak at MFA conferences and webcasts, and author articles for MFA Reporter newsletter
• All the benefits of Capital Membership