Industry Events

 

A series of events have been created specifically for qualified asset allocators looking to increase their knowledge in the managed futures space and want an opportunity to meet today’s top CTA market participants. All of these events are FREE to attend for investors and take place on June 19 and 20, 2013, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. More information is here.

MANAGED FUTURES PINNACLE AWARDS
The second annual Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards is the only awards event recognizing excellence exclusively in the managed futures space.

MEET THE PINNACLE AWARD NOMINEES
Meet the Pinnacle Award nominated managers, prior to the awards ceremony, in a private space reserved for asset allocators.

MFA PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS AND MFA FORUM 2013
Two pre-conference sessions designed specifically for asset allocators, and MFA's 19th annual managed futures and global macro investment strategies conference.

REGISTER

 

Derivatives & Risk Management Brazil is designed specifically for treasurers, risk and investment managers at Brazilian institutions. By combining discussion on both onshore and offshore markets, and covering fixed income, equityand commodity derivatives, Derivatives & Risk Management Brazil provides a platform to inspire new demand from companies looking to learn and participate in the market for the first time, as well as introduce frequent users of the market to new solutions and structures. For further details please visit www.DerivativesRiskBrazil.com, or to register please email Registrations@LatAmFinancial.com quoting code ‘BarclayHedge20’ to take advantage of your exclusive 20% saving.

 

Attend Financial Research Associates’ Client Servicing for Institutional Asset Managers AND Mastering RFPs and Consultant Databases to ensure you’re in the know on what clients and consultants really want! Gain valuable insight from institutional investors, consultants, and industry leaders on how to boost your client servicing functions and RFP/consultant database responses.

View the conference brochure: http://www.frallc.com/pdf/B868.pdf

Subscribers of BarclayHedge are entitled to a 10% discount. Mention FMP102 during registration to enjoy this offer. For more information, please contact Kathie Eberhard at 704-341-2439 or keberhard@frallc.com.

 

Bonds & Loans Brazil is the only conference that brings together issuers, investors, debt capital markets and syndicated loans bankers.  Focusing on the development of local markets and accessibility of international markets for local issuers, Bonds & Loans Brazil is your opportunity to make new business contacts and cement relationships with existing clients.

For further details please visit www.BondsLoansBrazil.com, or to register please email Registrations@LatAmFinancial.comquoting code ‘BarclayHedge20’ to take advantage of your exclusive 20% saving

 

 

Financial Research Associates’ RetailALTS: Advisor & Broker-Dealer’s Forum brings together the industry’s leading minds in alternative investments - with a new agenda that reflects the continued growth and development of retail alternatives over the past year.

View the conference brochure: http://www.frallc.com/pdf/B867.pdf

Subscribers of BarclayHedge are entitled to a 10% discount. Mention FMP102 during registration to enjoy this offer. For more information, please contact Whitney Betts at 704-341-2445 or wbetts@frallc.com.

 

 

 

 

Join us for our Advanced Renewable Energy Project Finance & Analysis meeting. Tax incentive and public policy changes are complicating renewable energy project finance. Now, more than ever, the profitability of a renewable energy project is ultimately tied to being able to accurately assess the risks associated with the project, analyze the impacts of project structures on obtaining financing, and model the trade-offs of pursing various equity and debt financing strategies. New structures are needed and due diligence is becoming stricter. Only the best informed and structured projects will be realized.

 

The Private Wealth Summit will highlight the current challenges and opportunities through visionary conference sessions delivered by America's Family Offices. All this, seamlessly integrated with informal networking opportunities over two days, will provide a unique interactive forum.

Topics Include:
US and Global Economic Update
Family Governance
Sustainable Wealth Management
Tax Strategies
Building Your Firm’s Succession Plan
Preserve and Protect
Spotlight on Asset Allocation
The Key to Portfolio Diversification

Speakers Include:
Founder, Seven Two Partners
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Gleneagles Group
Managing Director, Triumph Investment Funds

 

The Absolut Return Summit 2013 taking place on the 03 – 04 June, at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland is a premium forum uniting Europe’s leading institutional investors in their mission to redefine alternative strategies and discover fresh alpha opportunities in the face of uncertainty.

As an invitation-only event taking place behind closed doors, the summit offers an intimate environment for a foused discussion of key new drivers shaping diversified asset allocations.

Click here for more information or send us an email: summits-emea@marcusevans.com

 

The Emerging Markets Investment Summit 2013 taking place on the 03 – 04 June, at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland is a premium forum bringing together institutional investors and emerging market fund managers and consultants.

As an invitation-only event taking place behind closed doors, the summit offers an intimate environment for a foused discussion of key new drivers shaping institutional asset allocation.

Click here for more information or send us an email: summits-emea@marcusevans.com

 

 

 

China’s miraculous economic growth has provided attractive investment opportunities for international investors. In June 2013, the alternative summit will bring together industry participants to explore the roles of alternative opportunities and strategies. Industry experts will investigate a range of critical investment issues, including discussion of the alternative investment with Chinese characteristics, risks and benefits involving hedge funds, private equity, REITs, examining means of international cooperation, cutting costs associated with implementation of absolute returns strategies, and surveying the landscape of emerging international markets.

 

The financial services industry is facing headwinds including intense regulatory pressure, competition, challenging business processes, and legacy technology in addition to ongoing global economic uncertainty. Innovating or reinventing business operations and processes in such an environment is challenging for financial services firms. In order to inspire transformations in an ambiguous environment, FSOkx will, for the seventh time, bring together some of the best and brightest minds in the financial services industry to share their outlooks and strategies.

Join us June 6th where key decision makers from banking, capital markets, and insurance will discuss the transformative technologies and business models that are re-shaping the financial services industry.

 

In light of our current geopolitical climate, there is a growing debate over renewable energy versus natural resources like oil, natural gas, and other fossil fuels as compared to its counterpart in clean energy technologies. The energy conference is a necessary forum that will allow energy experts, utility companies, money managers and institutional investors network and educate each other on the debate surrounding renewable energy versus natural resource investment opportunities.

 

The Real Asset Investing Forum is designed to educate investors on how to use real assets to generate alpha and guard against inflation. In-depth discussions offer strategies and solutions that will help investors integrate real assets and create a completely diversified portfolio.

Experts and industry professionals from across the globe will travel to San Francisco to speak on the hottest topics in the industry, including:

• Agriculture
  
• Timber
  
• Precious Metals and Gems
  
• Energy — Renewable vs. Natural Resources
  
• Real Estate
  
• Infrastructure
  
• Mining
  
• Impact Investing
  

and many more!

 

Nearshoring Mexico 2013 has been carefully designed to deliver high quality, value added information and contacts to support good decision making about nearshoring in Mexico. The event is also the perfect opportunity to meet and establish relationships with potential partners—state government development organizations, site selectors, supply chain partners and transportation and logistics providers.

 

The  11th semi-annual Elite Summit taking place from 17th – 19th of June 2013, at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux, Switzerland is the premium forum bringing together the family offices and independent investment advisors of Europe’s wealthiest individuals and families with the most renowned international fund and asset managers.

As an invitation-only event taking place behind closed doors, the summit offers regional wealth managers an intimate and secure environment for in-depth discussion of the key drivers shaping both family governance and global asset allocation.

Click here for more information or send us an email: summits-emea@marcusevans.com

 

Financial Research Associates’ back-to-back conferences FATCA Implementation Summit and Preparing for the AIFMD tackles two of the most challenging compliance issues facing alternative funds today – FATCA and AIFMD. Don’t fall behind on these two crucial regulations – proper implementation is essential to the long-term success of your fund!

View the conference brochure: http://www.frallc.com/pdf/B878.pdf

Subscribers of BarclayHedge are entitled to a 10% discount. Mention FMP102 during registration to enjoy this offer. For more information, please contact Kathie Eberhard at 704-341-2439 or keberhard@frallc.com

 

 

 

The International Gold Mining Conference 2013 Endorsed by China Gold Association, and Zhaojin Group as the official event patron, which is scheduled on 20-21 June, 2013 and will be held in Hotel Zhaojin Shunhe, Zhaoyuan city, Shandong Province, China.

The International Gold Mining Conference 2013 will invite world major & midtier gold miners and leading gold companies from China, countries government officials, active investors, and distinguished consulting firms to discuss gold mining trends, evaluate and structure investment portfolios, update the global & emerging countries investment opportunities, financial & capital raising strategies, M&A potentials and challenges, in-depth analyze gold & precious metals' market outlook 2013 as well as advanced & innovative gold mining & development technologies etc.

For more detailed information, please visit the event official website.

 

Financial Research Associates’ Outsourced CIO Summit is the ONLY event specifically focused on the outsourced CIO issue. You’ll hear directly from investors who have gone through the process and decided to outsource, as well as from prominent providers of outsourcing services.

View the conference brochure: http://www.frallc.com/pdf/B866.pdf

Subscribers of BarclayHedge are entitled to a 10% discount. Mention FMP102 during registration to enjoy this offer. For more information, please contact Whitney Betts at 704-341-2445 or wbetts@frallc.com.

 

Financial Research Associates’ 3rd Annual Private Equity Operations and Compliance Forum is designed to equip a wide-spread array of fund professionals with exceptional guidance on how to cost-effectively ensure total compliance and operational excellence.

View the conference brochure: http://www.frallc.com/pdf/B874.pdf

Subscribers of BarclayHedge are entitled to a 10% discount. Mention FMP102 during registration to enjoy this offer. For more information, please contact Kathie Eberhard at 704-341-2439 or keberhard@frallc.com

 

Cap Intro: Emerging Markets Alternative Investing is a highly focused capital introduction event bringing together active investors and successful, growing alternative investment managers focusing especially on opportunities in emerging markets.

At the Cap Intro: Emerging Markets Alternative Investing, investors and investment managers get what they need in their allocation and capital raising efforts: targeted private meetings. It is an extraordinary opportunity to get first round or continued meetings with your potential investors/investment managers underway.

Register now - space is limited!

For more information or to register contact us on:
info@catalystforum.com
+1 212 966 2993
www.catalystforum.com

 

The Trading Show Chicago is North America’s leading electronic trading conference and exhibition. With three conference streams – HFT World Chicago, Quant Invest Chicago and Exchange Technology World Chicago – you can meet with the entire value chain, including HFTs, quants, exchanges, investors, regulators, markets makers and technology providers, in one place at one time. The show also features a FREE exhibit with on-floor seminars on trading technology and strategy. For more information please visit our website.

 

After a series success, Fleming Gulf comes back to Johannesburg with the 5th Annual Retail Banking Africa as it stages a platform for Africa retail bankers to come one step closer into redoing their retail banking strategy to serve customers better and make profitable business.

Over the course of 3 days, Retail Banking Africa will help you to find the information, market trends and contacts you need to leverage opportunities in Africa's consumer banking business and dramatically improve your business profits.

 

The Private Wealth Conference will explore the challenges and opportunities associated with investing in emerging markets, alternative investments, real estate, direct energy, numerous other asset classes and will also address many of the softer issues related to the family office such as tax and regulation, asset protection, philanthropy, structuring a family office, and many more.

 

Impact of 2012 Elections
Overcome Challenges
Cost and Risk
Future Impact of Pension Reform
The Contagious Trend of Underfunding
Perspective on Aging and Pensions
Building a Portfolio in a Globalized Economy
Longevity Risks and Rewards
Past, Present and Future

Delegates

Attendees consist of Senior Investment Executives from leading Plan Sponsors throughout North America. Delegates will include Chief Investment Officers and other Senior Investment Executives from Public, Corporate & Multiemployer Plan Sponsors with responsibility in the following areas:
•         Portfolio Design and Development
•         Alternative Investments
•         Asset Allocation
•         Pension Fund Administration and Governance

 

The event offers senior investment executives and service providers an intimate environment for a focused discussion of key new drivers shaping institutional asset allocations.

topics
Strategic Portfolio Diversification
Broadening Your Horizons with Emerging Market Investments
New Trends and Associated Risk in Alternative Investments
Manager Selection and Retention
Opportunities for Return with PRI
Connecting Organizational Initiatives 

speakers
Kathryn Murtagh, Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Harvard Management Company
Larry Summers, Director of the White House National Economic Council, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Kevin Schuyler, CIO, The Nature Conservancy

 

Financial Research Associates’ Hedge Fund Accounting and Compliance Forum is aimed at keeping hedge funds of all strategies and sizes well-prepared for this new era of operations and compliance.

View the conference brochure: http://www.frallc.com/pdf/B876.pdf

Subscribers of BarclayHedge are entitled to a 10% discount. Mention FMP102 during registration to enjoy this offer. For more information, please contact Kathie Eberhard at 704-341-2439 or keberhard@frallc.com

 

THE ‘NEW LOOK’ FUNDFORUM USA CONFERENCE!
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• A Brand New 5* Location - The luxurious Mandarin Oriental
• With More Gatekeepers Than Ever Before - Meet RIAs, wirehouses, brokers  and record keepers
• More Networking Opportunities - Get a better return on your investment and take part in exclusive closed-door sessions with keynote speakers
• NEW Global Focus - Don’t miss your only opportunity within the US to meet International Gatekeepers from North America, Europe, Latin America & Asia
• NEW FundForum 1-To-1-  Pre-arrange meetings with key asset managers and investors